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Friday, August 22, 2008

Bittersweet 4x100m...

Jamaica's finale in the Olympics 4x100 relay is a poignant lesson in the magnificent scope of the greatest, most anticipated Games on earth. The Olympics are about more than a spate of concurrent victories, more than mellifluous, perpetual praises: So easily we forget that for every handful of athletes who experience sweet victory, there are many, many more who have to learn the hard and gruelling lesson of disappointing defeat.

Much love and respect Jamaica's women's 4x100 relay team, who disqualified in the finals of the 4x1. We love you still.

Hats off to our boys who finished their relay in world record time...
You all did us proud.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great race guys... I feel so bad for the girls

ruthibel said...

Ah well, you win some you lose some... They're still OUR Olympians and we love them nonetheless...

What a way Mr. Bolt get alla 3 records tho?? That boy id dynamite, still waiting to explode...

owen said...

2 di weerrrlll!

Jdid said...

big up!

I still feel they lacked practice and thats what messed them up

ruthibel said...

So sad tho, gold was so close... *SMH* so damn close... ah well, such is life and life is such. U live, u learn, u grow and mooove on.

Anonymous said...

Sappy, sappy, sappy... SMH

Anonymous said...

I especially dig that Bolt was bigging up Asafa during and after the 4X100.

Mighty Afroditee said...

I could not even tell you who won the women's race. From they failed to pass the baton and I realised, I turn off the TV. Sigh...can't do what they do, so hat's off to them.