Poland Clinches First Ever 4x400m Mixed Relay Gold at Tokyo Olympics; Dominican Republic Takes Silver, USA Win Bronze

Poland Clinches First Ever 4x400m Mixed Relay Gold at Tokyo Olympics; Dominican Republic Takes Silver, USA Win Bronze

4x400m mixed relay at Tokyo olympics

The 4x400m mixed relay made its debut at the Tokyo Olympics this year, and the field was set, as one team would win a historic gold medal in the event. USA were starting off in lane 4, while Poland was in lane 5 and Dominican Republic was in lane 6. Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain, Jamaica, Ireland and Germany rounded off the top 8 qualifiers who would make in to the finals.

With the second fastest reaction time, Poland was off to a good start, as they managed to maintain their lead with a very fast run. The team of Karol Zalewski, Natalia Kaczmarek, Justyna Swiety-Ersetic and Kajetan Duszynski clinched the first ever gold medal in the 4x400m mixed relay with a time of 3.09.87s, and also created a new Olympic record.

Dominican Republic took home the silver medal, after finishing with a time of 3:10.21s, creating a national record. Andres Lidio Feliz started off the race, while Marileidy Paulino took second. Anabel Medina Ventura was up third, while Alexander Ogando brought it home for the team.

It was USA who took bronze, after initially being disqualified from the finals due to a faulty baton change. After being reinstated, they came back with a bang, and took third place, with a Trevor Stewart, Kendal Ellis, Kaylin Whitney and Vernon Norwood finishing with a time of 3:10.22s, their season best and just 1/100th of a second behind Dominican Republic.

Twitter erupts with Celebration as Poland Celebrate an Emotional 4x400m mixed relay Victory

4x400m mixed relay: Poland celebrate
4x400m mixed relay: Poland celebrate

The Poland team had an emotional celebration after winning the first 4x400m mixed relay at the Olympics.

The team from Poland created an Olympic record and broke the European record as well.

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