Olympics Relay: warning, spoiler

Marion Jones , right of the U.S. attempts to hand off to teammate Lauryn Williams in the 4 x 100 meter relay final at the 2004 Olympic Games Friday, Aug. 27, 2004 in Athens, Greece. Williams left too early and Jones could not reach her with the baton until it was too late.

1 posted on 08/27/2004 1:49:14 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

Sounds like it was Williams fault to me..

2 posted on 08/27/2004 1:50:37 PM PDT by cashion

Argh. What a shame. Our girls could have won. The 4x100 is so short and manic, little mistakes can compound themselves.

3 posted on 08/27/2004 1:50:45 PM PDT by Zack Nguyen

That's too bad. These women were smoking last night in the semifinal. I thought for sure they were getting gold.

4 posted on 08/27/2004 1:51:13 PM PDT by Republican Red (Is that a classified document in your pants Sandy or are you just glad to see me?)

5 posted on 08/27/2004 1:51:14 PM PDT by gathersnomoss

Marion Jones(L), of the U.S. relay team, fails to pass on the baton to Lauryn Williams in the women's 4 x 100 metres relay final at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 27, 2004. Jones, fresh from missing out on a medal in the long jump, could not catch Williams and despite repeated attempts to thrust the baton into her hand, ran out of track. Jamaica won the race.

6 posted on 08/27/2004 1:52:02 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

Marion Jones muffs relay

Bush's fault.

7 posted on 08/27/2004 1:52:12 PM PDT by martin_fierro (_____oooo_( ° ¿ ° )_oooo_____)

To: Republican Red

Our men will more than make up for it. If the baton makes it all the way around the track, we'll win easily.

8 posted on 08/27/2004 1:52:33 PM PDT by Zack Nguyen

thanks for the spoiler

9 posted on 08/27/2004 1:53:04 PM PDT by Guillermo (These are the two worst candidates for President in a very long time)

Why does the headline say it was Jones' fault and the caption say it was Williams' fault?

10 posted on 08/27/2004 1:53:16 PM PDT by Flightdeck (Procrastinate later)

at least Russia,China or the ever hated France didn't win :)

11 posted on 08/27/2004 1:53:39 PM PDT by FesterUSMC

12 posted on 08/27/2004 1:54:02 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

Williams left too early and Jones could not reach her with the baton until it was too late.

Did Williams leave too early or did Jones muff the pass?

Either way, sounds like they blew it on the fundamentals.

13 posted on 08/27/2004 1:55:01 PM PDT by skeeter

In that pic Jones looks about twice the size of 2 of the other 3 girls. ....Huge for a sprinter.

14 posted on 08/27/2004 1:58:00 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo

This will be a big deal in Jamaica, especially after losing the bobsled event in the Winter Olympics.

15 posted on 08/27/2004 1:58:39 PM PDT by BluH2o

Either way, sounds like they blew it on the fundamentals.

Not unlike our men's basketball team.

16 posted on 08/27/2004 1:58:59 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo

I just knew they would get a gold and a world record. Man that sucks.

It's amazing how close victory is.

17 posted on 08/27/2004 2:03:44 PM PDT by Zyke (Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you are saying. -Emerson)

Marion Jones Suffers Another Humiliation

By John Mehaffey

ATHENS (Reuters) - Marion Jones suffered another humiliation in the worst season of her life Friday when she left the Olympic stadium without a medal from her only two events.

After finishing fifth in the women's long jump final, Jones ran the second leg for the United States 4x100 relay team who had expressed confidence before the race that they could break the world record set by East Germany in 1985.

But despite screaming "Wait, wait, stop" to the third runner on the team as she completed the second leg, Jones could not reach Lauryn Williams with the baton.

When she finally made contact on the fourth attempt it was all far too late for the Americans and Williams did not even attempt to catch up to the runners flying away in front of her.

Jamaica went on to win the gold ahead of Russia and France.

Jones, who won three gold medals and two bronzes at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, qualified only for the long jump in the individual events at the Athens Games.

She has also been investigated by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency after the BALCO laboratory in California was raided following the discovery of the designer steroid THG (tetrahydrogestrinone).

In addition her partner Tim Montgomery (news - web sites), the world 100 meters record holder, has received a letter from USADA alleging serious doping allegations.

EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING

"I exceeded my wildest dreams in a negative sense," Jones said. "We were looking for great things to happen, they didn't happen today."

"It's extremely disappointing, words can't put it into perspective."

18 posted on 08/27/2004 2:06:49 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

Gee thanks for posting all the info needed on the headline. Was this going to be on tonight? No fun in watching now that I know how it ends.

19 posted on 08/27/2004 2:08:07 PM PDT by psjones

Thanks for the article! Saves me from wasting time out of my Friday night wondering who won. ;)

20 posted on 08/27/2004 2:11:06 PM PDT by BossLady (Those who don't serve jury duty are the same ones who don't serve active duty....)

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