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PARIS — American men have competed in track and field at the Olympic Games for 128 years. Never before, however, has there been someone as young as Quincy Wilson. The 16-year-old will run a leg on the U.S. 4x400-meter relay team Friday inside Stade de France, his coach Joe Lee told NBC News. With that run, Wilson will become the youngest male U.S. track Olympian, eclipsing middle-distance runner Jim Ryun, who was 17 at the 1964 Olympics.
20 and outkicking a field of professionals. The time ranks as the world’s 11th-fastest time of the season, fourth-fastest by an American, and would have been good enough for sixth in Wednesday’s Olympic 400-meter final. The showing led USA Track & Field to include him in the pool of runners eligible to run on a U.S. relay in Paris. Making the relay pool only certifies an athlete is an option for U.S. coaches to consider, however.
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