Sunday, August 12, 2012

Bolt Wins 6th Career Gold in WR Fashion

What else be can be said about Usain Bolt?

The sprinter last night proved again why he and the Jamaican squad are the fastest at this Olympiad. The 4 x 100 M final featured the Jamaican team with Bolt positioned as the Anchor leg in the race. What was also fun to see was the US team competing alongside them in the final. They really impressed me with their performance and they might've won that race... if Bolt wasn't there and still "might've." It was basically neck and neck when the last leg came around with Usain Bolt vs. Ryan Bailey. No contest. Bolt broke away and won the race (and gold) for Jamaica and help set a new World Record in the event with a time of 36.84.

Did we even have to hold the race? Yes, there's always a chance of Jamaica losing, someone tripping, or Charlie Sheen being rehired for "Two and a Half Men." But at the end of the day the fastest man on Earth is not going to blow it in a final. Maybe the team trials for first place but nowhere else.

Bolt leaves this Olympiad with 3 gold medals and a total of 6 career gold. He swept the same three events he swept in Beijing. He's is no doubt the greatest sprinter of all time and could hold that title forever considering the rate sprinters go through their prime. He has reigned the track supreme these last two Olympics and we will never forget the performances he ran. I hope he doesn't stop running but if he doesn't come back, may he find something else to dominant in.

P.S. Not futbol, though. That Man U dream has to die.

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