I'm thankful that I never trash-talked the American Men's Freestyle Relay Team before racing them.
Al the girls on my team got a baton from the Jamaican relay team as a souvenir.
Meanwhile, Anna Boyle was part of the Irish 4x100m relay team which claimed bronze at the World University Games.
His father, Daniel, won silver as part of Kenya's 4x400 relay team at the Mexico City Games in 1968.
But there were also some disappointing performances - capped perhaps by the men's sprint relay team dropping the baton again.
"We cannot send any replacements for the two athletes now, but we will field a relay team in Japan, " he said.
With Jamaica's men having an off-year in the one-lap event, I feel the men's 4x400m relay team have the best chance.
Managing the relay team in Beijing was a collection of coaches on staff at USATF, the governing body of track and field.
The first U.S. medal Saturday came when the women's 4x100-meter medley relay team broke the world record en route to easily winning gold.
She didn't even know if she would have a shot at it until she learned she was on the relay team Saturday morning.
It was Jamaica's seventh gold medal of the Championships and followed a win earlier in the afternoon for their 4x100m women's relay team.
The relay team, nicknamed Weapons of Mass Destruction before the Olympics, came in fourth in the event, in which they had been expected to deliver a medal.
He did have the opportunity to watch both the success of the men's American relay team that resulted in Michael Phelps becoming the most decorated Olympian in history.
"We stand here collectively to confirm that we did take part in a bonding exercise during which members of the relay team took Stilnox, " the six swimmers said.
He was part of a silver medal-winning relay team at the 1994 Lillehammer Games and, after his skating career ended, served a term as president of U.S. Speedskating.
At the last European Championships in Gothenburg in 2006, Campbell refused to share a lap of honour with Chambers after they had won gold with the relay team.
Kevin and Jonathan are going for gold with the 4x400m relay team at March's European Indoor Championships in Paris but they will not compete in the individual 400m.
In 2002, Montgomery was the world's fastest man, dating Marion Jones and was an Olympic gold medalist with the United States 4x100-meter relay team at the 2000 Sydney Games.
The six athletes suspended on Friday included two other members of the 4X400m relay team that won the gold in last year's Commonwealth Games, Sini Jose and Mandeep Kaur.
He did, however, make South Africa's team for last year's London Olympics, reaching the semifinals in the 400 meters and then running for South Africa's 4x400 relay team in the final.
But the 25-year-old has overcome his disability to such an extent that he became the first double amputee to compete at the Olympics when running in South Africa's 4x400m relay team this summer.
France's Amaury Leveaux set a new world record in the 50m freestyle with a mark of 20.48, while Italy's men's relay team set a new world best of 1:32.91 in the 4x50m medley.
He competed in the 400 meters and on South Africa's 4x400 relay team at the London Games, making history after having his selection confirmed on South Africa's team at the very last minute.
An avowed distance runner, Goluskin is also known for his speed on the track, having participated in a world-record-setting 4x800 meter relay team for men aged 70-79 at the 168th street Armory in March.
His place in the 4x100 meter relay team, meanwhile, was only secured when American team managers dropped two Jewish athletes -- Marty Gluckman and Sam Stoller -- allegedly at the behest of Hitler himself.
Despite lying on the track for several minutes before receiving medical attention, Okoro returned to the track later to anchor the relay team alongside Donna Fraser, Kim Wall and Vicky Barr to an impressive silver.
The British men's 4x400m relay team faced an anxious wait before hearing they had progressed to the final as fastest losers, while Carl Myerscough finished ninth in a shot put final won by American Christian Cantwell.
Mohammed Ali described it as "the single most courageous act of this century, " while Wyomia Tyus, anchor of the U.S. women's gold-medal winning 4x100 meter relay team, dedicated the team's victory to the two ostracized sprinters.
"When you have the pleasure of working with the No. 1 athlete in the world, that's a no-brainer, " said Glance, who won gold as part of the U.S. 4x100-meter relay team at the Montreal Games in 1976.
Lewis-Francis was hailed as the future of British sprinting when he won the world junior title in 2000, and he anchored the British 4x100m relay team to a surprise gold medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004.
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