JohnR wrote:
Only the American men could have the 2nd place finisher in the 100, the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place finisher in the 200, and not even make the 4x100 finals. And the American men are consistent, they can do that every time.
Being serious, the U.S. needs to fire its sprint relay coaching staff and hire a Japanese crew.
LOL. So true!
Keep yapping. You forget that everyone is upping their game
And where is it written that it's only America that should win? Huuuh...!
Come on, the medals are not a preserve of America!
Anyone is capable of winning and shining 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤞🤞🤞
I agree, this is ridiculous. USA track and Field needs to change. We have all seen high school teams pass a baton better than that. IDK.
Add Grant Holloway to the Twisties list ... goes home devastated in the 110m hurdles.
Our relay coaches are the Underpants Gnomes.
Phase 1: Put a poorly-constructed B-team on the track for the Olympic Semis.
Phase 2: ???
Phase 3: Profit!!!
PMellyhenepics wrote:
Got the twisties trying to reach back for the baton
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tweeking wrote:
im doubting bromells time from this season.
how come on one of the fastest surfaces ever made. this guy is struggling to break 10 seconds. he literally lost to the chinese 1st leg.
where did he run his 9.7x?
He never ran 9.77 this year. The clock at a race in Florida between him and Bracy stopped at 10.00 and then adjusted down to 9.77. No proper calibrated clock does that crap. Even he knew it wasn't no darn 9.77.
Canada Rnr wrote:
PMellyhenepics wrote:
Got the twisties trying to reach back for the baton
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False. It was bronze. Once.
Mbai haule, US doesn't have to always win but they got to at least make it to the finals with the depth that they have
[quote]Another Option wrote:
It's almost as if we don't care about team events in professional Track and Field, which is unfortunate because I think the relays at the NCAA Championships seem to have a very high priority.
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We don't. Professional track outside, of major championships, isn't a team sport. Your typical Diamond League meet has no "team" events, unless you consider sponsors a team. Track at the college level is a team sport. Coaches get paid according to their team's results. At the pro level, coaches are employees, paid by the athlete. At the college level coaches are more like employers, doling out scholarships to the athletes.
Never gets old... :D
South Park wrote:
Our relay coaches are the Underpants Gnomes.
Phase 1: Put a poorly-constructed B-team on the track for the Olympic Semis.
Phase 2: ???
Phase 3: Profit!!!
I'm not ready to blame the coaches without more information. I suspect they have the appearance of authority without actually having it. If the athletes balk at practicing, do they have any power to make them? Even if they did, would the athletes resent being made to practice.
By their own admission they didn't have much practice. Whose fault is that?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/olympics/us-mens-4x100-relay-shockingly-fails-to-qualify-for-final-at-tokyo-olympics/ar-AAMXjvl?li=BBnb7Kz#:~:text=Kerley%20and%20Baker,kids%20I%20saw.%22This sounds like a great research project for LRC. Hopefully, you could get some former Olympic sprinters to talk candidly about their experience.
This is truly a case of good news, bad news. Good news, they didn't drop the baton or get DQ'ed; the bad news, they didn't even qualify for the finals.
GilThat was a disaster from the gun
There’s no reason why the “A” team (maybe Bednarek, Kerley, Bromell, Baker, and/or Lyles) shouldn’t have been running in the prelims. NOONE on the potential A team have run more the 3 races, none would still have individuals events to contest. IT’S 100 METERS!! And some legs on the relay aren’t even a full 100 meters lol
Baker is easily the best 60meter on the team. Why wasn’t he on lead off?
De Grasse won the 200 last night , got bronze in the 100, and still ran in the prelims the following morning (which looked like a really smart decision on Canada’s part as they were almost out of it before he brought them back in contention).
I think I’d rather the US drop the baton, than get theirs doors blown off by the other countries in their heat…
South Park wrote:
Our relay coaches are the Underpants Gnomes.
Phase 1: Put a poorly-constructed B-team on the track for the Olympic Semis.
Phase 2: ???
Phase 3: Profit!!!
Yes!!!!!
twistedsister2020 wrote:
Canada Rnr wrote:
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False. It was bronze. Once.
LOL except he didn’t reach back for the baton because he was first leg...
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