The Olympics have officially begun.
Justin Gatlin of the United States (on the right) won the Olympic Men’s 100m title, taking gold with a personal best and this year’s world leading time of 9.85.
In the closest 100m finish in Olympic history, Gatlin was just one one-hundredth of a second ahead of Portugal’s Francis Obikwelu (cente of the photograph) (9.86). Defending champion, Maurice Greene (USA, far left) finished third in 9.87, the same time that he ran in Sydney to win gold four years ago.
Greene and Gatlin both started strongly and were out in front midway but it was Obikwelu who had the strength in the final stages, moving quickly through the field. He almost caught Gatlin, and outdipped Greene for silver.
Shawn Crawford (USA) finished out of the placings, despite running 9.89 - the fastest time ever to miss out on an Olympic medal.
Asafa Powell, the quickest man in the semifinals, couldn’t repeat his dominating performance and finished in fifth place with 9.94.
World champion, Kim Collins (SKN), was back in sixth place in a season best 10.00.
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The track & field events seemed to be more about Maurice Green than anything else, it was much better in past years. But such as it was/were…
Bernie, I was re-reading your one of your writings Brothers At Any Age and how I could relate to every word you wrote; fantastic. Any books out on the market by you?
the summer olympics has been fun to watch.
what do you have planned for the weekend uncle bernie? have a good one :)
I feel so out of the loop, I forgot all about the track and field events… And you know I love the eye candy…