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‘Blow it up’: Carl Lewis calls on US to change relay system after Paris debacle

Carl Lewis United States Paris Christian Coleman Christian Petersen Kenny Bednarek Olympics Team GB USA Track and Field
The US finished seventh in the 4x100m men’s final but were disqualified after the race.
The US finished seventh in the 4x100m men’s final but were disqualified after the race. Photograph: Christian Petersen/Getty Images

The nine-time Olympic champion Carl Lewis has called on USA Track and Field to “blow up the system” after another Olympic debacle for the men’s 4x100m relay team.

The US men extended their relay drought to 20 years without a medal in the relay on Friday in Paris, after they were disqualified for an illegal pass. Christian Coleman crashed into teammate Kenny Bednarek while making the baton exchange between the first and second legs, disrupting the timing of the pass and forcing the exchange outside the legal zone.

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