Less than an hour after Tyson Gay and the US men’s 4×100m relay team were disqualified for dropping the baton in a qualifying race, the US women, also in the 4×100m relay do exactly the same thing, ending both groups hopes for an Olympic medal.
Just as with the men, it was the third to fourth-person hand-off that caused the problem, this time between Torri Edwards and Lauryn Williams.
This was the second time Williams was involved in an Olympic baton incident. She was a part of the US women’s relay team that was disqualified in 2004 for making the baton hand-off …read more

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The top three finishers in yesterday’s women’s 100m event at the US Olympic Track and Field qualifying meet are going to Beijing. They are Muna Lee, Torri Edwards, and Lauryn Williams.
Lee is a former world champion (2005) and an NCAA runner-up. Williams is also a former world champion. She also won the silver medal in the 100m in Athens.
Edwards, also a former world champion in the 100m, has had a difficult road to Beijing. She was disqualified at the 2000 games for using the stimulent, nikethamide …read more