China makes progress in Olympic track and field, USA bows out of men's 4X100 relay final


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The Chinese athletics team continued to make breakthrough at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday with a silver medal in the men's triple jump and both the men's and women's teams reaching the 4X100m relay finals. Team USA suffered another significant setback when its men's 4x100m team failed to qualify for the final after handoff issues. The highlight for China came from the men's triple jump final, where Zhu Yaming produced his personal best jump twice to win a silver medal with 17.57 meters, an improvement from the bronze that China won at Rio 2016. Pedro Pichardo of Portugal took an...