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United States' gold medal favorite mixed 4x400 relay team disqualified in controversial fashion

 

TOKYO โ€” The United States has an unfortunate history in the relay races at the Olympics, and on Friday night the mixed 4x400-meter team became part of that lore.

 

After winning Heat 1 in the debut of the event at the Games, the gold medal favorites were disqualified for an exchange zone foul on the first handoff, from Elijah Godwin to Lynna Irby. Irby was lined up beyond the legal exchange zone to receive the baton; the blue line for her to line up properly is about two yards before the finish line, and she was 20 meters farther down the track.

 

The United States appealed the decision, reportedly claiming that one of the officials lined Irby up in the wrong spot. However, it was obvious that Irby was not where she was supposed to be, and it stands to reason someone as experienced in relays as she is likely would have noticed, too.

 

American sprinting icon Michael Johnson, who is here as a commentator with BBC Sports, tweeted that he and others with the network noticed officials incorrectly line up two runners in the second heat, but those runners got themselves into proper position in time so they did not have a violation.

 

There was no decision on the appeal as of this writing. If a decision is made in USA's favor, we may see a repeat of 2016, when the American women's 4x100 team was disqualified after a bad exchange and dropping the baton. On appeal, it was agreed that Allyson Felix had been impeded by a Brazilian runner that bumped her, and the DQ was overturned. The women ran alone as a time trial, were fast enough to get into the final, and went on to win gold.

 

Irby was in tears as she spoke to television reporters as soon as the U.S. quartet walked off the track, but was silent when the group met with written media a few minutes later.

 

"We come out, we try our best, and it was a complete surprise to all of us," Godwin said. "We heard the news; all we can do is prepare for the future and see what happens next."

 

"We put our best into it so I'm just proud of everyone's effort," relay runner Taylor Manson said.

 

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Candace Cameron Bure Says Sorry for 'Sexy' Holy Spirit TikTok Video

 

Candace Cameron Bure is apologizing after her recent Instagram video was misinterpreted by fans. The 45-year-old Fuller House star took to her Instagram Stories to discuss the video, which she deleted off of Instagram.

 

"I just came home and read a lot of messages that were not happy with my latest Instagram post that was a TikTok video," Bure, who kept the clip up on Tiktok, said. "And I usually don't apologize for these things, but a lot of you thought it was weird and I'm sorry. That was not my intention."

 

The clip, which is set to Lana Del Rey's "Jealous Girl," features Bure standing in front of the camera as the music plays along and words flash up, "When they don't know the power of the Holy Spirit."

 

Del Rey sings, "Baby I'm a gangsta too and it takes two to tango/ you don't want to dance with me, dance with me."

 

https://www.etonline.com/candace-cameron-bure-apologizes-after-fans-deem-her-post-about-the-holy-spirit-too-sexy-169661