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Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney, Jerome Blake and Aaron Brown of crew Canada at Paris Olympics.© AFP
Andre de Grasse anchored Canada to victory within the Olympic males’s 4x100m relay in Paris on Friday. The Canadian quartet, additionally comprising Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake and Brendon Rodney, clocked 37.50 seconds for gold. South Africa took silver in an African report of 37.57sec and Britain bronze (37.61). Defending champions Italy, that includes 2021 100m champion Marcell Jacobs on the second leg, completed fourth in 37.68sec. The US, lacking Covid-hit 100m champion Noah Lyles, initially crossed the road in seventh in 37.89, however had been later disqualified.
Christian Coleman botched the primary baton handover with Kenny Bednarek, the latter coming to an virtually complete standstill.
Kyree King and Fred Kerley may do nothing to pull the quartet again into the operating.
It continues the dash powerhouse’s dismal Olympic run.
The final time the US males medalled was with a silver on the 2004 Athens Video games.
There was a botched handoff within the heats of the 2021 Tokyo Video games, whereas the US had been disqualified on the 2016 Rio Video games and did not medal in London in 2012 while additionally coming a cropper within the semi-finals in Beijing in 2008.
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