For RACE ANALYSIS, including split times, and average speeds for Usain Bolt’s world record, see the related posts at the bottom (or in the sidebar to the right). Usain Bolt delivered. Nobody else stood a chance. It was quite simply the most devastating display of 100m sprinting I have ever seen. The “race” that everyone […]
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Beijing 2008: Men’s 100 m Fly
1/100th of a second. Such are the margins in the Olympic Games. And such was the difference between Michael Phelps winning his seventh gold, and claiming a silver in the 100m Butterfly. In one of the most incredible swimming races you’ll ever see, Phelps was behind for 99.95 m of a 100m race, and managed, […]
Beijng 2008: 10,000 m women
Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia today joined the ranks of Ethiopian Olympic champions over 10,000m when she won the event at Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium this evening. Dibaba, the multiple world champion over 10,000m and over the country, was missing an Olympic Gold medal. She corrected that tonight, when she beat off a strong challenge by […]
Beijing 2008: Swimming world records
Today must have been an ‘off-day’ for the Beijing Water Cube. “Only” 2 world records was broken in this morning’s competitions, those of the 200m Butterfly for women, and the 4 x 200m Freestyle for women. Admittedly, the latter record was smashed, by all of 5.79 seconds, but the rest of the day was something […]
Beijing 2008: The cost of gold
How much is an Olympic Gold medal worth? I guess that depends who is answering the question…to an athlete, it’s a lifetime of achievement, or perhaps endorsement deals worth millions, a lifetime of fame and contentment. If you’re a national government like that of China, then every gold medal represents your “statement” of superiority to […]
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