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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Athletes compete in the men's 4x400-meter relay final in the rain at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Athletes compete in the men's 4x400-meter relay final in the rain at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Members of the U.S. team celebrate with their gold medals during the medal ceremony for the women's 4x400-meter relay event at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Members of the U.S. team pose for a selfie with their gold medals during the medal ceremony for the women's 4x400-meter relay event at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

(from L) Noah Lyles, Courtney Lindsey, Kenneth Bednarek and Christian Coleman of the United States pose with their gold medals during the medal ceremony for the men's 4x400-meter relay event at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Botswana team members pose with their gold medals during the medal ceremony for the men's 4x400-meter relay event at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

U.S. athletes (R) hug each other after winning the women's 4x400-meter relay event at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Busang Collen Kebinatshipi (R) of Botswana crosses the finish line to win the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Athletes compete in the rain in the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Busang Collen Kebinatshipi (C) of Botswana crosses the finish line to win the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Sydney Mclaughlin-Levrone of the United States anchors her team to gold in the women's 4x400-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Sydney Mclaughlin-Levrone of the United States crosses the finish line to win the women's 4x400-meter relay event at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Sydney Mclaughlin-Levrone of the United States anchors her team to gold in the women's 4x400-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Athletes compete in the rain in the women's 4x400-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

U.S. athletes celebrate with national flags after winning the women's 4x400-meter relay event at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

U.S. athletes celebrate with national flags next to the result board after winning the women's 4x400-meter relay event at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Busang Collen Kebinatshipi (front) of Botswana crosses the finish line to win the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Letsile Tebogo of Botswana competes in the rain in the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

U.S. athletes are pictured after winning silver in the men's 4x400-meter relay event at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Botswana athletes celebrate after winning the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Busang Collen Kebinatshipi (2nd from L) of Botswana crosses the finish line to win the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Busang Collen Kebinatshipi (R) of Botswana crosses the finish line to win the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Members of the U.S. team pose with their gold medals during the medal ceremony for the mixed 4x400-meter relay at the World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2025

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Members of the U.S. team celebrate after winning the mixed 4x400-meter relay at the World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2025.

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(From L) Takuho Yoshizu, Abigeiru Fuka Ido, Kenki Imaizumi and Nanako Matsumoto of Japan hold Japan's national flags after finishing 8th in the mixed 4x400-meter relay at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 13 2025.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

(From L) Takuho Yoshizu, Abigeiru Fuka Ido, Kenki Imaizumi and Nanako Matsumoto of Japan hold Japan's national flags after finishing 8th in the mixed 4x400-meter relay at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 13 2025.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's runners -- (from L) Yuki Joseph Nakajima, Kaito Kawabata, Fuga Sato and Kentaro Sato -- are pictured after finishing sixth in the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's anchor Kentaro Sato (L) reacts after finishing sixth in the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Kaito Kawabata (R) sprints sets off after receiving the baton from Yuki Joseph Nakajima in the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's anchor Kentaro Sato (front) sets off after receiving the baton from Fuga Sato in the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Yuki Joseph Nakajima (top) hands the baton to Kaito Kawabata in the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's anchor Kentaro Sato (L) crosses the finish line in sixth place in the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Fuga Sato (front L) sets off after receiving the baton from Kaito Kawabata (back R) in the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Yuki Joseph Nakajima (R) and Gardeo Isaacs of South Africa start in the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Dutch sprinters -- (from L) Eugene Omalla, Femke Bol, Lieke Klaver and Isaya Klein Ikkink -- celebrate after winning gold in the 4x400-meter relay mixed event at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris on Aug. 3, 2024.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Members of the Netherlands' 4x400-meter mixed relay team celebrate after winning gold at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 3, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris.

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Athletics: World championships

Members of the United States' 4x400-meter mixed relay team celebrate after winning gold with a world record at the world athletics championships in Budapest on Aug. 19, 2023.

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U.S. win both women's and men's 4x400-meter relays

OSAKA, Japan - Allyson Felix of the United States (R) congratulates U.S. men's team members after they won the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2.

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U.S. wins men's 4x400-meter relay

Osaka, Japan - Jeremy Wariner of the United States holds up the U.S. and Japanese flags after the U.S. team won the men's 4X400 relay race final at the World Athletics Championship at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. The U.S. team won the gold with a time of 2 minutes, 55.56 seconds.

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U.S. wins women's 4X400-meter relay at world athletics

OSAKA, Japan - Members of the U.S. team, (From L to R) Dee Dee Trotter, Mary Wineberg, Sanya Richards and Allyson Felix, celebrate after winning the women's 4X400-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championship at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2.

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U.S. win both women's and men's 4x400-meter relays

OSAKA, Japan - Members of U.S. men's and women's relay teams -- (From L to R) Jeremy Wariner, Allyson Felix, Darold Williamson, Mary Wineberg, Angelo Taylor, Dee Dee Trotter, LaShawn Merritt and Sanya Richards -- celebrate after winning the gold medals in the men's 4x400-meter relay and women's 4x400-meter relay at the World Athletics Championships at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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U.S. wins men's 4x400-meter relay

Osaka, Japan - Jeremy Wariner of the United States (R) competes in the men's 4X400 relay race final at the World Athletics Championship at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. The U.S. team won the race with a time of 2 minutes, 55.56 seconds.

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U.S. fails to pick up gold in women's 4x400 meters in Beijing

BEIJING, Aug. 31 Kyodo - Allyson Felix (far L) and three other members for the U.S. women's 4x400 meter relay final look disappointed as the team finished in second in the event at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing on Aug. 30, 2015. The Jamaican team won gold.

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Japan win men's 4x400m relay at Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - (From L to R) Japan's Nobuya Kato, Shota Iizuka, Kenji Fujimitsu and Yuzo Kanemaru celebrate after winning the gold in the men's 4x400-meter relay at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 2, 2014.

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U.S. women grab gold in 4x400m relay

LONDON, Britain - Members of the U.S. women's 4x400-meter relay team (rear) run a victory lap to celebrate their gold medal finish at the 2012 London Olympics at the Olympic Stadium on Aug. 11, 2012. In front of them is the Jamaican team, who came third.

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Pistorius competes in men's 4x400m relay final

LONDON, Britain - South African team anchor Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee runner (back C), competes in the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 10, 2012.

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Pistorius competes in men's 4x400m relay final

LONDON, Britain - South African team anchor Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee runner (R), competes in the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 10, 2012.

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Bahamas wins men's 4x400m relay

LONDON, Britain - Members of the Bahamian men's 4x400-meter relay squad celebrate after their victory at the 2012 London Olympics at the Olympic Stadium on Aug. 10, 2012. The Bahamian team won the gold medal with a time of 2 minutes, 56.72 seconds.

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Bahamas wins men's 4x400m relay

LONDON, Britain - Bahamian team anchor Ramon Miller (Front L) finishes first in the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 10, 2012. The Bahamian team won the gold medal with a time of 2 minutes, 56.72 seconds.

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Pistorius in 4x400 meter relay at worlds

DAEGU, South Korea - Oscar Pistorius (R), a double-amputee sprinter from South Africa, passes the baton to the second runner in the men's 4x400-meter relay heats at the world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea, on Sept. 1, 2011.