Nice Britain clinched Olympic combined 4x400m relay bronze as Femke Bol anchored the Netherlands to a sensational gold at Paris 2024.
Amber Anning held on to 3rd place because the British crew completed in a nationwide file of three minutes 08.01 seconds on the Stade de France.
Nonetheless, she was handed on the house straight by Dutch star Bol, who produced a dramatic dash end to overtake the British after which American groups for gold.
The Netherlands set a European file of three:07.43 with Bol’s heroics, because the USA, who set a world file in qualifying, took silver in 3:07.74.
Bol measured her effort to perfection, monitoring the leaders earlier than making her remaining push for gold as the gang roared her on, a 12 months after her late fall price her nation the world combined relay title in Budapest.
On what she was considering within the remaining 100m, Bol mentioned: “Simply maintain going, maintain going. And my normal anger from Budapest.
“That and my team-mates cheering me. And the ambiance on this stadium is totally unimaginable. It is loopy. So every thing collectively.”
Olympic debutant Anning’s stable remaining leg ensured GB – whose crew additionally included Samuel Reardon, Laviai Nielsen and Alex Haydock-Wilson – adopted up their 2023 world silver with one other medal within the occasion.