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PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 02: Shamier Little hands the baton to Bryce Deadmon of Team United States during the 4 x 400m Mixed Relay Round 1 on day seven of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 02, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

Athletics

USA smash mixed 4x400m world record in heats at Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Little more than an hour into the first stadium evening session of athletics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the first track and field world record* was broken by USA in the mixed 4x400m relay.

The quartet of Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon and Kaylyn Brown clocked 3:07.41 to smash the previous mark – set when the USA won the world title in Budapest last year – by more than a second.

Norwood put the US team into an early lead, then Little extended it on the second leg. Deadmon opened up a significant gap on the chasing pack on leg three, then Brown anchored them to a clear victory, crossing the line more than three seconds ahead of France, who set a national record of 3:10.60. Belgium was third in 3:10.74, also a national record.

*Subject to the usual ratification procedure

Credit: World Athletics 

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