Canada won gold in the 4x100-meter relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics while the United States suffered a brutal disqualification in the first leg of the race.
Canada's lineup of Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, and Andre De Grasse got redemption after placing silver in the 4x100-meter relay at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Canada finished with a winning time of 37.50 seconds, and De Grasse anchored the race with a blazing final leg.
The United States, who were without star Noah Lyles due to COVID-19, never got off the ground.
Kyree King replaced Lyles in the foursome, but the lineup was jumbled without USA's typical anchor. That resulted in a poor exchange between Christian Coleman and Kenny Bednarek in the first leg of the race, which led to disqualification. King and Fred Kerley never had a chance to make an impact in the final two legs.
Those drastic results between Canada and the United States led to a quick reminder that the internet never forgets anything.
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Noah Lyles 'Who?' diss goes viral after Canada wins gold in 4x100 relay
Once Canada earned gold in the 4x100-meter relay for its third consecutive Olympic podium finish, receipts surfaced on the internet.
People rehashed a video of USA track star Lyles disrespecting Canada's relay team after the United States won the event at the World Relays in the spring.
"A rivalry between yourselves and Canada, is that something we can look forward to going forward?" the reporter asked Lyles.
"A rivalry between who?" Lyles responded promptly before a back-and-forth exchange.
"Canada," the reporter said.
"Who?"
"Canada."
"Who?" he said again before the rest of the team caught on to Lyles' bit.
At the World Relays in the spring, a reporter asked USA’s Noah Lyles if he saw Canada as a threat in the 4x100m in Paris.
— Ben Steiner (@BenSteiner00) August 9, 2024
“Who? Who?”
He laughed it off.
With Lyles sidelined, the USA were disqualified today and Canada won gold.
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Lyles was unavailable to back up his trash talk for the United States. He had to be replaced in Team USA's 4x100-meter relay team because he came down with COVID-19 two days prior.
Lyles still ran in the men's 200-meter and finished third, but he was removed from the track by a wheelchair before his diagnosis was announced.
Canada got the last laugh, as Brown, Blake, Rodney, and De Grasse put Canada on the 4x100-meter podium again for the third time in as many Olympic Games.
On the other side of that non-"rivalry," the United States failed to medal in the 4x100-meter in its fifth consecutive Olympics.
Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, did the talking for the 4x100 team on X with a simple quote tweet stating, "Désolé," which means "sorry" in French, along with the eyes and gold medal emojis.
Désolé. 👀🥇 https://t.co/yhkVrMKKTA
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) August 9, 2024
