Rio 2016: Record fifth gold for Allyson Felix as US women win 4x100m relay

Allyson Felix became the first woman athlete with five gold medals as she powered the US sprint relay team to victory just a day after they had been brought back from the Olympic dead

Rio de Janeiro: Allyson Felix became the first woman athlete with five gold medals as she powered the US sprint relay team to victory just a day after they had been brought back from the Olympic dead.

USA's Allyson Felix celebrates after winning 4x100m relay gold in Rio on Friday. Pic/Getty Images

Felix, long jump gold medallist Tianna Bartoletta, English Gardner and Tori Bowie, who won 100m silver and 200m bronze in Rio, combined to clock the second fastest 4x100m relay time ever run, in 41.01 seconds.

Only the gold-medal winning US team at the 2012 London Games has gone faster.

Jamaica finished second in 41.36sec, handing double sprint gold medallist Elaine Thompson a third Olympic medal, with Britain taking bronze in a national record of 41.77.
"It felt like we were really strong tonight," said Felix.

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