1.   Imagine the chills if Lewis drops the baton as he prepares to run the anchor leg.

2.   No one wants to drop the baton a step from the finish line.

3.   North Texas dropped the baton and was also disqualified.

4.   On the previous three occasions the U.S. team failed to win in non-boycotted Games, it was because the baton was dropped and the team was disqualified.

5.   The Amricans did not finish their first-round heat after Brian Lewis and Tim Montgomery dropped the baton on the first exchange.

6.   Williams has not dropped a baton lately.

7.   Also advancing were top rivals Jamaica and the Bahamas, but Australia dropped its baton and was ousted.

8.   For the Americans, it was a morale victory after being DQd in the past two championships for dropping the baton.

9.   It appeared on its way to an easy victory when anchor Suziann Reid bobbled and then dropped the baton, handing the win to Jamaica and finishing fourth.

10.   Now, Canada must determine whether it was fluke, fate or flaw which caused it to drop the baton of international hockey supremacy.