With Noah Lyles’ victory in the men’s 100m, Quincy Hall’s come-from-behind win in the 400m and Cole Hocker’s shock 1,500m gold among the highlights, the US have dominated the athletics events at the Games.

The US held a healthy lead in the track & field medal tally heading into Thursday’s finals with 19 — 13 more than second-best Australia — ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

“Very important, you want a really well-stocked shop window,” World Athletics president Sebastian Coe saidon Thursday.

Britain finished fourth in the medals table at the 2008 Beijing Games, which was a big boost ahead of the 2012 London Olympics. “(Britain) won a sack full of medals and people just went ‘Oh my God bring this on’,” he said.

“I’m hoping that people in America are sensing that in track and field certainly this is the golden generation.

“In the past, you talked about Carl (Lewis), you talked about Michael (Johnson), but they were very much magnesium flares in that generation. Now you’re looking at a bandwidth of a performer.”