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PARIS — Before track and field got underway at the Paris Olympics on Friday, the members of the U.S. mixed 4x400-meter relay team openly discussed how fast a time they’d need to run just to make the podium.
“We talked about that it was going to take a record to win a medal,” Shamier Little said.
The Americans eclipsed the world record just like they hoped — just a day earlier than they expected.