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Carl Lewis says it's 'time to blow up the system' after another disaster for U.S. men's 4x100 relay

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SAINT-DENIS, France — The absence of Noah Lyles isn’t what derailed the U.S.’s bid to win gold in the men’s 4x100-meter relay.

It’s the Americans’ maddening inability to find four men who can pass the baton to one another while running as fast as they can.

Christian Coleman, Kenny Bednarek, Kyree King and Fred Kerley finished a distant seventh Friday night and then were ultimately disqualified, extending the U.