American observe star Noah Lyles missed the 4×100-meter relay attributable to COVID-19. Whereas Crew USA might have benefited from Lyles’ presence on the observe for the relay occasion, a mishap finally ended the American males’s hopes of capturing gold in Paris Friday.
The U.S. males’s observe and subject staff prolonged its medal drought within the males’s occasion to twenty years after a botched handoff within the first leg of the race led to a disqualification for the Americans.
The staff of Christian Coleman, Kenneth Bednarek, Kyree King and Fred Kerley completed the race in seventh place however was later disqualified after it was discovered Coleman handed off the baton to two-time silver medalist Bednarek outdoors the trade zone.
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Carl Lewis, a former American observe and subject athlete, throughout a tour of the Stade de France on day six of the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Photos)
Legendary observe and subject athlete and nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis has been in Paris to look at the 2024 Summer time Video games. He described Crew USA’s efficiency on Friday as a “complete embarrassment,” whereas additionally calling for some severe modifications to U.S. observe and subject.
“It’s time to blow up the system,” Lewis posted on X, previously Twitter. “This continues to be utterly unacceptable. It’s clear that EVERYONE at [USA Track & Field] is extra involved with relationships than profitable. No athlete ought to step on the observe and run one other relay till this program is modified from high to backside.”
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Canada claimed the gold medal after ending the race in 37.50 seconds, whereas South Africa earned silver. Nice Britain received the bronze.
All of Crew USA, aside from Bednarek, spoke to reporters after the race. Coleman attributed the error to the staff being caught up within the warmth of the second.
Christian Coleman, proper, of america, struggles handy the baton to teammate Kenneth Bednarek within the males’s 4×100-meter relay closing on the 2024 Summer time Olympics Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Picture/Bernat Armangue)
“We practiced quite a bit,” Coleman stated. “Me and Kenny have been opponents but additionally teammates a couple of instances. We felt actually assured going on the market. Within the warmth of the second, it simply didn’t occur.”
After being pressed to pinpoint what precisely brought about the mishap, Coleman stated, “I’m unsure in order for you me to level fingers or one thing like that. As a staff, as a unit, we didn’t get it achieved at the moment.”
Coleman’s teammate, Kerley, appeared to take challenge with the road of questioning and finally interjected, “Y’all say the identical s— again and again.”
The 2024 Summer time Video games will not be the primary at which the U.S. males’s staff has had baton passing points.
On the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the Individuals seemed to be on observe to safe a spot within the 4×100 closing till a mix-up led to the baton tumbling to the observe as rain fell from the sky.
Christian Coleman, left, of america, struggles handy the baton to teammate Kenneth Bednarek, within the males’s 4×100-meter relay closing on the 2024 Summer time Olympics Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Picture/Bernat Armangue)
The Individuals completed in second through the 2012 Video games in London however have been later stripped of the silver attributable to a doping case.
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Though three Individuals are among the many high 11 100-meter sprinters on the earth this 12 months, the U.S. nonetheless couldn’t handle to say one of many three spots on the Olympic podium in Paris following the 4×100-meter relay.
Nevertheless, the ladies supplied a vivid spot for the Individuals as Sha’Carri Richardson anchored the 4×100-meter relay and helped carry Crew USA to gold. The U.S. girls have now earned 12 gold medals within the occasion.
Fox Information’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.
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