College of the Sequoias alum Quincy Hall wins gold medal in 400m race at Paris Olympics

Hall is the archetypal American since LaShawn Merritt successful 2008 to seizure golden successful the one-lap race.

SAINT-DENIS, France -- College of the Sequoias alum Quincy Hall volition beryllium coming backmost to the United States with a golden medal.

Hall became the latest American to electrify Olympic way and tract with an out-of-nowhere comeback, sprinting from acold down successful the 400 meters to reel successful 3 runners and seizure the golden medal.

Hall, buried successful 4th spot arsenic the runners rounded the past bend, outran the runner connected his outside, past 2 much to the wrong to transverse the enactment successful 43.40 seconds, the fourth-fastest clip ever, past dropped to the way to bash snowfall angels to celebrate.

Hall is the archetypal American since LaShawn Merritt successful 2008 to seizure golden successful the one-lap race. His triumph came an evening aft American Cole Hocker came from acold down precocious to bushed the favorites successful the men's 1500.

The triumph came astir an hr aft Noah Lyles precocious to the last of the 200 meters contempt finishing 2nd to Letsile Tebogo successful his semifinal. Lyles volition contention for the golden medal Thursday.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.