Tyson Gay has been disappointing, the whole U.S team Men's and Women's has been disappointing. They've been overshadowed by the overwhelming success of the Jamaicans.
Today's 400m relay race was painful to watch, both teams failed to qualify to the next stage because of dropping the baton. When Patton closed in on Gay and Gay reached backward, they couldn't’t connect. Patton made a final lunge to get the stick to Gay before he ran out of the passing zone, but as Gay’s hand closed, the stick wasn’t in it. It bounced off the rain-slickened track, and the crowd gasped.
On the women side, Lauryn Williams didn’t receive the baton from Edwards. It fell to the ground as Edwards yelled and covered her face with her hands. Williams went back to retrieve it and finished the race—but the Americans were dead last. Williams was also part of failed hand up in 2004 when she couldn't give the baton inside the allowed zone to Marion Jones, the team was disqualified.
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