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US wins 1,000th Olympic gold medal

, August 14, 2016

The US won its 1,000th Olympic gold medal on Saturday when the American women's 4x100 metre medley relay team clinched victory at the Rio Games.

The honour of reaching the milestone was shared by Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer and Simone Manuel, who got to the wall first ahead of Australia.

Of the 1,000 gold medals, more than half have come from track and field (323) and swimming (246), USOC added.

The US team had arrived in Rio with 977 gold medals, according to Olympstats.com, and had sat on 998 for much of Saturday until long jumper Jeff Henderson put them on the brink with his victory. - Reuters

Photo: EPA/Bernd Thissen




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