Who Won the Shoes War? PUMA, NIKE or ADIDAS?
August 24, 2008 by Jimson Lee
In the Corporate Olympics, who won the world’s fastest spikes?
Like the Sports drinks and cola beverage industry, the sports shoes market is a highly competitive one, even more competitive than the Men’s 100 meters!
My first recollection of the Corporate Olympics was in 1972. Lasse Viren won the 5000 and 10000 meter double, and immediately […]
Beijing Men’s 4 x 100m Relays - Anything Goes!
August 21, 2008 by Jimson Lee
The 4 x 100m Relay was going to be a showdown between USA, Jamaica, and Great Britain.
However, from my experience witnessed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, “Anything Goes” (the Irving Berlin song).
In Semi-Final 1, USA, Nigeria, Poland, South Africa all dropped or missed the baton and DNF’ed. Trinidad won in 38.26, followed by Japan […]
How to Run the Perfect 200 Meters
August 20, 2008 by Jimson Lee
The following article is from NBCOlympics, used with permission.
A breakdown of what Usain Bolt needs to do to break Michael Johnson’s 200m world record
By Joe Battaglia, NBCOlympics.com
BEIJING — When Michael Johnson set the 200m world record of 19.32 seconds at the 1996 Atlanta Games, all of the factors that he needed to be perfect for […]
Christine Ohuruogu Upsets Sanya Richards in 400m Final
August 19, 2008 by Jimson Lee
You got to have respect for the 400 meters.
Go too easy, you end up playing catchup (shades of Butch Reynolds Olympic 1988 come to mind)
Go too hard, you pay the price over the last 50 or 100 meters.
At least that’s what it appeared to be on live TV. Every Quarter-Miler knows the feeling […]
Yelena Isinbaeva wins Gold, 5.05 meter World Record Video
August 18, 2008 by Jimson Lee
As expected, Yelena Isinbaeva won the Gold medal in Beijing. What we didn’t know is by how much, and if she could break her own world record of 5.04m.
Jennifer Stuczynski finished 2nd in 4.80m and Svetlana Feofanova 3rd in 4.75m
Yelena (Elena) Isinbaeva didn’t disappoint us.
The video of her 5.05 meter World Record Video and […]
Angelo Taylor Gold, USA Sweeps Olympic 400m Hurdles Video
August 18, 2008 by Jimson Lee
Angelo Taylor won the Gold in 47.25, repeating his feat from the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Kerron Clement finished 2nd in 47.98 and Bershawn Jackson 3rd in 48.06
Shades of Edwin Moses?
1976 - Gold
1980 - Did Not Compete (Olympic Boycott)
1984 - Gold
1988 - Bronze
Angelo Taylor
2000 - Gold
2004 - 4th in semifinal.
2008 - Gold
2012 - ?
It […]
Usain Bolt 100m 9.69 Olympic World Record Video
August 16, 2008 by Jimson Lee
Utterly, amazing!
And he slowed down. Imagine if he ran right through?
Take my 100 meter to 200 meter conversion equation of doubled and add or subtract +/- 0.2 seconds = 19.38 (+/- 0.2).
The next question is, “Can he bring down Micheal Johnson’s 19.32?”
Will he win 3 Golds with Jamaica winning the 4×100m relay? How […]
NBCOlympics.com Soccer Latest News
August 15, 2008 by Jimson Lee
NBCOlympics.com Soccer Latest News
Glory restored: ‘Golden Girls’ again
Carli Lloyd scored in the first period of extra time to give the U.S. a 1-0 victory over Brazil in the gold-medal match of the women’s Olympic soccer tournament. Germany won the bronze-medal match.
Messi cleans up: Argentina wins gold
Argentina successfully defended its men’s Olympic soccer title Saturday […]
NBCOlympics.com Basketball Latest News
August 15, 2008 by Jimson Lee
NBCOlympics.com Basketball Latest News
Without Ginobili, Argentina earns bronze
With star Manu Ginobili on the bench in street clothes with an injury, Argentina turned to Carlos Delfino — using his 20 points to spark an 87-75 win against Lithuania in the men’s bronze medal match on Day 16.
U.S. women have winning four-mula
With its third straight win over Australia […]
NBCOlympics.com Swimming Latest News
August 15, 2008 by Jimson Lee
NBCOlympics.com Swimming Latest News
Phelps in perspective
Michael Phelps completed in Beijing what some had called an impossible task: eight gold medals in eight events. Along the way he revealed, among other things, that he’s undoubtedly the best swimmer in history.
Torres takes your questions
Dara Torres, the oldest swimmer ever to win a medal at age 41 in […]
Merlene Ottey Fails to Qualify for Eighth Olympics
July 24, 2008 by Jimson Lee
Last Week, I wrote about Merlene Ottey attempting to compete in eight Olympics.
In the article from NBCOlympics.com, they stated Jamaican-born Slovakian sprinter Merlene Ottey, 48 years old, failed in her final attempts to qualify for Beijing in the 100m to become the first athlete to compete in eight Olympics.
However, there is an error in that […]
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August 22, 2007 by Jimson Lee