Thursday, August 20, 2009

 

19.19

I had planned to write about Al Megrahi the man behind the bombing of Pan Am 103 . That was before the phenonemal Usain Bolt stopped the clock at 19.19 in the final of the 200 metres in Berlin. Long before there was Usain Bolt, Berlin had seen the magnificence of Jesse Owens who upset Hitler's race supremacy claims. This time around Bolt left the whole athletics world dazed and totally awestruck by his brilliance.

I am still wrapping my mind around his feats. There was a time I thought Michael Johnson's 200 metres record was virtually unbeatable until Bolt erased it in Beijing. One year later and for a moment I thought the new record was going to be sub 19. This is running the like of which the world has never seen. Suddenly, you expect to see record after record fall eveytime this man participates in a final and thus far he has not disappointed.

What's next for Bolt? Can we expect to see him line up for the 400 metres? I have no doubt he can make it his own as well. In a Championship where the IAAf is conducting a gender test on South Africa's Caster Semenya to prove she is woman they will soon try to establish if Bolt is really human

Comments:
"In a Championship where the IAAf is conducting a gender test on South Africa's Caster Semenya to prove she is woman they will soon try to establish if Bolt is really human"

lol... i agree... but is he? perhaps he is a genetic construct or a cyborg...

go bolt! the entire c'bean is behind you... (i think)...
 
I'm waiting on them to declare yellow yam, sweet potato and other itals illegal substances lol
 
i'm amazed by his ability to the point of speechlessness.
 
That last remark is too funny. Dont' be too surprised if your plagiarist friend from last year takes a borrows.
 
Jdid, cyborgs don't have to worry about illegal substances showing up in their blood - er- synthetic oil streams. Okay?

Large up Usain and may he continue to dumbfound the masses.
 
I love that he always looks like he is chilling at the end, walking up to the finish
 
They have been testing and studying Bolt since Beijing ... still can't come up with anything other than the fact that he is just amazing. Another Jamaican making us proud. Jamaica 2 di werl!
 
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