Japan came close to sabotaging Usain Bolt's bid for Olympic immortality but settled for a first-ever silver medal in the men's 4x100-meter relay at the Rio Games on Friday.
The Japan team of Ryota Yamagata, Shota Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryu and Aska Cambridge finished second in a new Asian-record time of 37.60 seconds, just 0.33 behind Bolt and his Jamaica teammates.
"It's a great feeling, winning a medal was our goal all along," said Cambridge, who took the baton for the anchor leg neck-and-neck with Bolt and held off Trayvon Bromell of the United States and Canada's Andre de Grasse to secure silver.
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