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Redemption for US men's track team: Dominant gold medal in 4x400 relay to end Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO — The U.S. men’s track and field team heard all the criticism back home. Questions about if this is the worst U.S. men’s team of all time and their lack of gold medals.

Some even claimed the U.S. runners choked. However, in the last track and field event of the Tokyo Olympics, Michael Cherry, Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon and Rai Benjamin got redemption in the finale.

The men’s 4x400 relay team featuring Cherry, Norman, Deadmon and Benjamin cruised to a relatively comfortable victory to earn a gold medal. Their winning time was a season-best 2:55.