Team USA 4x400M Relay Shut Doubters to Salvage Tokyo World Championships Medal Hopes Team USA men’s 4x400m relay redeems Tokyo campaign after re-run, silencing critics and securing a vital medal chanc

The United States men’s relay program has long carried a reputation that no team desires. Time and again, the baton has slipped from their grasp, and with it, the chance at medals. It started with the 2008 Beijing Olympics ending in shock when both men’s and women’s 4x100m squads dropped their batons. Following that, at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the 4x100m men fell apart again when Christian Coleman and Kenny Bednarek failed at the first exchange, leaving the squad disqualified. Now, a year since that incident on track yet again, a misstep in the men’s 4x400m prelims left fans stressed. Why? Christopher Bailey’s quartet finished sixth after Zambia’s interference. And this in turn threw America’s qualification hopes into doubt.

Moreover, the appeal initially failed, deepening the disappoint