SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — The U.S. males prolonged their drought to twenty years with no medal within the Olympic 4×100 relay.
Workforce USA was disqualified for an unlawful cross after Christian Coleman crashed into teammate Kenny Bednarek whereas making the change between the primary and second legs.
Coleman first bumped into, then handed, Bednarek as they made their awkward change.
Noah Lyles, who received the gold medal within the males’s 100m remaining, was out of the relay remaining as a result of having COVID.
Andre De Grasse anchored Canada to gold in a time of 37.50 seconds. It was the primary medal in Paris for De Grasse, however his seventh total.
South Africa completed second and Britain third.
The one time the U.S. has captured a medal within the males’s 4x100m relay over the past twenty years was in 2012, however that bought stripped for a doping violation.
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