“Hall of Shame”: American Track Fans Divided as Christopher Bailey & 4x400M Relay Invite Trouble at Tokyo World Championships Christopher Bailey and team are under fire from U.S. track fans after a di

Relay tragedy strikes Team USA again, continuing a long tradition of relay fumbles. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 4x100m U.S. men were strong favorites to win, but for the first time since 1972, they failed to win gold because they dropped the baton. Last year, in the 4x100m at the Paris Olympics, Christian Coleman and Kenny Bednarek collided at the first handoff, which set off the chain of errors, leading to the US team being DQed. The silver lining was that the American 4x400M relay team won the gold while setting a new Olympic record with a time of 2:54.43. But this time at the Tokyo World Athletic Championships , it was the usually consistent 4x400M relay team who were impacted, and fans wasted no time in expressing their disappointment in Christopher Bailey and Co. as they court