There Goes the Gold
Posted by Bossip Staff
Since it’s a slow day for celeb news, here is a little more Olympics drama for you to discuss at the water cooler:
The U.S. men and women both dropped the baton in the Olympic 400-meter relays Thursday night and failed to advance out of the first round. First, men’s anchor Tyson Gay, part of the American team that won the relay at last year’s world championships, did not get the red metal stick from third-leg runner Darvis Patton. Then, about 25 minutes later, women’s anchor Lauryn Williams flubbed her exchange with Torri Edwards, their baton dropping to the ground, too. At the 2004 Olympics, Williams started running too early and missed a handoff from Marion Jones in the final.
“If people want to assess the blame to me, that’s OK. I mean, I can take whatever it is that people are going to dish out,” Williams said. “We had good chemistry. The hand was back there. She was there. I don’t know what happened.”
Unlike the men, who stopped racing, Williams scrambled back on the wet track to pick up the baton and complete the lap—more than 6 seconds after first-place Belgium finished in 42.92. But the U.S. was disqualified.Afterward, Gay and Patton both took the blame. Gay, who also failed to reach the final in the individual 100, said he felt the baton and “then I went to grab it and there was nothing. It’s kind of the way it’s been happening to me this Olympics.” He said he never before dropped a baton in a relay and that he and Patton practiced all week without missing a handoff. “That’s Tyson Gay. He’s a humble guy,” Patton said. “But I know it’s my job to get the guy the baton, and I didn’t do that.”
Damn, that sucks. Hopefully they won’t beat themselves up for it, sh*t happens.
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I can run faster then them…in heels…
damn shame.
GOT DAMN!
Yes Bossip sh*t happens… so unfortunate.
It just aint the USA year… Dont beat yourselves up yall!
Im with PAYPA…DAMN SHAME!
AND THEY WORRIED ABOUT BOLT CLOWIN THEY CANT EVEN DO THE BASIC *****
AND BOLT WOULDA SMOKED GAY TO IN THE 100 AND 200
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The US Track team needs a huge overhaul by the London 2012 games….or this same fiasco will occur..
SLOPPY AZZ F*CKING MESS!!! BUTTERFINGER AZZ HAVING *****s!
the jamaicans would win anyway, both the jamaican women and men.
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Dang Bossip, ya’ll give the BLOOD CLOTS all the glory defenfing Usain Bolt then front on USA??? WTF???
Butta finga *****s.
GAY SUCKS!!
Yep ***** happens and it is a damn shame, but as Bossip stated, the US-Relay Teams have struggled with the baton p*****-over before, they’ll overcome that!
@ I’m just me
thank you…thank you…
And why did they stop running making them look even more foolish? Eh? Should have finished the lap like the ladies. Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy!
Dang…so they forgot the honey on they mitts…
LMAO @ calling ‘em out butta fingas
@NIKKIU
HEY NIKKI, MY HEART DROPPED WHEN I SEEN UR SCREEN NAME……..I HAD A BROTHER NAMED MOOK THAT GOT KILLED…..GIRL PLEASE EXPLAIN UR SCREEN NAME
The States are not having a good Olympics this time.
Maybe next time better. I’m happy Jamaica took some gold medailes though
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Envy Me….
Was it recent? Are you in Ohio? Did he get shot?
…it’s gotta hurt to come so far and lose over something like that…
Like I said before as long as the American sprinters are not on The Clear, they just cant compete with the rest of the world…like a crackhead feening for more crack, they are just simply shook up. Americans are scared to dope now and we are seeing the results in International Competition…SMH
100% agree with NUM1DOM…USA Track & Field needs to step up the game for 2012!!! This is a shameful mess!
@NIKKI
APPARENTLY THERE IS ALOT OF MOOK’S IN THIS WORLD….NO I’M IN D.C. AND YEAH HE GOT SHOT 3 TIMES IN THE BACK BACK IN 2006
What a pity,I just read this on a hot forum on tall dating site ____T a l l m i n g l e . c o m____ which is a hot dating site for all tall friends and tall singles.
booooooooooo. kinda hard to win when ur not DOPING, huh……..?
damn both?? conspiracy much???
I’m not going to go insulting anyone because all the american runners are very talented… so i dont think anyone should turn on them. just be glad that they made it that far and still show them love and support when they come back home.
Guess the USA track team really miss those steroids huh?!?!?!?!
This just wasn’t USA’s Olympics in track
They’ll be good for 2012.
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Im glad they are not the same cause your grief would have been recent…sorry to hear about your Bro…
I’m surprised this bossip article didn’t feature a nice title like “making it rain on them hoes”….I wonder what kind of ignorant monkeys type these stereo-typical articles.
