'It's Weird': Tyson Gay On Latt Drama Over U.S. Men's Relay Race : The Torch : NPR

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'IT'S WEIRD': TYSON GAY ON LATT DRAMA OVER U.S. MEN'S RELAY RACE

Tyson Gay Discs The Men's Relay. Men's 4x100m relay teammat Tyson Gay, Jt Gatl and Michael Rodgers react after beg disqualified om the race at the Olympic Stadium R Janeiro Friday.

Team member Tyson Gay lls both weird and bad luck. In fact, a post-race terview that lasted ls than three mut, Gay ed the word "weird" no fewer than seven tim to scribe how this race went for the Amerins.

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Team of Mike Rodgers, Jt Gatl, Gay and Trayvon Bromell had turned a time of 37.

After the race, Gay told journalists — cludg NPR's Rsell Lewis — that he was shocked by the oute.

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Squad's silver medal fish the London 2012 Olympics was void last year, over the dopg spensns that have h both Gay and Gatl.

And Friday night Gay relled another disqualifitn, 2009, he said, for a bad handoff.

Here's Gay talkg about the latt setback: "It has to be the worst luck for this untry ever.

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Gay said that officials told the team that Jt Gatl received the baton too early, rultg a disqualifitn. Wh the Amerins' rult now thrown out, Canada gets the bronze medal, Gay said, addg, "It's so weird, man. " We don't mean to poke fun at Gay — if anythg, his repeated e of the word "weird" is the perfect illtratn of the current stat of a team that's seen dropped batons and other problems, but one that had seemgly gotten past those issu.

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