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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 4028673, member: 6927"] In terms of gold medals, it was a historically poor performance by US men on the track -- the first time in the modern Olympics, except for the 1980 boycott, that no US man won individual gold in track. — Trayvon Bromell, after establishing himself as the man to beat in 100m, was a mysterious dud in Tokyo. Failed to advance from his semifinal, and ran a poor opening leg of the ill-fated 4x100 relay. — Grant Holloway, a heavy favorite in the 110m hurdles, got out to a big lead but somehow lost his momentum mid-race, and settled for silver. — Noah Lyles, considered a slight favorite in the 200m, settled for bronze. — Michael Norman and Michael Cherry, in what was considered a fairly open 400m field, finished 4th and 5th. — Rai Benjamin, in his much-anticipated showdown with Karsten Warholm, came up just short of gold in the 400mH despite smashing the former WR. I don't believe that any of the US men were thought to have a good chance at gold in races longer than 400m. Then we have the latest chapter in the seemingly unending saga of the snakebitten 4x100 relay passes. The 4x400 team gained a measure of redemption, with Rai Benjamin dropping the hammer in a fantastic anchor leg. The US men still won more individual sprint medals (4 silver, 1 bronze) than any other country. And it should be noted that this was a young team, consisting mostly of Olympic rookies in their early to mid-20s. And 17-year-old Erriyon Knighton has an extremely promising future. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/08/usa-mens-track-team-medals-olympics-tokyo[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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