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Lewis Hamilton passed title rival Sebastian Vettel to take a dominant victory in the United States Grand Prix but will have to wait at least one more race to win his fourth world championship. The Mercedes driver is 66 points clear of Vettel, who finished second, with only 75 still available in the remaining three… Read more.
To stem more shame…? Anchoring the men’s 4x100m, he had a few meters to make up. And no doubt the young Bolt would have. But this one suddenly screamed and stumbled as he came down with his golden farewell shattered by the first injury he has experienced at a major competition. (NBC Sports, August 12,… Read more.
Bolt insisted this would be the final individual race of his storied career – his swan song. This is why everyone was so anxious for him to go out on a high note. Alas: Olympic champion and world record holder Usain Bolt finished third in the men’s 100 meters in 9.95 seconds at the IAAF World Championships in London… Read more.
Usain Bolt sparked unprecedented interest in this month’s IAAF World Championships when he announced it would be the last meet of his storied career. It also helped that sports commentators began hyping the showdown between the aging Bolt and upstart Andre De Grasse (of Canada) the way others hyped the showdown between the aging Sonny… Read more.
It’s a matter of public record that doping among Jamaican Track and Field athletes is nearly as pervasive as it is among their Russian counterparts. For example, 30 Jamaicans have tested positive for banned substances in recent years, including every notable Olympic champion … except Usain Bolt: this, according to a report on the Jamaican… Read more.
Track and Field The feature race of every Olympics is the Men’s 100m for bragging rights as the world’s fastest man. The media spared no space hyping this one as a showdown – not only between a David and a Goliath nation, namely Jamaica and the United States, respectively, but also between a good and… Read more.
Who would’ve thought this tiny island nation would outperform the mighty United States in the premier Track and Field events of these Olympic Games? (“2008 Beijing Olympics: Jamaicans Bolt…” The iPINIONS Journal, August 21, 2008) I made no effort to disguise my Bahamian schadenfreude as Jamaican sprinters (with the notable exception of Usain Bolt) followed up their… Read more.
Synchronized Swimming All I can say is that pole dancers have nothing on synchronized swimmers when it comes to displaying remarkable athleticism in titillating fashion. And how thoughtful of NBC to enhance our viewing pleasure by giving us shots of their rhythmic gyrations above and under water, simultaneously. This might be the only sport where… Read more.
I am such a big fan of the Summer Olympics that I even tune in to watch competition in such dubious sports as Curling and Archery. So between network and online coverage I will probably watch more of the London Games (July 27 – August 12) than anybody I know. There’s no denying, though, that… Read more.
Yesterday, a year to the day after he shattered the world record in the 100m at the Beijing Olympics, Usain Bolt of Jamaica did it again in even more impressive fashion at the Track and Field World Championships in Berlin. The race was billed as a showdown between bolt and Tyson Gay of the United… Read more.
