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SAINT-DENIS, France — French fans finally got to celebrate the country's first medal on the track at these Olympics. It was a silver in the women's 100 meters from Cyrena Samba-Mayela. The noise from the home crowd made it sound as good as gold. On the last night of action at the track, American Masai Russell ran 12.33 seconds to hold off Samba-Mayela by 0.01 seconds. Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, the defending Olympic champion from Puerto Rico, earned the bronze. Samba-Mayela became the first French woman to win an Olympic medal on the track since 2004.
