RIO DE JANEIRO — The United States’ Tori Bowie crossed the finish line 0.35 seconds ahead of Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to secure gold in the women’s 4x100-meter relay on Friday.
The squad—comprised of Olympic long jump champion Tianna Bartoletta, Olympic 400-meter silver medalist Allyson Felix, English Gardner and Bowie—became the first American team to win back-to-back relay titles since the U.S. won in 1992 and 1996.
The United States successfully defended its title from 2012 Olympics in London, where Felix and Bartoletta were part of a quartet that set a world-record time of 40.82. The Rio time of 41.