The US men failed to win an individual gold for the first time ever at a fully attended Olympics. What went wrong? When Noah Lyles finished third in the 200m final this week, he called his hardware "boring". When Grant Holloway took silver in the 110m hurdles, he repeatedly used the word "sucks" with reporters after the race. Both men seemed glum, disappointed. They'd lost. They'd failed. Never mind that Lyles's time was the fastest he's run all season, that only 16 men have ever finished the ra...
The once-great US men's track team failed to win a solo gold in Tokyo. Why?
The Guardian - 8 Aug 2021 11:00
The US men failed to win an individual gold for the first time ever at a fully attended Olympics. What went wrong? When Noah Lyles finished third in the 200m final this week, he called his hardware "boring". When Grant Holloway took silver in the 110m hurdles, he repeatedly used the word "sucks" with reporters after the race. Both men seemed glum, disappointed. They'd lost. They'd failed. Never mind that Lyles's time was the fastest he's run all season, that only 16 men have ever finished the ra...
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