Great Britain’s relay teams showed impressive strength in depth on the final night of an unforgettable week of athletics at the Stade de France by piecing together two extremely quick races and winning bronze medals in the men’s and women’s 4x400m relay finals.
In the men’s race, a British record of 2min 55.83sec was enough to finish third behind the USA and an excellent Botswana team, which battled to the bitter end. In the final lap, the 400m hurdles champion, Rai Benjamin, held off a blistering leg from the 200m gold medallist, Letsile Tebogo, as the US team recorded an Olympic record of 2:54.43.
