United States' Allyson Felix, right, and United States' Carmelita Jeter pose for photographers following the women's 200-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. Felix won gold and Jeter won silver. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
United States' Allyson Felix, right, and United States' Carmelita Jeter pose for photographers following the women's 200-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. Felix won gold and Jeter won silver. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
The Americans had a huge haul at Olympic Stadium, collecting seven athletics medals on Wednesday night.
Medal winners were:
Allyson Felix (gold) and Carmelita Jeter (bronze) in 200 meters
Aries Merritt (gold) and Jason Richardson (silver) in 110 meter hurdles
Brittney Reece (gold) and Janay DeLoach (bronze) in long jump
Lashinda Demus (silver) in 400 meter hurdles.
Here's what some of them had to say about the big night:
Reece: "This means a lot to our country. We're on track for 30 medals. We're getting some unexpected medals."
Jeter: "The only thing that mattered to me was to get back on that podium, to get us some more medals because I believe China was beating us before we lined up tonight. I definitely wanted to make sure we got our medals up. We collected!"
? Jenna Fryer ? Twitter http://twitter.com/jennafryer
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