Olympic track and field legend Carl Lewis explains why he was so critical of the U.S. men’s 4x100m relay team after it finished sixth in its semifinal.
He emphasized, however, that his ire was not directed towards the athletes, but towards the U.S. relay program that put the teams together.
"That's why I was so emotional and so angry, because these athletes work their whole lives, they run fast and doing everything to make the team and then you put them in a position that's impossible to be successful." "They're frustrated because it's like the same, wrong, incorrect system, and making the same mistakes, and it's like, why don't we change the system, and put the other system that's successful and have some people help us set it up, so that we have a chance to do it," said Lewis.Lewis told host Shepard Smith that the issue boils down to the athletes' lives, and that he will always advocate for them.
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