Video: Usain Bolt on makin’ it look easy
posted at 1:09 pm on August 24, 2008 by Allahpundit
A little something to mark the end of the ChiCom Games. No wonder the IOC admonished him for hot-dogging.
Below that, the Michael Phelps breakfast gauntlet is thrown down, causing me in turn to throw up.
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omg that eating one was the greatest
trailortrash on August 24, 2008 at 1:19 PM
LMAO
The Race Card on August 24, 2008 at 1:26 PM
Haha, CollegeHumor is the best.
SDnocoen on August 24, 2008 at 1:29 PM
“Face full of celebration”…ha.
SouthernGent on August 24, 2008 at 1:59 PM
Pretty much totally overlooked because of all of the buzz around Bolt and Phelps is the fact that US athelete Bryan Clay from Hawaii won the Gold Medal in the decathalon. He won the Silver in that event in 2004, and is already looking forward to 2012 in London.
If he wins Gold there, he will match the record now held by Bob Mathias and Great Britain’s Daley Thompson. If he wins Silver or Bronze, it will still set an all time record, as no athelete has ever won an Olympic medal in the decathalon in 3 separate Olympics.
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Del Dolemonte on August 24, 2008 at 2:04 PM
Usain Bolt is a big kid who’s obviously had the time of his life at the Olympics.
I like him, and feel sorry for the sourpusses who thought he was over-the-top.
Funny how people lionize/worship certain folks who have no accomplishments to boast of and look down their noses at a guy like Bolt who does.
Hear me, Osama Obama fans?
MrScribbler on August 24, 2008 at 2:35 PM
Overlooked by whom? I have read and watched various accounts about Clay’s win.
The Race Card on August 24, 2008 at 2:53 PM
Hot-dogging? Please. Why are people so poopy? Let the kid have his fun.
Cindy Munford on August 24, 2008 at 3:12 PM
Agreed. It isn’t exactly my style, but he seems like an easygoing guy. And a hell of a lot of fun to watch.
mikeyboss on August 24, 2008 at 3:15 PM
That Bolt video was hysterical!
While I am generally against hot-dogging, I think that anyone who is far enough ahead in the 100 meter dash to even contemplate hot dogging is entitled to. I would have liked to see a 9.58, but it was Bolt’s race and it was the most dominant 100 meter win I’ve ever seen. I think he earned the right to clown around. If he tripped and destroyed his ankle while he was clowning around I wouldn’t have shed a tear for him, but that was his choice.
I would describe Bolt’s hot dogging in the 100 meter run as the “conspicuous consumption of talent”.
progressoverpeace on August 24, 2008 at 3:22 PM
Dream race.. 200M with the following ‘in their prime and healthy’ runners
Michael Johnson Usain Bolt Tyson Gay
Bolt can back it up. for now.
normsrevenge on August 24, 2008 at 3:46 PM
Bolt rocks. I watched that video 3 times. Beautiful. I just hope he didn’t use steroids. He’s been tested and I want to believe, but he’s so much faster than all the world class sprinters it’s hard not to be skeptical.
But man that guy can run. I think what he did was more impressive than Phelps. Bolt didn’t have new swimsuits to help him get the WR.
ThackerAgency on August 24, 2008 at 4:45 PM
Phelps had most of those records before the lazr suits even came out. He was only improving on HIS times. You know the 7 records he set/helped set vs. Bolt’s 3.
I’m sure Bolt’s shoes that he kept holding up had no technological advantage at all either, right? He probably could have broke the WR barefoot right?
Bolt is is a sprinter, what lazy sprinters do is never more impressive than mid-distance or distance.
darclon on August 24, 2008 at 7:06 PM
darclon on August 24, 2008 at 7:06 PM
OK, you disagree with me. I still think that the 100 m mark along with the mile mark are the most important/desirable world records in sport.
You can use a fast sprint in more parts of the world than you can use a fast swim. Running fast is an advantage in many sports and every day life. Swimming fast has to occur in a pool. . . and likely swimming FAST is not as important as swimming distance or even treading water for long amounts of time merely to avoid drowning.
I’m likely to need to be able to run fast than swim fast in my life and I believe more people are.
But yeah, 7 is bigger than 3. But I bet if he ran in more races, Bolt would have won more. I know, he’s not American otherwise the comparison would be more important to Americans. . . are you racist? (joke)
ThackerAgency on August 24, 2008 at 9:12 PM
. . . and yet he chose to wear the suits anyway even though they didn’t help him improve on any record (even though they were already HIS).
You know Bolt improved HIS 100 m record too (without running as fast as he could). . . but you are probably right, it’s not as impressive. Bolt isn’t the mamma’s boy that Phelps seems to be. I bet Bolt’s 200 m record stands longer than any of Phelps’ records. . . unless Bolt breaks it himself.
ThackerAgency on August 24, 2008 at 9:16 PM
Anybody check that guy’s shoes for rockets?
Seriously, what an achievement. And let’s see anybody else be humble after that kind of a win.
Sekhmet on August 24, 2008 at 10:41 PM
Why can’t we say that both Olympic performances were impressive, and leave it at that? Is one more impressive than the other? Maybe that depends on which sport you like better.
My apple tastes better than your orange!
p40tiger on August 25, 2008 at 12:15 AM
Fabulous Olympics. It’s certainly not the athletes’ fault they had to compete in China and they sure did put on a terrific show for those of us who love to just become completely absorbed in such an awesome competition.
It got my mind off of politics for two whole weeks as well, thank God.
Jockolantern on August 25, 2008 at 2:46 AM
Gee…A 23 year old kid with a little hot dog in him having fun in the middle of the moment of his life…
And the IOC (Idiot Olympic Commune) is shocked, SHOCKED!
Next time, he should run the last five meters backwards…That should cause a few well-placed and sorely needed conniption fits in the back offices of Olympics, Inc.
52Ranger on August 25, 2008 at 10:53 AM
Spoken like a true distance runner :-) I imagine Bolt worked plenty hard to go along with his God given talent.
Seriously, Bolt’s 100/200 Gold combo was downright inspirational! Could he have done it barefoot? Maybe!
I’ll go along with that. Bolt is the best ever until someone tops it.
Ordinary1 on August 25, 2008 at 2:21 PM
Carl Lewis already did. He won the 100, 200 and the long jump. Bolt could best Lewis, but it will take more.
progressoverpeace on August 25, 2008 at 2:50 PM