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The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race. Each runner carries a relay baton.
USA had a tradition of winning the Olympic 4x100. Between 1912 and 2000 the USA had lost the Olympic 4x100 only 5 times out of 20 Olympics. Jamaica won 3 times in a row during the Usain Bolt era, 2008-2016. Italy returns as the defending champion, with only one addition to their relay pool.
The 4 × 100 metres relay at the Summer Olympics is the shortest track relay event held at the multi-sport event. The men's relay has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1912 and the women's event has been continuously held since the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. It is the most prestigious 4×100 m relay race at elite level.
The USA men’s 4x100-relay team, marred by botched handoffs in the past, did it again in Paris. The U.S. ran without Noah Lyles, who has COVID. ... Track and field legend Carl Lewis, who won nine ...
The 4x100 meter relay is one of the most thrilling events in track and field, but because it requires precision for blind baton handoffs, you never quite know how races will shake out. It was no ...
Not long after they were disqualified for botching the first handoff of the 4x100 relay on a wet night at Stade de France, Carl Lewis angrily criticized USA Track. U.S. Track has dramatic night in ...
The 4×100 metres relay at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. It is the second most prestigious title in the discipline after the 4×100 metres relay at the Olympics. The competition format typically has one qualifying round leading to a final between eight teams.
The former Tennessee star sprinter was selected by United States track and field for the 4x100-meter relay team after barely missing qualifying in the 100 meters at trials. Coleman ran a 10.40 ...