Remember the names: Carmelita Jeter, Allyson Felix, Tianna Madison, Bianca Knight. In London 2012, Those four women, that also go by the name – U.S women’s 4x100m relay team, broke a 32 years old world record (set by the East Germany team in 1980) with the record time of- 40.82 sec.
08/12/2012- If any one had any doubt that Jamaica has become the land of the sprinters, came the 4X100 relay final in London 2012 to ensure
2007 World Championships in Athletics: The American runner Tyson Gay goes home with 3 gold medals an- in 100m sprint, 200m and in 4×100m relay- and becomes the king of the track that year
The 1984 Olympic Games: Carl Lewis, one America’s greatest track-and-field athletes could open a Jewelry shop, after wining 4 gold medals: 100-m, 200-m dashes, the long jump, and 4×100-m relay.
Francina “Fanny” Else Blankers-Koen won the first gold medal for Netherlands at an athletics event in the 1948 Olympics, managing to win 4 gold medals at that Olympics.
Jesse Owens, an African-American, managed to win four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics, an Olympics held in a Nazis Germany.
22.8.2008: At the 2008 summer Olympics, Usain Bolt wins a gold medal at 100 meters and sets a new world record, doing that in a
11.09.1960: At the 1960 Olympics, Wilma Rudolph managed to become the first female runner who win three Olympic gold medals. When you are competing, when you