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USA's Darvis Patton, center, is surrounded by fellow team members and the Women's 4x100 relay team after he dropped the baton in the Men's 4x100 Relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011.

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USA's Darvis Patton, seventh from left, is consoled by USA's women's relay team member Marshevet Myers, sixth from left, after he dropped the baton in the Men's 4x100 Relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011.

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US athlete Darvis Patton (3R) walks from the field with members of the US men's and women's relay team after falling during the men's 4x100 metres relay final at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Daegu on September 4, 2011.

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DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA - SEPTEMBER 04: Darvis Patton (R) of United States races away after receiving the relay baton from Justin Gatlin in the men's 4x100 metres relay final during day nine of 13th IAAF World Athletics Championships at Daegu Stadium on September 4, 2011 in Daegu, South...

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DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA - SEPTEMBER 02: Darvis Patton of the USA lies on the track after falling during the men's 4x100 metres relay final during day nine of 13th IAAF World Athletics Championships at Daegu Stadium on September 4, 2011 in Daegu, South Korea.

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US athlete Darvis Patton (C) is comforted by Justin Gatlin and Carmelita Jeter (R) after falling during the men's 4x100 metres at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Daegu on September 4, 2011.

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US athlete Darvis Patton (C) is seen to by medics next to US athlete Walter Dix after falling during the men's 4x100 metres at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Daegu on September 4, 2011.

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USA's Darvis Patton, left, along with Walter Dix, reacts after dropping a baton in the Men's 4x100m relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011.

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USA's Darvis Patton lies on the track after dropping the baton in the Men's 4x100m relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011.

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Carmelita Jeter (L), Allyson Felix (2nd L), Justin Gatlin, and Darvis Patton (R) walk after the men's 4x100 metres relay final at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Daegu September 4, 2011. The U.S. men's team lost the event.

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USA's Darvis Patton lies on the track after dropping the baton as USA's Walter Dix, second from left, walks towards him along with medical staff in the Men's 4x100 Relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011.

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Jamaica's Usain Bolt (C) prepares to compete alongside Brazil's Bruno De Barros (R) and US athlete Darvis Patton (L) in the men's 200 metres semi-finals at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Daegu on September 2, 2011.

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(L/R) US athlete Darvis Patton, Jamaica's Usain Bolt, Brazil's Bruno De Barros, Norway's Jaysuma Saidy Ndure, Trinidad and Tobago's Rondel Sorrillo and Japan's Hitoshi Saito competes in the men's 200 metres semi-finals at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World...

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DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA - SEPTEMBER 02: Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates winning his men's 200 metres semi final ahead of Bruno de Barros of Brazil and Darvis Patton of the USA during day seven of 13th IAAF World Athletics Championships at Daegu Stadium on September 2, 2011 in Daegu, South Korea...

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From left, USA's Darvis Patton, Portugal's Marco Fortes, Brazil's Bruno de Barros and Norway's Jaysuma Saidy compete in a Men's 200m semifinal at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 2, 2011.

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USA's Darvis Patton, left, Jamaica's Usain Bolt, and Brazil's Bruno de Barros compete in a Men's 200m semifinal at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 2, 2011.

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(L/R) Switzerland's Reto Schenkel, US athlete Darvis Patton and Jamaica's Usain Bolt compete in the men's 200 metres semi-finals at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Daegu on September 2, 2011.

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Jamaica's Usain Bolt, right, reacts as he wins a Men's 200m semifinal ahead of USA's Darvis Patton, left, at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 2, 2011.

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(TOP) US athlete Darvis Patton, Finland's Jonathan Astrand (R) and Saint Kitts and Nevis's Brijesh Lawrence react after competing in the men's 200 metres heats at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Daegu on September 2, 2011.

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DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA - SEPTEMBER 02: Darvis Patton of the USA competes during the men's 200 metres heats during day seven of 13th IAAF World Athletics Championships at Daegu Stadium on September 2, 2011 in Daegu, South Korea.

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(L-R) Darvis Patton of the U.S. , Usain Bolt of Jamaica, Bruno de Barros of Brasil, Jaysuma Saidy Ndure of Norway and Rondel Sorrillo of Trinidad and Tobago cross the finish line during the men's 200 metres semi-final heat 2 at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu September 2, 2011.

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Yuichi Kobayashi of Japan (C) sprints between Brijesh Lawrence of St. Kitts and Nevis (L) and Darvis Patton of the U.S. (R) during their men's 200 metres heat at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, September 2, 2011.

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US athlete Darvis Patton gestures before competing in the men's 200 metres heats at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Daegu on September 2, 2011.

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(L/R) Saint Kitts and Nevis's Brijesh Lawrence, Japan's Yuichi Kobayashi and US athlete Darvis Patton compete in the men's 200 metres heats at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Daegu on September 2, 2011.

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USA's Darvis Patton, sixth from left, his fellow team members and USA's women's 4x100 relay team walk past Saint Kitts and Nevis athletes as they celebrate placing third, after Patton dropped the baton in the Men's 4x100 Relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea,...