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Saturday, September 13, 2008

USAIN BOLT -- COULD HAVE BEEN FASTER IN BEIJING 100M

A Norwegian physicist has answered the question running through the minds of more than a billion people who were watching the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and wondered what time Jamaica's Usain Bolt would have clocked in if he had not slowed down towards the end of the 100m sprint where he clocked 9.69 seconds.

The time that the Jamaican thunderBOLT would have clocked in was a staggering 9.55 seconds. Usain Bolt is now in the realm of true athletic legends -- places that athletic heroes go to when they send people's imagination into an uncontrollable tailspin with their astounding feats.

Photos from the incomparable New York Times

Sunday, August 31, 2008

HENRY CEJUDO ON JAY LENO... BRILLIANT YOUNG MAN!

In a recent episode of Jay Leno, impressive Henry Cejudo made an appearance. This endearing young man, 21 years old, won a gold medal at the recent Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

What was most excellent about Henry's appearance was how likable he was. He was very relaxed and had a lovable sense of humor and Leno's studio audience -- like the audience watching Jay Leno at home -- expressed their fondness for his honesty and disarming frankness in a big way.

Cejudo spoke of the hardship and the poverty of his youth and through it all, his effervescent spirit came through. Is it any surprise then that he won the gold medal in the 55kg category in his event (wrestling) at Beijing?

Photos:
Henry Cejudo and his mom (this picture from:http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=19472)
Henry Cejudo victorious at the Olympics

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

USAIN BOLT -- THE FASTEST MAN ON EARTH!

WEDNESDAY NIGHT WAS SOMETHING ELSE ALTOGETHER INDEED IN THIS MODERN ERA -- IT'S THE BEIJING OLYMPICS, WITH MORE THAN A BILLION PEOPLE INTENTLY WATCHING THEIR TELEVISION SCREENS TO SEE HOW USAIN BOLT WILL DO IN THE 200M RACE.

HE'D ALREADY CLINCHED THE 100M RACE WITH A RECORD-SHATTERING TIME OF 9.69 SECONDS.

TONIGHT, USAIN IS HIS USUAL JOVIAL SELF, FOOLING AROUND WITH THE TELEVISION CAMERAS AND WITH THE AUDIENCE HE KNOWS ARE WATCHING HIM CLOSELY INTHE STADIUM AND ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

THEN, WHEN THE 200M RACE STARTED... IT WAS QUITE A SPECTACULAR SIGHT INDEED SEEING USAIN BOLT OF JAMAICA AGAIN SHATTER THE WORLD 200M RECORD BY CLOCKING IN 19.30 SECONDS AT THE GLORIOUS BIRD'S NEST STADIUM IN BEIJING.
(THE BIRDS NEST IS GORGEOUS AND IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STADIUM IN THE WOLRD WITH THE CAPACITY TO SEAT MORE THAN 90,000 FANS -- OH, AND THE CHINESE MUST BE CREDITED AS BEING THE BEST OLYMPICS GAMES AUDIENCE EVER... THEY TRULY KNOW HOW TO SPOT AND SUPPORT TALENT!)

ANYWAY, AGAIN, USAIN BOLT WAS HEAD AND SHOULDERS AND ARMS AND LEGS AND TORSO AHEAD OF EVERYONE ELSE. GENETICALLY, THIS FASTEST MAN ON EARTH HAS TO BE AS CLOSE TO PERFECTION AS A MAN POSSIBLY CAN BE.

THEN, FITTINGLY, AFTER HE'D CONQUERED THE 200M RACE, THE CAMERAS FLIRTED WITH HIM AS HE ALSO, IN TURN, FLIRTED WITH THE AUDIENCE BOTH IN THE STADIUM AND THOSE WHO'D BEEN WATCHING HIS FEAT ON TV AT HOME. THROUGHOUT, THE ROAR OF THE CROWD IN THE STADIUM WAS THUNDEROUS. (CROWD THEN SPORTINGLY SANG THE "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" SONG FOR USAIN WHO IS CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY THE NEXT DAY.)

PRIOR TO THE START OF THE 200M RACE, I WAS WONDERING HOW USAIN BOLT WOULD COPE WITH SO MUCH PRESSURE BEARING DOWN HIS BACK AS EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN FOLLOWING THE OLYMPICS GAMES IN BEIJING HAD HIGH HOPES FOR HIM TO OUTDO THE WORLD RECORD. SURPRISINGLY, HE WAS CHARMING AND COOL AS A CUCUMBER AND LAPPED UP ALL THE ATTENTION EVERYONE WAS SHOWERING ON HIM!

TOMORROW, USAIN BOLT OF JAMAICA TURNS 22 AND WINNING THE 200M IN GREAT STYLE IS A GREAT WAY TO START HIS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS.

THESE EXCELLENT PICTURES ARE FROM NEW YORK TIMES. SEE THE NYT WEBSITE (WWW.NYTIMES.COM) FOR THE WORLD'S BEST COVERAGE OF THE BEIJING 2008 OLYMPICS IN CHINA.

Monday, August 18, 2008

BEIJING 2008 -- THE TRUE OLYMPIANS ARE ENTERING THE STADIUM!

TRACK AND FIELD -- THAT'S WHEN THE POWER OF THE OLYMPICS IS UNLEASHED!

THE TRUE DISPLAY OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT AND SHEER POWER OF THE HUMAN BODY NOW COME INTO PLAY IN THE MOST HIGH PROFILE SEGMENTS OF THE OLYMPICS GAMES: ATHLETICS. (YES, PHELPS HAS DONE AN AMAZING THING IN BRINGING SWIMMING TO THE FOREFRONT OF THE PUBLIC EYE -- BUT IT IS STILL THE ATHLETES IN TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS WHO CAPTURE THE BULK OF IMAGINATION OF THE GLOBAL MASSES.)

USAIN BOLT OF JAMAICA HAS ALREADY SET THE MINDS OF PEOPLE REELING WITH HIS SPECTACULAR SPEED AND NOW RUSSIAN POLE VAULTER YELENA ISINBAYEVA HAS BROKEN HER OWN RECORD AND, IMPRESSIVELY, IN DOING SO KEPT THE ENTIRE STADIUM OF PEOPLE BACK JUST TO WATCH HER BREAK THE POLE VAULTING RECORD!

PICTURE IS OF USAIN BOLT (2ND FROM LEFT), MAKING WINNING THE 100M DASH LOOK LIKE A BREEZE. PICTURE FROM NEW YORK TIMES.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

OLYMPIAN MICHAEL PHELPS

MICHAEL PHELPS -- PICTURES ARE FROM NEW YORK TIMES.

BEIJING 2008 OLYMPICS' MAN OF THE MOMENT - MICHAEL PHELPS

HERE ARE SOME SPECTACULAR PHOTOS OF MICHAEL PHELPS, THE MAN WHO HAS CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF THE WORLD WITH HIS TRULY OLYMPIAN FEAT -- WINNING EIGHT GOLD MEDALS IN AN OLYMPICS GAME. PICTURES ARE FROM THE VENERABLE NEW YORK TIMES.