Updated On: 22 September, 2025 09:07 AM IST | Tokyo | AFP
Americans win three relay titles — men’s 4x100m, women’s 4x100m and 4x400m — to set new record for most gold medals, 16, at World C’ships

USA’s Noah Lyles storms to victory in the last leg of the men’s 4x100m relay final in Tokyo on Sunday. Pics/AFP; Getty Images
Sha’Carri Richardson saved the day in her relay. Noah Lyles and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone put exclamation points on theirs.
The best in the USA splashed through the rainy relays on Sunday in Tokyo to capture three gold medals and close out the world championships on a night when track also bid a hug-filled farewell to Jamaica’s sprint legend, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. “I felt like I ran with my heart because of the ladies I’m standing with,” Richardson said, as she celebrated her first gold medal of a championships that was far from perfect. “I feel really good. It came back. I’m ready to start all over again.”