BEIJING, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The United States won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the men's 1,600-meter relay.
The Bahamas took the silver and Russia the bronze.
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USA's LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, and Jeremy Warner celebrate winning the men's 4x400m relay in the National Stadium at the Summer Olympics in Beijing on August 23, 2008. The USA won gold with a time of 2:55.39, a new Olympic record. (UPI Photo/Terry Schmitt) | License Photo
American runners LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville and Jeremy Wariner helped provide a sweep of the relay medals for the United States Saturday. That eased some of the sting of having both U.S. sprint relay teams knocked out of the Olympics with dropped batons in the semifinals.
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