Tyson Gay got destroyed by Blake

Gay just did not have it today. By the time he handed off to Bailey, the Jamaicans had a small lead. Young Ryan Bailey did a great job keeping it close for the USA as they actually tied the old world record. IMO, Bailey is the future for USA sprints.

crappy hand off....gay started way too late and gatlin nearly ran him over in the exchange zone....the jamaican handoff was perfect so blake was full speed coming out of the zone while gay was accellerating

I don't think so, they looked like they ran pretty even to me.

Jamaica was down by a bit right before that Frater/Blake handoff. Jamaica had a much better second exchange than Gatlin/Gay did. That's where they made up a nice chunk of ground. Blake and Gay were pretty close when they started running.

Blake was a better turn runner today.

Taking Responsibility wrote:

Gay just did not have it today. By the time he handed off to Bailey, the Jamaicans had a small lead. Young Ryan Bailey did a great job keeping it close for the USA as they actually tied the old world record. IMO, Bailey is the future for USA sprints.

I agree with you. Bailey held his own.

If it is true, I called it:

"I think that Jam will smoke the USA on 3rd leg, and that the effect of the turn will exaggerate the extent to which the USA is getting blown-away, which will make the USA anchor grip that much harder, and the Jam anchor fly away that much more quickly."

Link for Gallagher's purposes:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=4745925

Performance on the curve can be difficult to evaluate, unless it is visibly smoking, or visibly catastrophic.

Sprintgeezer wrote:

If it is true, I called it:

"I think that Jam will smoke the USA on 3rd leg, and that the effect of the turn will exaggerate the extent to which the USA is getting blown-away, which will make the USA anchor grip that much harder, and the Jam anchor fly away that much more quickly."

Link for Gallagher's purposes:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=4745925

Performance on the curve can be difficult to evaluate, unless it is visibly smoking, or visibly catastrophic.

Congratulations!

Good plan, but....I doubt most people look at .2 seconds (26.84 v 27.04) as getting blown away??? Both teams ran three legs fairly evenly and a WR pace, Jamaica just had a slightly better third leg.

crappy handoff + who knows how much curve running Gay has done since his return from surgery (he hasn't been racing 200s)...if the curve puts more stress on his hip & puts him at risk for reinjury, I have to think that would be on his mind only a year or so off the procedure.

Wrong order for the US

Gatlin should be first as he is a great starter

Gay shou

D have been 2nd as he is the fastest and you can make the 2nd leg the longest. Baily was fine at anchor.

Bailey doesn't have the start or acceleration yet but by goodness the top speed and endurance is there. It's better than every single US sprinter EVER bar a 2009-era Tyson Gay.

Because Blake is doped to the gills! He already served one suspension for stimulants. I hope all these MFs get caught they have disgraced the sport and the olympics! Disgusting!

Picking up on the african king's post regarding the order, I still think that Lewis had superior speed to Bailey, although Bailey really surprised me.

I think that his speed and speed endurance as far as a 100m leg goes right now is superior to Gay's.

Having seen the race, I might have gone

Gatlin - Bailey - Kimmons - Gay

I would put Bailey on a long second leg, passing to Kimmons late in the zone. The incoming runner on 3rd exchange is slightly slower than that on 2nd exchange, giving Gay more time to get out. Also, Kimmons gets away much faster than Gay, smoothing out the second exchange.

The only thing I don't know about is Gatlin's starting ability while holding the baton.

Bailey was REALLY impressive.

If Gay can get healthy, and they can sub in guys like Demps and Dix, the USA will have the potential to go sub-37.

Finally, I would like to point out, somewhat sadly, that the Patton Curse is over.

Sorry man, sometimes logic is over-rated.

Gay was practically walking when he got the baton. Weak. He ran pretty hard though, but it's no good with a walking start...

Bailey is young (albeit strong and fast), so I think Drummond made a wise choice in not having the less experienced Bailey hand off to anyone. Only having to accept the baton takes off a lot of stress. In the end, it seems that setting a new American Record indicates a pretty damn good job of setting up the team.

Maniac--

You're probably right about that, it was probably a good call in the end.

Drummond has done well, both teams got the baton around, one equalling the previous WR, and one absolutely crushing it.

He also placated the unfortunates by letting them run in the prelims--that a-hole Tard-mo' on the women's side, and that journeyman Patton on the men's side.

This way, Tard'mo has less to complain about, and Patton gets a medal that he richly deserves, IMHO.

It looks like Drummond might just have the courage to do what is right, rather than what is appropriate.

Look for him to be released soon.

You guys are stupid. Yohan Blake had the baton in a lane down from Tyson Gay.... duh. What do you think happens when two guys of equal speed run together and one guy has the shorter curve?

They actually ran equal. They also received the baton about equal as well. In fact, look up the video on youtube and stop relying on your already skewed memories and you'll see that the USA was in front when Bailey got the baton.

I don't see how Bailey held his own. He got SMOKED by Usain Bolt. What video are you guys looking at? Bolt put 0.20 on him LOL

Gay received the baton before Blake and gave him after.

That is the problem. Gay was the weak link of this relay.

Merioskinos wrote:

Gay received the baton before Blake and gave him after.

That is the problem. Gay was the weak link of this relay.

Retard, Yohan Blake was a LANE DOWN from Tyson Gay. You get two guys with equal speed and obviously the guy a lane down is going to have the LEAST AMOUNT to run.

Simply geometry. This entire thread needs to go back to High School.

I actually think Tyson Gay ran a FASTER split than Yohan Blake by a couple milliseconds given that the stagger lead he had on Blake was less than that of a 200m stagger start.