In the women’s 4x400m relay, former Wildcats made up half of the gold medal-winning – and American record-setting – squad.
Alexis Holmes earned her first career Olympic medal, while Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone picked up her second gold of the Games and fourth of her career. The American team posted a time of 3:15.27, the second fastest time in history and one-tenth of a second from the World Record. McLaughlin-Levrone ran the second leg of the race and gave the USA a lead they would never relinquish. Holmes ran the anchor leg and crossed the line over thirty meters before the silver-medal winning Dutch team.
Both McLaughlin-Levrone and Holmes won SEC titles in the 4x400m relay while at Kentucky. Holmes also won an NCAA title in the event in 2022.
On the final day of track and field competition at the Paris Olympic Games, former Kentucky Track & Field athletes won four medals, including three gold, bringing the week’s overall haul to a program-best six medals.
The six medals–four golds, one silver, and one bronze–tops the five medals won by Wildcats in Tokyo.
