The U.S. women’s relay team brought home another gold at the Paris Olympics!
Team USA’s relay team — Sha’Carri Richardson, Gabby Thomas, Melissa Jefferson and Twanisha Terry — won first place in the women’s 4×100-meter relay final on Friday, Aug. 9 at Stade de France in Paris.
As a light rain fell, the group finished with a season-best time of 41.78 seconds to secure the gold medal, just .07 seconds ahead of the silver medal-winning Great Britain. Germany came in third with a time of 41.97 seconds.
“It was a phenomenal ending for all of us,” Richardson, whose impressive final leg of the race helped bring home the win, told reporters, including PEOPLE, after the race. “I just remember trusting my third leg, trusting Gabby, and knowing that she’s going to put that stick in my hand no matter what, and to leave my best on the track.”
Thomas told reporters that passing the baton …