Official World's Day 8 thread

Definitely a win via raw firepower rather than technique, lol

Replays of US team relays always entertaining...

Imagine being a Jamaican and getting passed down the homestretch by an Italian

Handoffs very sloppy but at least they got the stick around. Coaching gets that quarter closer to the American record

It's over.

looks like at least one wonky USA handoff, where were they in the zone?

Yup. Those exchanges were all poor. Fortunate they have the speed where it matters.

2 NASTY batons 😮😳

You can tell the athletes feel the pressure.

Sloppy and unsafe handoffs, but the baton kept moving at a good pace through the zones regardless.

Kerley to Carnes exchange was awful. Italian officials looking replays now

All were bad but probably clean. Late takeoff on both exchange 1 and 2, indicative of not being coached and not getting the steps right. Exchange 3 takeoff was fine but stick passing technique all wrong. Again, these guys just aren’t being coached

I'll second that India is a sleeping giant to a point as they have had world level competitors in the sprints in the past but the infrastructure for athletics or for any sport but cricket and field hockey is abysmal.

Hopefully that is changing without PED's.

Why are they letting Shacarri run with those nails?

Also, Thomas is not a 100 runner. She has no explosion. They should be running Brittany Brown or even Abby Steiner instead.

Klaver in the house!

I love the kid, and wish him only the best, but that looked like a pathetic effort.

Was never in it at all, never got close to the front, even off a very slow pace, let himself get pretty badly boxed (why do that on such a slow first lap?), had to make a long, awkward cut to get out, and then looked like he wasn't even competing down the stretch.

Couldn't get too much worse.

I have now officially given up on this generation of US men's half-milers.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaas! Force over Finesse 😏 glad the Stars n' Stripes came through in the end as a TEAM