Oh tough luck on the USA team…***** happens can’t be the best at every thing.
if dey was p*****in a creole bebe instead of a baton, i garuntee they wouldna dropped it
I’m just gonna put it out there… TYSON GAY HAS CHOKED THE WHOLE OLYMPICS…. first he pulls upin the 100 at the olympic trials… then he doesnt even qualify for the 200 finals??? and we talkin bout the person we were depending on to win for the USA…. now u mean to tell me this ***** dropped the baton on top of all that???? Things Fall Apart dude… some people just don’t have the heart, so we should definitely celebrate those who do… Shout Out to Walter Dix for bringing home 2 broze medals fresh outta college
epic failure
flo jo must be rolling in her steroid induced early grave
@illuminatitheprince….. i don’t doubt this one bit… there’s no telling how many of our track heroes from the 80’s and 90’s were doped up… i think Carl Lewis may be the only clean one
@NIKKI
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Sad!!! i really wanted the showdown!!!
It would have been really exciting to see JA and US go at it in the relays this year with BOLT and ASAFA the two fastest men now! Guess the showdown is between JA and Trinidad!! Caay wait
I hope that it was not on purpose…. Kind of odd that both teams fell out!!! You know the US don’t like to loose or have a strong possibility of loosing!
Team USA – nothing without Steriods?
Did the women “Pop Lock It Drop It” before they p*****ed the baton or wha?
that sucks. U.S really flopped this year.
Team USA would have gotten wiped up by JA anyway so they saved themselves the embarr*****ment. I’m a big track and field fan and aside from the 400 m hurdles where Team USA went 1-2-3, this has been a horrific showing by the US. Kudos to Angelo Taylor though, of couse, he’ll never get any props since he got into trouble for some b.s. with some 15-year-old, but I give him his full props for coming back 8 years later after winning a gold in the even in Sydney, after losing all his sponsorships cause of the underage mess, and having to lay electric wire to make ends meet, the brother made it all the way back to Olympics and the US has one less event to be embarr*****ed by. Kudos to that brother for staying on focus. And big up to Walter Dix, at least he was in the race (Tyson Gay) and pulled out a bronze against Usain Bolt in the 100 and 200.
Merlene Ottey is in Slovenia laughing her ***** off, while Marion Jones’ ***** in in federal prison looking at the mess she made. And her ***** should be crying but so should the coaches and the BALCO mother*****ers who are running around scott-free after *****ing up track and field and blaming it on the mostly black athletes they made money off of. SMH. USA track and field needs to start recruting these little kids in the hood and getting their *****es early. And then maybe send them to Jamaica or Kenya to train. SMH at this whole fiasco.
go Trinidad, you’re the best
damn thats like dropping the soap
The US is still in first place in the Olympics.
2008 Medals
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
USA 29 34 32 95
CHN 46 15 22 83
RUS 16 16 19 51
GBR 17 12 11 40
AUS 11 13 14 38
Here you go screwing it up again for people who may have wanted to watch it on tv tonight. slow news day. half the crap on this web site is slow news day *****
Yeah the US team dont need to feel too bad, Jamaica was goin to win and Trinidad was coming second in the men’s event, and they werent in it to win it, for the women’s either.
But yeah holding on to a batton is basic, and somehow i wasnt overly surprised they messed that up.
Just in Veronica Campbell wins the women 200m!! JA dominace is spreading!! Next is the relay and 400m chea!!!!!!
Oh and thats what you get for nitpicking about a foot on the line, like that was the first time it happened for the whole games. Yet somehow the first time it happens Crawford could get his silver. Thankfully Usain left them in the dust.
The Jamacian team going to tough to beat, but I think the Trinidadians are up for the challenge.
Either way, big up to the West Indies, ’cause we large this time around.
There is a long history of the US relay teams dropping the baton. I think they did it in Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004.
so what happen to the story about the 3 Americans sweeping the 400m this morning also. Thats a big win. where is that story.
all the same..go jamaica.. go trinidad.. go to everybody else trust me..tides are turning..and for many years countries denied of what should rightfully be theirs are now basking in glory. this is what you call irony. my goodness
What? Come on bossip…i’m sure you can find a way to blame racism for them dropping the baton.
For too long Americans have been doping and getting away with it at other Olympics. The chinese ain’t letting that happen this time. They test for doping right after each competition now. For years, Merlene Ottey from Jamaica was denied a chance at gold because they would dope up. Marion Jones and all the others have ruined the sport but Usain and Jamaica (among other clean teams) have brought it back. In Jamaica…they test athletes very randomly so they are clean.
I’ll have to stop coming here until the olympics is over..spoil every damn event..first ********** bolt and now this?! wow….thanks…ugh!!!
Shows they were doping up all along. A bunch of sore losers. GO JAMAICA WE ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD OF TRACK AND FIELD!
