Olympics: Italy wins men's 4x100 gold as Japan botches baton change

Italy sprang another sprint surprise at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday, winning the men's 4x100-meter relay after a botched baton change sank Japan's hopes of a medal on home soil.The Italian team, including individual men's 100 winner Lamont Marcell Jacobs, edged Britain for gold in 37.50 after final runner Filippo Tortu got his nose across the line 0.01 second ahead of Britain's Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake.Canada took bronze in 37.70, finishing ahead of China in fourth. Jamaica, the defending Olympic champions, ran fifth.With a reputation as masters of the baton change, the Japanese team of Sh…READ FULL ARTICLE