The U.S. women’s 4x100-meter relay team failed to win a third consecutive Olympic gold. In the men's 4x100 race, Italy surprised the winner. Sifan Hassan lost her bid for three gold medals in her fifth of six races at Tokyo Games.Jamaica won the relay title in 41.02 seconds. This is a record for Jamaica after it won the 100-meter final. This was the second fastest time ever recorded.Silver was won by the American team of Javianne Olson, Teahna Danis, Jenna Prandini, Jenna Prandini, and Gabrielle Thomas in 41.45. Britain won bronze in 41.88.Elaine Thompson-Herah won Saturday's 100m in an Olympic record. Shelly-Ann Fraser -Pryce came second and Shericka Johnson was third in the race. These three were joined by Briana Williams, as the Jamaicans added an Olympic relay title to the world championship gold they won in 2019.Italy won the men’s 4x100-meter race in 37.50 seconds. This narrowly beat Britain (37.51) for silver. Canada (37.70) took bronze. This win gave Marcell Jacobs, the 100-meter champion, two golds at these Games. It was also Italy's first Olympic relay medal since a bronze at 1948 London Olympics.Filippo Tortu, who ran the anchor leg, went toe-to–toe with Nethaneel Mitchel-Blake from Britain down the home straight. He came out on top.After she began to fade on the back straight, Hassan held on to bronze in 3:55.86. Faith Kipyegon from Kenya retained her Olympic title with a Games-record 3:53.11. The silver medal was won by Laura Muir from Britain in 3:54.50.Hassan has already won a gold medal in the 5,000-meter race and she could complete a rare set Saturday if she wins a third silver in the 10,000-meter final.It was a surprise to everyone that she ran at the front in the 1,500. Her previous strategy in Tokyo had been for her to stay near the back for most of the race, and then burst on the final lap. These tactics had already won her four Tokyo races before the 1,500.Joshua Cheptegei, from Uganda, won the gold medal for the men's 10,000 meters one week after he had earned silver in the 10,000.Cheptegei holds the world record for the event and was among the leaders for the majority of the race. He won the race in 12:58.15. Canada's Mohammed Ahmed jumped into second place and won the silver medal in 12 minutes58.61. Paul Chelimo, from the United States, took home bronze in 1259.05.Chelimo won the silver medal in the 5,000 at Rio de Janeiro Olympics 2016. To edge Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli from Kenya, he jumped across the line.China's Liu Shiying won the gold medal in women's javelin. She was the leader after she threw 66.34 meters in her first round.After being assured the gold, Liu succeeded in her sixth attempt. Instead, she raced to the stands in front of the competition area to grab a Chinese flag to start the celebrations.Maria Andrejczyk, from Poland, won silver with a throw 64.61 meters. This was five centimeters more than the world champion Kelsey Lee Barber from Australia.This report was contributed by The Associated Press.