TEAM U.S.A JUST DIDN’T WANT TO RUN ANY MORE RACE WITH JAMAICA THEY SAVED THEMSELVES SOME PAIN
mmmm look at them sexy trinis…boy I’m gonna get in trouble…
LMAO @ Nikki Underwood “I can run faster than them…in heels”
So true…this team is a reflection of what happens when steroids are banned. It’s a damn shame that the US can’t win CLEAN (although the Jamaicans may be next in a new doping scandal…we’ll see). SMDH Carl Lewis and Michael Johnson are exempted from my comments.
*sadness* The whole mens team can come to my condo for comfort..and *****tails…etc…
i see u nigeria big up!!!
I don’t think the US was going to win the 4×100 final anyway…DQ or not
yeah, yeah usa u win in the chainging room,lol
yeah, not being able to juice up has those boys and girls looking a little winded out there….lol. jamaica is eating the US for breakfast…… we could learn something from them rasatafarians (lol). go back to basics…live naturally, eat fruit and seafood, and have a wacky tabacky bush in your back yard.
this is what happens when you cant shoot up b4 your races…….smh
wow..homegirl from the american team said on NBC somewhere out there someone’s got a voodoo doll against the U.S. ***** *****ed up and then she wants to slur the west indies? silly chick.
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It is okay to be great at what you do, but a great Olympian does it year after year. That is why Americans can boast. We perform night in and night out. We are not one hit wonders: Gymnastic, Softball, baseball, volleyball, beach volleyball, tennis, basketball, football, women’s soccer, track and field. We have even added new ***** like wrestling, equestrian, discus, etc. It is about growing as a nation and I believ Usain wanted to do that, but he did not go out like Michael Phelps. Yet Phelps was calm and collective about his meets. he tanked his predecessor.
What has Jamaica done: Nothing, but track. SO I congratulate them on 10 medals. We will be back one Bush is outta here and gwe get our money back form that dumb ***** war. He messed up our country and we have not been the same since 2000. With Obama in office, we will resore order and take pride in representing AMerica
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This may sound crazy but why do I feel like someone made them throw the race so they would not steal Phelp’s shine. I just find it hard to believe that both the men and the women dropped the baton. I mean that’s something you practice over and over again because it is so crucial. After all, this is the Olympics, and I know that things like this can happen but still something just does’nt feel right. You know white people think they are suppose to be on top in everything even if they have cheat.
GIVE THEM HELL JAMAICA!! JAMAICA #1
That’s alright… as long as them Trinis mek it, I good!!
The US did choke big time. Time to clean house in the track and field program. I know there’s some kids in the hood faster than the current team.
Okay Jamaica did outstanding. But suddenly almost everyone making comments on this site is Jamaican? I doubt it. Wanna be’s, probably from Virginia or some *****.
I think this was staged!! They know the Jamaican’s the the Trinidadians were going to eat them for breakfast!
Americans in track and field w/o steriods = Nothing
U.S. track & field ain’t sh*t!!
Your right Janae they choked!! big time!!!
JAMAICA STAND UP ###11111 GOLD
The Trinis and Great Britain didn’t make it to the finals
Jamaica can walk it in if they wanted to
Bossip sh*t happens it could of been worse, i mean you could have Gary Glitter entering your country!!!!
@Tchapman
If Jamaica had more resources Im sure they could excel at other sports. Anything they give us we top it. LOL Even if its to be one of the most murderous country in the world (below or somewhere beside south africa and columbia), we top that. No disrespect to my people but , its the truth.
both teams lost their concentration which is
2012 will have to bring an overhaul in training.
Cosigning wit TChapman…..
Whats going on with the athletes all over the Olympic games, with the exception of phelps and womens beach volleyball, athletes really haven’t been on their A-Game. All athletes represent their country and with the US being a total mess as a country – I say they are representing us quite well
No surprise Jamaica won the Gold!! Can’t talk to us!
BIG UP Asafa Powell, Usain Bolt, and Michael Frater!
World Record Setters!
jamaica and th carribean all day !!!!! yeayeey…america wins many other things so jus let some one have the glory 4 Once man ..jus relax
“This may sound crazy but why do I feel like someone made them throw the race so they would not steal Phelp’s shine. I just find it hard to believe that both the men and the women dropped the baton”
It does not sound Silly at all. The track team was embarr*****ing, every one of those damn t coaches, agents and leaders need to be fired for embarr*****ing the US like they did with something as simple in the race as grabbing a Paton (shaking my head). And if this happens all the time something is wrong. Is this the best talent we have in track and field? We need new runners for 2012.
TUFF LUCK FOR BOTH THE 4+100 RELAY TEAMS…
WITH A NAME LIKE GAY YOU WOULD THINK HE’D NEVER DROP THAT STICK!!!
SAME FOR THE WOMEN!!! WELL MATBE IF IT HAD BEEN A TOUNGE…
No Juicing…..See the Difference!
I’m so tired of people always Hatin, Tyson is cole wit it shiii,always has been! They’ll gettem next time..They still doing it bigger then most of yall posting negative a$$ comments. Hi Haters