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The relief provokes the shame of the

American speed

, when staying out of the

4x100 in

spite of the collective level of its 'sprinters'. They were sixth, behind

Ghana

, marked by their poor baton steps, something that has become endemic for North Americans. This time, however, they were not left out of the podium or the race. They are out of the final. After winning neither the hectometer nor the 200, in

the post-Bolt era

, this failure is a sign. Something must change.

The quartet consisted of

Trayvon Bromell

,

Fred Kerley

,

Ronnie Baker,

and

Cravon Gillespie

.

The top three fell below 9.90 in the trials: Bromell (9.80), Baker (9.85) and Kerley (9.86).

Beyond not winning the individual event, it is evident that collectively they could form a very fast relay.

The problem is that in the test you not only run, you also change.

"We are all running well at the moment," said Baker, who posted a time of 9.95 in the final of 100.

"Trying to coordinate that perfectly with a couple of training sessions is complicated. This is how it is," he resigned himself.

You need collective work, something the United States has not taken seriously for a long time.

The harsh criticism of Carl Lewis

His 4x100 team, in fact,

has not won the test since Sydney 2000

. In London 2012 they reached the silver, but they had to return it for the positive case of

Tyson Gay

. The sprinter already made a bad change of baton that left the Americans out of the final in Beijing 2008. Another cost them disqualification in 2016. However, they had never been seen crossing the finish line sixth in a semi-final. An embarrassment that provoked immediate criticism in the North American country through social networks. Among them, those of

Carl Lewis

: "The relay has done everything wrong, in the changes and in the race. We don't have a team and we don't have a leader."

In the second relay, Kerley did not deliver the baton well to Baker, who despite regaining ground, was not enough for Gillespie to be able to finish among the first three, which were China, Canada and Italy.

At the finish, they finished sixth, behind Ghana.

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