– Chanelle Price talking after her American team went wire-to-wire with the two fastest legs on the day and three of the four leg winners to win gold at the inaugural World Relays.
US men were 3rd.
Great performances all around by the US team with 3 of the 4 legs running the fastest splits on the day. The USA is the best 4 x 800 country in the world.
Kenya won and got the WR as expected but this one had way more drama than expected with Pat Casey handing off in first, David Torrence hanging with Silas Kiplagat and Leo Manzano making it real interesting (for bronze) on the anchor.
LRCDavid Torrence WOW One of the boldest runs we've seen by an American.
It was a great day one before a loud and festive crowd in Nassau. In non-distance action, the Dennis Mitchell-coached 4 x 200 team was DQed, and the relatively unknown US women got 4 x 100 gold.
What a crazy anchor leg it was in the first final at the loud and raucous World Relays.
The Kenyans crushed the soft world record and the Americans overcame a violent fall for silver.
USADA Says The Lawsuit Filed By Jon Drummond Is “Baseless” A USADA spokesperson said, “Mr. Drummond’s baseless lawsuit against the US Anti-Doping Agency is an effort to circumvent the mandatory arbitration process established to protect the rights of all clean athletes, coaches and the integrity of competition.”
Great Sunday Recap Of World Relays From Alan Abrahamson: Bahamas Rocks, US Rolls “Passion is what track and field needs. Passion is what the Bahamas delivered.” The US men’s short sprint teams were a disaster, but the women were perfect and LaShawn Merritt ruined the hopes of 15,000 raucous fans.
LRC Sunday World Relays Video Highlights The US sprint women did great, the men’s 4 x 100 was a disaster. Video highlights for USA visitors.
Believe it or not, USATF can accomplish something quickly – even on a Sunday with a lawyer involved. It’s beyond time for USATF to show the same sense of urgency for clean and fair sport.
Lauren Fleshman Blasts USATF For Selecting Convicted Doper Dennis Mitchell As A Team USA World Relays Coach “It’s like putting someone who has formerly served time for fraud in charge of your bank. Or a convicted child abuser in charge of your day care.”
Either Drummond is telling the truth or this lawsuit was absolutely idiotic. We’re hoping for a full trial with discovery. That should clean up the sport. *Discuss
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