Team USA won Olympic Gold in the men’s and women’s 4×400 relay on Saturday, with the men setting an Olympic record and the women missing the world record by just 0.1 seconds.

Just before the women’s race, the men’s race was more exciting. Rai Benjamin, the gold medalist in the 400m hurdles, beat 200m champion Letsile Tebogo to give the USA a 0.1-second victory over Botswana – the final thriller in a nine-day competition full of thrillers.

Men win gold and Olympic record

Ray Benjamin finished last against Letsile Tebogo of Botswana to secure the USA a gold medal and an Olympic record time in the men’s 4×400 meter relay at the Olympic Games in Paris on Saturday evening.

Benjamin added that Olympic title to the one he won the night before in the 400-meter hurdles, preventing 200-meter champion Tebogo from giving Botswana another triumph over the Americans.

It was Tebogo, the 21-year-old sprint sensation, who stole the show – and the gold – for the USA in the 200-meter race on Thursday, relegating Kenny Bednarek to silver and Noah Lyleswho tested positive for COVID-19, to bronze.

The U.S. quartet of Christopher Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon and Benjamin completed the four laps in 2 minutes, 54.43 seconds, nearly a second faster than the American 4×400 team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. And Saturday’s time was just 0.14 seconds slower than the world record set by the United States in 1993.

Botswana was one tenth of a second behind on Saturday, with Tebogo joined by Bayapo Ndori, Busang Collen Kebinatshipi and Anthony Pesela.

Great Britain finished third with a time of 2:55.83.

Women effortlessly win Olympic gold

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Gabby Thomas combined for America’s 14th gold medal and their 34th overall on the track on Saturday, finishing Olympic action at the Stade de France with a 4.23-second lead in the women’s 4×400 relay.

The gold medalists in the 400-meter hurdles and the 200-meter run decided the second and third legs for the United States, leaving Alexis Holmes with a lead of 30 meters that no longer gave up any ground.

The USA finished with a time of 3 minutes and 15.27 seconds, missing the world record by just 0.1 seconds.