Dan III Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Usain Bolt turned it off, because he was by far and large the best runner there. He could have on that race ran well under 9.5. The guy would have been a household name already if he didn't get hurt before Athens as a 17/18 year old. He is legitimately able to break Michael Johnsons 200 Record and 400 Record as well. Kudos, I was going to post this last nite, but there was no video to support it, as NBC blocked the one video I did see on youtube from being shown. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewXdXUYuJtM just found this one.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justnzane Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewXdXUYuJtM just found this one.. Si, yeah NBC has it on its site now. I hate how Viacom is a bunch of douches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetbaboo Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Specially because he will get big bucks to appear at events, and bigger bucks if he breaks the record. He could have a good thing going for himself. and jackstojan if he gets hurt somehow and can't compete or run fast again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Si, yeah NBC has it on its site now. I hate how Viacom is a bunch of douches. It was on NBC's site on the same day it happened. That's where I saw it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Watching Bolt run in the 100 meter finals (as well as the preliminary heats) has been one of the most impressive things I have seen in the Olympics. The guys is amazing. He wanted the gold medal and got it. He had to beg his coach to let him start running the 100 meters about a year ago. He is 21 years old. He acted like a lot of 21 year olds. That does not take away from his performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetbaboo Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Watching Bolt run in the 100 meter finals (as well as the preliminary heats) has been one of the most impressive things I have seen in the Olympics. The guys is amazing. He wanted the gold medal and got it. He had to beg his coach to let him start running the 100 meters about a year ago. He is 21 years old. He acted like a lot of 21 year olds. That does not take away from his performance. compare Phelps' performance and behavior to Bolt's His performance was incredible and he's an amazing athlete, however, as a coach, I would be pissed if any of my swimmers did anything like that. See below quote from one of the classiest coaches of all time. Apparently sportsmanship is fading in modern athletics. But for real, Marv, you are my inspiration. I wanted to play my best because I never wanted to disappoint you. You made me feel like every extra effort I made for the Bills was appreciated. Marv, I remember my first game against the Houston Oilers, against the Minnesota Vikings, I spiked the ball. When I came over to the sideline, you had this look in your eye like you were very upset at me. You grabbed me by my jersey and said, Why did you spike the ball? I said, Coach, every little kid that ever watches football at least wants to do that at least one time in his career. He said, Well, that's great, don't ever do it again. Act like you've been there before. After that, I never spiked the ball again. So thank you, Marv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justnzane Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 It was on NBC's site on the same day it happened. That's where I saw it. Not really, when Bolt broke it, I searched up and down that site, and it was not there at the time... NBC pussyfooted around in getting that footage up. Also, when it was aired in America, it was on tape delay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 compare Phelps' performance and behavior to Bolt's His performance was incredible and he's an amazing athlete, however, as a coach, I would be pissed if any of my swimmers did anything like that. See below quote from one of the classiest coaches of all time. Apparently sportsmanship is fading in modern athletics. At least he did not do this I am only half joking. You are correct about Phelps and we all would like people to act like they have been there (e.g. in the end zone) before. I am not a big fan of people acting arrogant. I would rather that athletes act like Nastia, Shawn Johnson, and Michael Phelps. Yet, however Bolt acted (part arrogance, part exhuberance), it does not take away from his dominating performance. He was a man among boys against the best sprinters in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Rich Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Get off the kid's back. He was psyched to run the 100, he got his shot, and all he did was crush the world record w/ the potential to put it in the stratosphere. What he is doing is amazing, especially considering the fact that most guys his height don't have his fast twitch abilities. Most are long striders who don't have his kind of explosiveness. He's just being a kid. Now, if he did something like get in the face of an opponent and taunted them (I recall a basketball player once coming down from a dunk and mockingly acted like he was crying for the opponent; real classy), then I could understand people getting up in arms. Not everyone has that "act like you've been there" attitude in sports. We see that in gymnastics now: the athletes have done a good job of maintaining poise while the media and even their own coaches whine and complain like spoiled children when things don't go their way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 Get off the kid's back. He was psyched to run the 100, he got his shot, and all he did was crush the world record w/ the potential to put it in the stratosphere. What he is doing is amazing, especially considering the fact that most guys his height don't have his fast twitch abilities. Most are long striders who don't have his kind of explosiveness. He's just being a kid. Now, if he did something like get in the face of an opponent and taunted them (I recall a basketball player once coming down from a dunk and mockingly acted like he was crying for the opponent; real classy), then I could understand people getting up in arms. Not everyone has that "act like you've been there" attitude in sports. We see that in gymnastics now: the athletes have done a good job of maintaining poise while the media and even their own coaches whine and complain like spoiled children when things don't go their way. This kid is great. I saw the whole coverage of the 200 last night...he's dancing and joking on his way into the arena while other guys are looking like they are about to throw up. And then blows the field away by more than half a second?? Amazing. By far the highlight of the Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taterhill Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Get off the kid's back. He was psyched to run the 100, he got his shot, and all he did was crush the world record w/ the potential to put it in the stratosphere. What he is doing is amazing, especially considering the fact that most guys his height don't have his fast twitch abilities. Most are long striders who don't have his kind of explosiveness. He's just being a kid. Now, if he did something like get in the face of an opponent and taunted them (I recall a basketball player once coming down from a dunk and mockingly acted like he was crying for the opponent; real classy), then I could understand people getting up in arms. Not everyone has that "act like you've been there" attitude in sports. We see that in gymnastics now: the athletes have done a good job of maintaining poise while the media and even their own coaches whine and complain like spoiled children when things don't go their way. the kid has personality and a zest for life....to some that comes off as arrogant...i like the kid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 the kid has personality and a zest for life....to some that comes off as arrogant...i like the kid... Exactly, he isn't getting into his opponents faces, or trash talking them, he is just having a great time and is expressing his excitement of winning a gold for his country, being the first Jaimacian (running for jamaica) to win a gold in the 100 metres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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