America's Hall wins men's 400m Olympic title
US' Quincy Hall celebrates after winning the men's 400m final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 7, 2024. Photo: AFP
American Quincy Hall dug deep in the final metres to overhaul Briton Matthew Hudson-Smith and take the Olympic 400 metres gold in another race of scintillating quality on Wednesday.
Hudson-Smith seemed on course to win his country's first gold over the distance since "Chariots of Fire" Eric Liddell in the Paris Games 100 years ago, but he tied up at the end and Hall swept past to win in a personal best 43.40 seconds and give the U.S. their first triumph since LaShawn Merritt in 2008.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Hudson-Smith bettered his own European record with 43.44 for silver and Zambia's 21-year-old Muzala Samukonga set his second successive national record with 43.74 to take bronze.
The first five men home were all under 44 seconds.
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