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In yesterday's rainy 4x100 relays, 11 of the 32 teams that started either didn't finish or were disqualified. In other words, they dropped the stick. What's so hard about handing a footlong piece of aluminum from one person to another?


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For U.S., Relay Chances Slip Away
Article | BEIJING, Aug. 21 -- If you measure the night at the Olympic track by medals, it was a great one for the United States. Fabulous, even. In three finals, the United States won six medals: one gold, three silvers and two bronze.
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