Someone at USATF should be FIRED for this mixed 4x4 team

Under the new rule, only one person from the prelims can be replaced.

The A squad is not running, it is not surprised they lost.

https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-4X4-X-f----.RS6.pdf

I guess due to her age/deference to her Felix is the one who came in…But if purely trying to win having her jog a 51 in the morning and having Steiner come in for Simon and win an easy gold medal would’ve been the move. 2 full days off until the 200.

The US wasted their rested runner on Felix when it should've been one of the runners with individuals later in the week who's capable of bringing an X factor split like Bol (See Steiner, McLaughlin, Mu, etc).

should have been mu syd or delilah. but it's clear our running culture doesn't value this type of competition.

i would like to know how other countries run things different from us that makes their athletes want to participate.

maybe it is just good ole fashioned patriotism. something that is very out of fashion in the USA.

It's a guaranteed gold medal, why wouldn't they say yes? Even the B and C team would win. Where is Randolph Ross? Or Jonathas?

Lighten up, Felix split 50.15.

They got beat.

You make Felix run the prelim and the final because it's her only event. Then you put in Mu or Syd or Diggs in fresh for the final. They get the baton with a 20 meter lead and they can jog to an easy gold medal.

McLaughlin, Mu, Steiner, Wilson, and Diggs are probably the top 400m women in the US right now, and one of them definitely isn't going to be on that 4x400m final. My guess is Mu will be off since the 4x400m final is around an hour after the 800m final. So then put Mu on the mixed relay.

Syd is Allyson’s training partner right? Probably should’ve called in a favor on that one. Syd can jog a 49-high 400 and the a 55-second prelim 400H heat without breaking a sweat.

Interesting that on the Track & Field News forum this morning for this mixed 4 x 400 relay, all 5 posters agreed that a USA gold would be the lock of this meet.

US women got smoked by Dominican Republic in the final, giving up over 2.5 seconds the US men had gained.

But who else could have been on that team? Is it fair to let potentially faster runners be on the team when they did not compete in the open 400 at the trials?

For some of the runners on other teams, the mixed 4x400 is likely their only chance for a gold medal for themselves and their country, And that may include Bol also.

Since this relay happens on the first day of the meet, there is no guarantee that any of those potentially faster US runners would want to be on the team, even if asked. This is unlike the 4x400, where everyone would say yes since its the last event.

Syd would have 4 days to recover before the heats of the 400h heats. Mu would have 6 days to recover before the heats of the 800.

It's pathetic. Shame on those athletes if they are backing out, but I have a feeling it's USATF calling the shots.

You're making a major assumption that the athletes in individual events would want to run a relay prior.

Might want to read that one again.

??? Femke Bol skipped the heats but ran the final, as did a few others.

Geez. Everyone called this a joke event or not a real event when it was introduced. Now y’all are whining about getting 3rd

Felix was in better shape than that. She misjudged her run and died.

Only able to replace one runner from semis.

You can replace only one of the 4 relay team members between the heats and the final. Allyson was the replacement.