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Australian golfer Adam Scott is out of contention at the WGC-HSBC Champions event in Shanghai after shooting a disastrous eight-over-par 80 in Fridays second round.The former world No.1 had been reasonably placed after an opening-round three-under 69.Scott is five-over-par on 149 at the halfway mark in a four-way tie in 61st place and a whopping 18 strokes off the lead.The best-placed Australian is Scott Hend on 144 after two even-par rounds.Rory McIlroy, despite a marked improvement on day two, still faces an uphill battle to claim a fourth win of the year in Shanghai.McIlroy managed just two birdies in an opening 71 at Sheshan International on Thursday to trail overnight leader Rikard Karlberg by seven shots.Although the four-time major winner carded seven birdies in a six-under second-round 66, he only reduced his deficit by one shot due to a brilliant 65 from Japans Hideki Matsuyama.Matsuyama, who is a career-high 10th in the world, had 10 birdies and four bogeys in an opening 66 and added four more birdies and two bogeys in a front nine of 34.The 24-year-old then started the back nine with a hat-trick of birdies and picked up further shots on the 14th and 18th to finish 13-under-par, three shots ahead of American Bill Haas and defending champion Russell Knox.Haas carded a second consecutive 67 while Scotlands Knox, looking to become only the second player after Tiger Woods to successfully defend a WGC event, was 10 under overall to share second with Haas.Birdies on the second, fifth and seventh took McIlroy to the turn in 33 and the world No.3 picked up further shots on 11, 13 and 14 despite windy conditions.The 27-year-old drove into a water hazard on the short par-4 16th and, after pondering attempting a risky recovery shot, was forced to take a penalty drop which led to a first bogey of the round.He made amends with a birdie on the last.McIlroy is chasing the victory he feels he needs to have a chance of winning the Race to Dubai for the third year running.The four-time major winner is more than a million points behind Masters champion Danny Willett, who has a lead of 400,000 points over Open champion Henrik Stenson.Stenson was four-under 140 after his second round, while Willett was eight over on 152.McIlroy told Sky Sports 4:I felt like I hit the ball very similar the first two days. 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The United States crossed the line third, but Canada keeps the bronze medal.At issue: The baton exchange between Mike Rodgers and Justin Gatlin between the first and second legs.According to rule 170.7 of the track and field handbook, its illegal for the baton to touch the second runners hand before it passes the yellow line that marks the start of the zone. Overhead shots of the exchange show Gatlin doing just that.The U.S. men now are medal-less in the last three Olympics in a race that was virtually made for the country with the deepest collection of sprint talent, even with Usain Bolt running against them. Tyson Gay and Darvis Doc Patton fumbled the baton in 2008. In 2012, the U.S. held on for silver, only to get that one stripped because of Gays subsequent doping positive.In all, this equals 10 finishes outside the medals since 1995 in either world championships or the Olympics.I couldnt even shed a tear I was so shocked, said Gay, who has been around for many of the most recent failures. I couldnt even cry. Damn, bad luck again. Its weird. I dont get it.It gets shoved in their face, time and time again. In a feature previewing the race, NBC had four of the U.S. sprinters look at some of the nightmares that have preceded them.Unfortunately, weve come to be defined by failure, said the coach, Dennis Mitchell.Mitchells naming to his post raised some eyebrows, not only because hes been part of the problems of the recent past, but because he has a doping history, too.Carl Lewis, who won two Olympic relay golds, has been a longtime critic of the way USA Track and Field does relays. Asked about the issue in March, he laid out the problems, saying the U.S. relay game is fraught with infighting among agents, volunteers and administration.USATF needs to stop the joking, stop the crap, Lewis said. What they need to do is get a retired college coach whos going to tell the agent to kiss off, whos going to tell thee athletes to get in line and who knows how to put together a relay.ddddddddddddSome say the pressure of holding off Bolt, year in and year out, takes its toll and takes people out of their comfort zone.True, but there was one little problem with that Friday.Take Bolt out of it, and we still wouldve been beaten by Japan, said Mike Tucci, a high school coach in Delaware, who has produced champion after champion, often by not even using his fastest runners.Not a single man on Japans second-place team made an individual sprint final at the Olympics. Japan focused on winning a medal in the relays, perfected the handoff and took it to the line. Legally.Not that all has gone wrong for the United States, either in the relays or the track meet itself. Even without the mens relay, the United States entered the weekend with 27 medals, on pace to surpass the 29 it took home from London four years ago.The womens team won the 4x100, but it overcame a lot along the way.First, there was a dropped baton in preliminaries that came because a Brazilian runner bumped Allyson Felix in the passing zone. That led to a protest, then a bizarre rerun of the heat, alone on the track.The U.S. made the final, and Tianna Bartoletta, Felix, English Gardner and Tori Bowie blew away Jamaica for gold. They recorded the second-fastest time in history (41.01 seconds) despite a less-than-perfect exchange between Gardner and Bowie, who had to reach back twice to get the baton.It helps being so much faster, and USATF was touting the success story with this fun anecdote: Shortly before the warm-up, Gardner opened her bag to discover there was only one shoe in there. As luck had it, Felix had an extra pair -- although a half-size bigger -- and loaned it to Gardner.Thats a great story, but only because they won.For the men, let the second-guessing begin.Some of my kids are coming up to me mad, saying `Why do we keep losing? said Tucci, the high school coach. When it happens once, its a mental thing or a goofy situation. When its twice, you cringe a little bit. When it happens three or four times, you start thinking its systematic. ' ' '