Lightning Strikes Twice...Actually Thrice...

The games of the 29th Olympiad in Beijing, China will definitely have lots of talking points after hostilities are over; from the baby-faced Super Chinese gymnasts to the “Phelp-fish” and certainly and in his own class Jamaican sprint class act Usain Bolt.

To say the Jamaicans dominated the sprints in Track and Field will be an understatement, Bolt their lead off man smashed two world records himself while with help from the 4 x 100 meters relay quartet completed Jamaica’s dominance by erasing the long standing record in this distance. His total haul at the end of the games; 3 Gold medals, 3 World record times; this is unprecedented.

Folks are already asking questions though, some under their breaths while others are more vocal. Why are these Jamaicans suddenly dominating? Are they clean? My response, Time will tell, you bet.

Rogge Tries To Steal Bolt's Jolt

Another disturbing angle to the whole questioning thing is how many folks are not so happy with Usain Bolt’s pre- and post-race demeanor. They unbelievably argue that his celebrations and being goofy is not good sportsmanship. Chief of Bolt’s critics is International Olympic Committee President, Mr Jacques Rogge. Rogge believes Usain is bringing the games into disrepute by disrespecting his fellow competitors. The IOC Chief had asserts that Bolt is ridiculing his opponents by his now trademark outlandish and enthusiastic celebrations.

Well, Chief Rogge I beg to disagree, Sportsmanship or the Olympic spirit is a
‘true’-way street, and it would be awful to see an athlete like Bolt not be himself, at his best. Every time the 22 year old Jamaican steps onto the tracks in Bird Nest Stadium, the 91,000 strong crowd in the stands respond well to him; antics and all. While Rogge describes 8-Gold medal swimming sensation Michael Phelps as an icon, he doesn’t show any respect for Bolt’s unique achievements.

I think Jacques Rogge should apologize to Jamaicans and to Usain, better still I think he should be forced to do the Usain Bolt “happy dance” inside the Bird’s Nest and without shoes too; that would certainly be good for Olympic Spirit.

Half Man...Half Amazing!!!

He stands at a towering 6 feet 5 inches, strides with the elegance of an ostrich cross-bred with a Hare; he is new World record holder, Olympic Champion in the 100 meters and world's fastest man Jamaica's Usain "Lightning" Bolt.

I have never seen anyone, any sprinter dominate a race like this. Usain Bolt completely eclipsed the race and he did not even run at full throttle. With an emphatic fist pump of his chest he erased his own 9.72s world record time, setting an unfathomable 9.69s all with minimum effort. In the 100 meters final event with six out of the eight finalist running under 10 seconds, it was no surprise that the Olympic record of Canada's Donovan Bailey would fall, the only question was how fast Usain Bolt would run.

Rather unfortunately Asafa Powell, another Jamaican missed out on the podium and a deserved medal, same for American sprint king Tyson Gay. Along with Usain these three 'speedsters' were supposed to crush that World record this Olympics. As it turns out Usain got the job done, and pretty easily too.

I can only imagine what would have happened if both Asafa and Tyson Gay had been at their best in the finale? We might have witnessed an even more special show from the Jamaican Lightning Bolt. "This kid is simply awesome" says Donovan Bailey and I plenty agree.