TOKYO—The United States men’s team won their first gold on the track at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, clinching the 4x400 meters relay by a huge margin to end a drought that had sparked fierce criticism back home.
The American men were bidding to avoid the ignominy of not winning a gold on the track for the first time in the Games’ 125-year history—barring their boycott year in 1980—and they left it to the very last event.
