Comments on: Snapshot Beijing, 3: Usain Bolt’s victory in the 100m http://blogs.reuters.com/china/2008/08/24/snapshot-beijing-3-usain-bolts-victory-in-the-100m/ Giant on the move Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:43:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Robin Baston http://blogs.reuters.com/china/2008/08/24/snapshot-beijing-3-usain-bolts-victory-in-the-100m/comment-page-1/#comment-2996 Robin Baston Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:09:23 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/china/2008/08/24/snapshot-beijing-3-usain-bolts-victory-in-the-100m/#comment-2996 Jamaica's Showing in the bejing Olymics should come as no surprise. they have played second fiddle right behind the US evry olympics previously. Then came Balco. Suddenly the USA only have a training program that used to rely on drugs. they dont currently know how to train an athelete with only hard work, diet and and confidence that one doesnt need drugs. The exceptional Times by the Jamaicans, have more to do with being trained by Jamaicans in Jamaica versus being trained and used and burnt out by american colleges. Jamaica’s Showing in the bejing Olymics should come as no surprise. they have played second fiddle right behind the US evry olympics previously. Then came Balco. Suddenly the USA only have a training program that used to rely on drugs. they dont currently know how to train an athelete with only hard work, diet and and confidence that one doesnt need drugs. The exceptional Times by the Jamaicans, have more to do with being trained by Jamaicans in Jamaica versus being trained and used and burnt out by american colleges.

]]> By: Danny Aves http://blogs.reuters.com/china/2008/08/24/snapshot-beijing-3-usain-bolts-victory-in-the-100m/comment-page-1/#comment-2915 Danny Aves Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:34:31 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/china/2008/08/24/snapshot-beijing-3-usain-bolts-victory-in-the-100m/#comment-2915 All these insinuations that Usain Bolt was using drugs just don't hold water. Consider this, the time he ran in the 200 meters as a 17 year old (19.93) would have placed second in Beijing and his 200 meter time as a 15 year old (20.61) was better than many who made it to the second round of the heats. All these insinuations that Usain Bolt was using drugs just don’t hold water. Consider this, the time he ran in the 200 meters as a 17 year old (19.93) would have placed second in Beijing and his 200 meter time as a 15 year old (20.61) was better than many who made it to the second round of the heats.

]]> By: Wei Chen http://blogs.reuters.com/china/2008/08/24/snapshot-beijing-3-usain-bolts-victory-in-the-100m/comment-page-1/#comment-2812 Wei Chen Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:31:23 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/china/2008/08/24/snapshot-beijing-3-usain-bolts-victory-in-the-100m/#comment-2812 For me, the moment of these games came in the final bronze-medal repechage match fought by Taiwanese (or Chinese Taipei's, if you prefer) taekwondo athlete Sun Li-Wen. She suffered two partial tears of her left knee ligaments and a fractured left toe during her first round loss yet refused to withdraw from the competition. Hobbling badly, she competed on one leg during two consecutive bronze-medal repechage matches; unable to put any weight on her badly injured left leg, she fell to the mat 7 times during the first bout and 11 times during the second, but got up each time and refused to quit, despite being in obvious and excruciating pain. She finally lost the bronze medal during a sudden-death period in her final bout (after being knocked down for the 14th time by her opponent's scoring blow), and by that time, the entire crowd had been deeply touched by her tenacity and perseverance. Her motivation apparently came from a pre-Olympics promise made with her father, who is battling nasopharyngeal cancer -- he promised to keep battling the disease that threatens his life, and for her part, she promised to pursue an Olympic medal with everything she has. And she did just that. I'm amazed that Western media hasn't picked up this story at all (as far as I know), and I believe it deserves some attention, as it is a tremendous feat of the human spirit and, for me, the indelible image of these Olympic Games. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national%20news/2008/08/23/171388/Su-captures.htm For me, the moment of these games came in the final bronze-medal repechage match fought by Taiwanese (or Chinese Taipei’s, if you prefer) taekwondo athlete Sun Li-Wen. She suffered two partial tears of her left knee ligaments and a fractured left toe during her first round loss yet refused to withdraw from the competition. Hobbling badly, she competed on one leg during two consecutive bronze-medal repechage matches; unable to put any weight on her badly injured left leg, she fell to the mat 7 times during the first bout and 11 times during the second, but got up each time and refused to quit, despite being in obvious and excruciating pain. She finally lost the bronze medal during a sudden-death period in her final bout (after being knocked down for the 14th time by her opponent’s scoring blow), and by that time, the entire crowd had been deeply touched by her tenacity and perseverance. Her motivation apparently came from a pre-Olympics promise made with her father, who is battling nasopharyngeal cancer — he promised to keep battling the disease that threatens his life, and for her part, she promised to pursue an Olympic medal with everything she has. And she did just that.

I’m amazed that Western media hasn’t picked up this story at all (as far as I know), and I believe it deserves some attention, as it is a tremendous feat of the human spirit and, for me, the indelible image of these Olympic Games.

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/natio nal/national%20news/2008/08/23/171388/Su -captures.htm

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