The U.S.A. men’s team took silver this year at the Track and Field World Championships for the 4×100 meter relay. They finished with a time of 37.55 seconds.
America’s men’s relay teams have become notorious for baton mishaps, with a trend of drops and faulty passes throughout the years. This event was no exception. The relay team consisted of Christian Coleman, Noah Lyles, Elijah Hall, and Marvin Bracy.
It was the final baton handoff when Hall struggled to pass on the baton to anchor leg Bracy, falling over, costing the team hard-to-get-back time. The mishap allowed Andre De Grasse of Canada to surpass Bracy, winning gold for Canada at 37.48 seconds.
“It’s bittersweet,” Bracy said. “When you sweep the 100 and the 200, you expect to come out here and perform better.”
There were high hopes for the U.S. men’s team to get gold this year. Even without 100-meter world champion Fred Kerley, the team consisted of 4 out of the 10 top runners in the world. The disappointment only grew when the U.S. women’s team won gold in the 4×100 relay.
Unlike the men’s team, Melissa Jefferson, Abby Steiner, Jenna Prandini, and Twanisha Terry swiftly passed the baton around without chokes, finishing the relay at 41.14 seconds, the third fastest time ever.
It was a surprise to many when Jamaica lost to the U.S. women’s team, as Jamaica won Olympic gold last summer. However, what set the Jamaican team back was another handoff hiccup, setting anchor leg Shericka Jackson far behind.
The U.S. women’s team has thrived in global competitions, winning two gold medals in the last three Olympic Games and winning silver behind Jamaica at the Tokyo Olympics.
The men’s team, however, hasn’t won gold in the Olympic Games since 2000 and was disqualified twice in the world championships between 2007 and 2019 after Darvis Patton crashed into a British anchor leg.
Last summer’s Olympic games disappointed many fans of the U.S. men’s team when they failed to make it out of the preliminary heats. Trayvon Bromell started slow, passing the baton on to Fred Kerley. Kerley then miscued the handoff from the second to the third leg, costing the team precious seconds. Anchor leg Cravon Gillespie sped to third place during the final leg, but couldn’t keep his pace. The team ended up finishing sixth in the preliminaries.
“The USA team did everything wrong in the men’s relay,” decorated track and field athlete Carl Lewis tweeted after the Olympic race.
America’s men’s relay teams have become notorious for baton mishaps, with a trend of drops and faulty passes throughout the years. This event was no exception. The relay team consisted of Christian Coleman, Noah Lyles, Elijah Hall, and Marvin Bracy.
It was the final baton handoff when Hall struggled to pass on the baton to anchor leg Bracy, falling over, costing the team hard-to-get-back time. The mishap allowed Andre De Grasse of Canada to surpass Bracy, winning gold for Canada at 37.48 seconds.
“It’s bittersweet,” Bracy said. “When you sweep the 100 and the 200, you expect to come out here and perform better.”
There were high hopes for the U.S. men’s team to get gold this year. Even without 100-meter world champion Fred Kerley, the team consisted of 4 out of the 10 top runners in the world. The disappointment only grew when the U.S. women’s team won gold in the 4×100 relay.
Unlike the men’s team, Melissa Jefferson, Abby Steiner, Jenna Prandini, and Twanisha Terry swiftly passed the baton around without chokes, finishing the relay at 41.14 seconds, the third fastest time ever.
It was a surprise to many when Jamaica lost to the U.S. women’s team, as Jamaica won Olympic gold last summer. However, what set the Jamaican team back was another handoff hiccup, setting anchor leg Shericka Jackson far behind.
The U.S. women’s team has thrived in global competitions, winning two gold medals in the last three Olympic Games and winning silver behind Jamaica at the Tokyo Olympics.
The men’s team, however, hasn’t won gold in the Olympic Games since 2000 and was disqualified twice in the world championships between 2007 and 2019 after Darvis Patton crashed into a British anchor leg.
Last summer’s Olympic games disappointed many fans of the U.S. men’s team when they failed to make it out of the preliminary heats. Trayvon Bromell started slow, passing the baton on to Fred Kerley. Kerley then miscued the handoff from the second to the third leg, costing the team precious seconds. Anchor leg Cravon Gillespie sped to third place during the final leg, but couldn’t keep his pace. The team ended up finishing sixth in the preliminaries.
“The USA team did everything wrong in the men’s relay,” decorated track and field athlete Carl Lewis tweeted after the Olympic race.
