Quincy Wilson eyes relay gold after becoming US’s youngest track athlete

Quincy Wilson hands over the baton to his teammate Vernon Norwood, who said he was ‘proud’ of the teenager. Photograph: Ashley Landis/AP

Quincy Wilson had a day to remember as the 16-year-old became the United States’ youngest track and field Olympian. And while he said afterwards that he wasn’t “100% myself”, he was delighted to be part of a US 4x400m relay team that remain gold medal favourites in Saturday’s final.

“It was an amazing moment,” said Wilson, whose stunning performances this year have taken him from being a high schooler in Chesapeake, Virginia, to these Games. “I had my family – mom, dad, sister, grandma, her sisters and a lot of family – in the stands. I wasn’t 100% myself but my team came out here and did it for me.”