LYLES BLOWS IT ON THE 4x1

Some guys no matter how fast they are just aren't anchor material.

Coleman in 2017 got run down by Britain's Mitchell Blake of all people.Bracy has a quick getaway in the 100 but just isn't anchor caliber.You need someone that can really turnover like a Jim Hines or Bob Hayes.Lyles should have been running anchor.

Yes, but Jerome's start is pretty awful for how fast he can run.

Finally someoe who knows the 4x1.

What nation can do what the USA did missing their fastest sprinter in Kerley and third fastest in Bromell? With those two we win.

Lyles ran a solid leg the mess up was Hall to Bracy.

Lyles wasn;t the problem as we can see....

You are crazy. Lyles got beat by a NOBODY in Blake. You think he beats De Grasse on the final leg???????? Not a chance.

That's a bad look need a better one.

Really?! He didn’t get out! Coleman ran up on him, which means the stick slowed down. He blasted his leg and compensated but he cost his team the W.

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.....as we can see Lyles delivers.

Bromeliad doesn’t go to relay camp then he shouldn’t be on the team. You but it your strength runner in the second leg, which is where Lyles belonged. Coleman ran well and Lyles got out slow. He messed it up. If Kerley was healthy he has to be your anchor because he can’t run curves and I would not trust him with two handoffs.

So you expect Coleman, Hall, and Bracy needed to have a perfect race in order to make up for the fact that Lyles botched his handoff with Coleman and then proceeded to get his @$$ kicked by Jerome Blake?? Lyles took off running and forgot to put his hand back for the baton.

Lyles was the one talking trash before the race, guaranteeing victory if he's on it. You expect Coleman, Hall and Bracy to bail him out for getting DOMINATED by a 10.00/20.04 runner??

If you knew anything about the 4x1, you'd know what mistakes get made under pressure. Hall-Bracy felt the pressure because Coleman and Lyles should have given them a massive lead and they didn't.

Agree 100%! Lyles even forgot to reach back for the baton.

Though you can't say Lyles blasted his leg when he got beat by .08 seconds by JEROME BLAKE.

Steiner was the hero of the women's 4x1. She SMASHED Jamaica, the heavy favorite. Lyles choked as the heavy favorite and it cost them a gold medal.

Two of the three USA 4x100 relay handoffs were terrible. Remember the goal is to keep the baton moving through the zone as fast as possible. The first handoff between Coleman and Lyles did not do that. The baton slowed down because Lyles did not execute his portion of the exchange properly. The next exchange, the second one was a good exchange. The baton moved through that zone well. The last exchange was terrible. Hall was reaching and missing Bracey's hand. Once again the baton slowed because of the poor exchange. Surviving one bad exchange is unlikely. Surviving two is impossible!

Deno, I'm shocked that someone who purports to be such an expert on sprinting can not see how Lyles screwed up. Did Coleman run right up on him? Yes. Did Lyles get out quickly? No. He might have run quickly after he got the baton but the stick needs to be moving quickly the whole time. Coleman did his job, Lyles didnt do his job.

Bracy was the silver medalist during these Champs. And De Grasse didn’t even make the Finals. Why does the 2nd fastest man in the world need a ‘big lead’?

I understand De Grasse’s history and the difference between relays and open 100m, but c’mon.

De Grasse is a 6 time Olympic Medalist, reigning Olympic 200m champion and one of the fastest 200m runners of all time (#9 on the all time list). What did Lyles place in the 2020 Olympic 200m???? Oh yeah, that's right, De Grasse DESTROYED him.

Bracy, on the other hand, is good at the 100m because he's a quick starter not because his top end speed.

De Grasse has been dealing with injuries and wasn't sharp enough with his start to factor into the 100m.

Sure 2021 Tokyo is irrelevant the year is 2022 and you have a peaked 19.32 Lyles who would run DeGrasse down easily on anchor while skipping the last 5m. What exactly has DeGrasse done this year at 100 OR 200, again?

Neither Bracy nor Bromell should ever anchor a relay final team.

Bracy won a silver in the 100M

Degrasse did not qualify for the 100M. Degrasse not fully fit.

Bracy did not gain one inch on Degrasse

Knighton should have been on the bend. While Hall did a good job, I am convinced Knighton would have done much better.

Once again. USA relay management to blame.

But heck, at least the baton got around this time and in the zones.

2nd is usually the strongest leg and Lyles fit that description

100m and 4x1 are different. There’s a flying start.
Bracy didn’t get run down. He just wasn’t running Andre down. We had bad exchanges