Tokyo Olympics: Carl Lewis blasts US sprint relay performance as 'total embarrassment'

Athletics superstar Carl Lewis has criticised the US men's 4x100m relay team, calling their performance a"total embarrassment" after failing to qualify for the final at the Tokyo Olympics.This was despite the US team having stars including individual 100m silver medallist Fred Kerley, Ronnie Baker who came fifth in that final, and Trayvon Bromell who has the fastest time of the year so far at 9.77 seconds.

During the heat, Kerley and Baker got tangled up in a poor baton exchange, costing them precious time before Cravon Gillespie ran the anchor leg. The USA team did everything wrong in the men's relay. The passing system is wrong, athletes running the wrong legs, and it was clear that there was no leadership. It was a total embarrassment, and completely unacceptable for a USA team to look worse than the AAU kids I saw .Nine-time Olympic gold medallist Carl Lewis said on Twitter:"The USA team did everything wrong in the men's relay.

It marks the first time since 2008 that the US men's 4x100m relay team will not run in an Olympic final.

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