Hurdles produce another Olympic gold for America and - finally - a medal for France in track

America’s Masai Russell won a photo finish Saturday in women’s 100-meter hurdles where biggest cheer came for Cyrena Samba-Mayela, whose silver medal marks first of any color for France at Olympic track meet.

In a close-as-can-be race down straightaway, Russell finished in 12.33 seconds, but h to wait ar 15 seconds to learn she h beaten Frenchwoman by .01.

Defending champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, who competes for Puerto Rico, was ar .02 back for bronze.

cheers were louder than those for Samba-Mayela, who broke a shutout for host country on last day of action at Ste de France.

stium has been packed all nine nights, cheering for sports stars from United States, Kenya, rway and all corners of globe.

Still, biggest cheer for a French athlete up to this point came for a swimmer, Léon Marchand, who won a gold medal in pool on opening night of track meet, prompting race officials to ask for quiet while a crowd watching on tablets and phones went crazy.

w, Samba-Mayela gave m a moment to cheer for someone in person. It’s a nice break for a country with a rich track trition, producing Olympic champions such as Marie-José Pérec and Renaud Lavillenie. Even with this medal, France remains without an Olympic gold on track since Lavillenie won pole vault in 2012.

Wanyonyi of Kenya wins men’s 800 in ar race decided by .01 second

In a speedy men’s 800 Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi beat Cana’s Marco Arop by .01 seconds in a photo finish, finishing in 1:41.19, only .28 off world record.

American Bryce Hoppel’s national record of 1:41.67 was only good for fourth.

Ingebrigtsen gets a win, this one in 5,000

Jakob Ingebrigtsen won 5,000 meters in a relatively drama-free race after much-hyped 1,500 four nights earlier against Britain’s Josh Kerr turned into a disappointing fourth -place finish.

Ingebrigtsen won in 13 minutes, 13.66 seconds to d this title to wins at last two world championships.

Kenya’s Ronald Kwemoi finished second and Grant Fisher of U.S. finished third.