Good finish: Americans sweep Olympic 1,600 relays (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sat, 08/23/2008 - 10:15am

United States' Sanya Richards, right, celebrates winning the women's 4x400-meter final during the athletics competitions in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008.<br /><br />Left is Russia's Anastasia Kapachinskaya. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)AP - Sanya Richards needed a furious comeback.

Jeremy Wariner could have walked to the finish. The results were the same, though. No dropped batons. And gold medals.

Finally.




 

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