[Samgotit]

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Originally Posted by saint.panda /img/forum/go_quote.gif Liu Xiang, Athen's 110m hurdles winner and most famous person in China, drops out due to an injury and couldn't even compete in the first run. You cannot imagine the immense disappointment pretty much everybody in China is feeling right now. No matter the other gold medals, but this was the gold medal to get and it was supposed to be his Olympics. In Beijing these days you couldn't walk 100m without seeing his face on some kind of banner ad. And he's a really nice guy, too. Ahhhh to bad.

I was disappointed to see that.

On a different note, Haile Gebrselassie might be my favorite athlete of all time.

I wonder if that crazy Jamaican, Bolt, got a beating from his coach for coasting that last bit of the 100m; still, he ran like a super hero.

 

[Genetic]

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Originally Posted by Samgotit /img/forum/go_quote.gif I wonder if that crazy Jamaican, Bolt, got a beating from his coach for coasting that last bit of the 100m; still, he ran like a super hero.

No chance in Hell....

They will make a fortune with the ''planned'' milliseconds increased for the next few years....

Amicalement

 

[PFKMan23]

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Originally Posted by Genetic /img/forum/go_quote.gif No chance in Hell.... They will make a fortune with the ''planned'' milliseconds increased for the next few years.... Amicalement

Indeed. the fact that he didn't blast through it completely just means he gets to break his record later

 

[saint.panda]

Lego Olympics

 

[Genetic]

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Originally Posted by PFKMan23 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Indeed. the fact that he didn't blast through it completely just means he gets to break his record later

As I wrote earlier: can you say....Sergeï Bubka....

What is so surprising is the fact that he had not the simple decency to, at least, try to hide it a bit from the world.

Amicalement

 

[saint.panda]

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Originally Posted by Genetic /img/forum/go_quote.gif As I wrote earlier: can you say....Sergeï Bubka.... What is so surprising is the fact that he had not the simple decency to, at least, try to hide it a bit from the world. Amicalement

Hm, I don't think he really cared about the record. In fact, it seemed he wasn't even aware that he broke the world record until after his victory round.

 

[Arjisme]

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Originally Posted by PFKMan23 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Indeed. the fact that he didn't blast through it completely just means he didn't have any real competition

Fixed it for ya!

 

[Genetic]

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Originally Posted by saint.panda /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hm, I don't think he really cared about the record. In fact, it seemed he wasn't even aware that he broke the world record until after his victory round.

OUFF....are you serious....

For all his short life this guy was entirely devoted to this objective. Now his life will take a new and so much more lucrative turn.

BTW he loves cars....

Amicalement

 

[virometal]

^ Geesh, chill out grumpy old man. Don't have to tell the kid there is no Santa Clause yet.

 

[Zuerst]

wow... our announcers and that old gymnastic coaching guy need to keep their bitching and moaning to themselves. embarrassing

 

[Genetic]

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Originally Posted by virometal /img/forum/go_quote.gif ^ Geesh, chill out grumpy old man.

Are you talking to me?......

Other topic. One of the most interesting thing to watched in the past few days was how Phelps was conducting himself after his historical performance. It seems to me that he had a very modest and appropriate attitude. Something he managed extremely well under the circumstances.

If I was the poor ''pseudo-second'' place swimmer I would think about asking for a serious inquiry in that pool electro-technical system....

Amicalement

 

[ronnielee54]

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Originally Posted by Zuerst /img/forum/go_quote.gif wow... our announcers and that old gymnastic coaching guy need to keep their bitching and moaning to themselves. embarrassing

Amen. They new there was a system for a tiebreaker from the beginning. Live with it. Hell, she still got a gold for the all-around.

 

[guyx1992]

Yeah!!!! First medal to Israel in Beijing 2008

Bronze Medal to Shahar Zubari (windsurfer) :]
At Athens 2004, the Israeli candidate of windsurfing took the gold (Gal Freedman)

 

[stewtheking]

It's a shame Usain Bolt wildly underperformed. ONLY a double gold-medalist, and double world-record-breaker. Pfft... what a loser...

Oh, no. Wait. By 'loser', I mean 'unbelievable athlete, and supreme champion'. That man was utterly unstoppable in that race, some of the athletes were barely halfway round when he finished...

 

[Genetic]

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Originally Posted by stewtheking /img/forum/go_quote.gif It's a shame Usain Bolt wildly underperformed. ONLY a double gold-medalist, and double world-record-breaker. Pfft... what a loser...

It' s hard to miss the fact that we are in presence of one of the greatest sprinters of the modern era. Too bad the modern era is also the one where champions are trading their sport integrity for ca$h....

Amicalement

PS
At least the 200M was run with a more ethical approach.