Athletics - World Athletics Championship - Men's 4x400m Relay Final - National Athletics Centre, Budapest, Hungary - August 27, 2023 Quincy Hall, Justin Robinson, Rai Benjamin and Vernon Norwood of the U.S. celebrate after winning the Men's 4x400m Relay REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier Acquire Licensing RightsBUDAPEST, Aug 27 (Reuters) - The United States maintained their vice-like grip of the men’s 4x400 metres relay on Sunday when they emphatically won their ninth world gold from the last 10 finals.
The U.S., who have also won four of the last five Olympic golds, came home well clear in 2:57.31.
France took silver as a national record 2:58.45 gave them their first medal of the championships in the penultimate event.
Britain took bronze in 2:58.71, holding off back to back silver medallists Jamaica.
Reporting by Mitch Phillips, editing by Pritha SarkarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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Justin Robinson, Rai Benjamin, Vernon Norwood, Sarah Meyssonnier, Mitch Phillips, Pritha Sarkar
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Budapest, Hungary, United States, U.S, France