After a gold medal performance from the United States women in the 4×100 meters relay on a rainy night at the Stade de France in Paris, expectations were high that the American men would exorcise their past demons and win their first Olympic gold since 2000.
To quote NBC Olympics host Mike Tirico, the result was “predictable.” It was a disaster from the first exchange to the last.
With 100-meter champion and Olympic 200-meter bronze medalist Noah Lyles removed from his usual anchor leg duties after contracting COVID-19 earlier in the week, the Americans had to shuffle their lineup more than expected from the preliminary round performance. Fred Kerley,
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