Monday, August 18, 2008

What an Olympics!

Beijing 2008... what drama and what history beckons this edition of the Olympiad!

Mark Spitz saw his 7 gold medal haul in a single games broken by this man...

Michael Phelps

I do not think any man or woman may come close to what he has achieved in the pool... Although I had my doubts that he can beat Spitz's record... well, he can thank his buddy



Jason Lezak for helping him to realize his dreams when Lezak blazed the lane with a blistering anchor in the 4x100m freestyle to touch ahead of France's Alain Bernard... Lezak swam the 100m of his life to help his teammate realize his dreams of becoming the greatest ever... well so far. Then again, probably the 100m butterfly was the key to his greatness. His 7th gold to equal Spitz and winning it within a hair breath ahead of Cavic, was also the other potential pitfall in his quest but he got through it with flying colours. Besides that I think he would have endeared himself into the history of swimming by virtue of the number of gold medals won in the Olympics regardless of whether he equalled or beat Mark Spitz's record, but... beating the likes of Spitz and Paavo Nurmi, Phelps has created a new chapter.. a big chapter, 12 gold medals.

Besides the Phelps chapter, we have also witnessed for the first time a man running 100m below 9.7sec. I really wonder what time would Bolt set if he had not showboated in the last 10m or so of the race? A great runner fluid in his buildup and under 22 years of age... one would only wonder if he can get better? 9.69sec.. and leaving his contenders an embarassing distance is definitely a sight to behold. A worthy champion but I was hoping that he would be more modest in his celebrations than his arrogance. Well, maybe he has the right to be arrogant.. after all he earned the nickname of the fastest man on earth.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hmm...the guy got great body. *swoon*
hahahaha. OMG, I'm going crazy lah, work got me going cuckoo. :-(

Malaysian Joe said...

Ahh.. hehe... I thought you would drool at the body.. :).

Anonymous said...

Ya, you're right LOL... and I shamelessly drooled when one of our archer was in action. Damn. That feller should go and become a model instead! I'm not so sure what his name is, but it's the macho one, not the one with fatty jiggly bits. hahaha.

Malaysian Joe said...

hahahaha... ur husband saw u drooling??

yeah!! lets strap you to the lie detector! hehe...

Anonymous said...

It's okay...he wouldn't dare, cuz i wun say anything when the gymnast are in action...Hmm I'll be a bit 'less' when i see the gymnast are in action...join the men drool on women's body. Damn... obviously i need a break. :-(