2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing

[Ayepecks]

They're all being taken off Youtube (video of Bolt's 9.69). It was spectacular, though.

[Doli]

The man's got a hurt hamstring. Do you know how hard it is to run with a hurt hamstring?

Bingo. I hate when that happens to me, ruined three of my track seasons.

[Ayepecks]

Ruined mine this past year. I have no clue how he even did as well as what he did -- making it to the Olympic semifinal!

[Crazysah]

9.69

holy shat..

that was feking fast.

he should've ran full speed to set the highest record though..... he shouldn't of backed off near the end..

Yeah and if had run full speed then it would have been 9.5 or sub 9.5!

[TuchMiWiWi]

9.69

holy shat..

that was feking fast.

he should've ran full speed to set the highest record though..... he shouldn't of backed off near the end..

I don't dispute that he is the best right now... but not only him has set new records in recent years.

I was a big fan of Linford Christie and he is an all time great but to compare him with this guy when hes wearing modern footwear and gear its hard to say.

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

LOL is she dead?

Doesn't seem that anyone cares.. :rolleyes:

[SuperJediMedia]

He definitely touched the wall first. That gif does a good job showing it.

Calvic glided in the end to touch the wall while Phelps took an extra 1/2 stroke which is how he managed to touch the wall much quicker. Had Calvic not glided, he would've won.

It was an amazing race.

Yeah that Gliding was a Major mistake.

That's the nature of sports, there is always somebody as good/better than you, you can't afford to make ANY mistakes.

WOW BeiJing really looks good!

Edited August 16, 2008 by JediXAngel

[Cormier6083]

It's quite depressing that I don't have NBC. :(

[linsook]

It's quite depressing that I don't have NBC. :(

watch on their website

[I am Reid]

Yeah and if had run full speed then it would have been 9.5 or sub 9.5!

ummmm, no

[Deletedforeverhaha]

*waits for drug results of Bolt*

It's still amazing! I think he slowed down because it would be in his financial interest to keep breaking records and make millions for each record broken so he set the bar low enough for himself.

[Ayepecks]

What on earth? Or he could just be really excited that he won the OLYMPICS.

[Rob2687]

Canada gets a 4th medal. Bronze in 1500m Freestyle.

Phelps goes for number 8 right now!

[DELTETHISACCOUNT]

^ He did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KzR]

Woah, Phelps with 8 gold medals! It's really a world of 8s in Beijing 2008.

[giga Veteran]

[Yuxi]

At least there's something still left to be achieved by future athletes. Now someone can try and go for 8 golds AND 8 world records! :D

[qdave]

finally Canada's medal drought has ended :p

i loved how 3 jamaican owmen won 100m run. classic :D

[Matrix XII]

Canada mens 8 gold yay! :)

We have to celebrate when we can in the summer games hah

[I am Reid]

Why the **** would NBC not show the mens 200m and 400m opening events live? I mean seriously, what the **** did they show for the last two hours? Their coverage is horrible, and if they stop showing USA basketball live, im petty much going to be done with these olympics.

[Groffy77]

At least there's something still left to be achieved by future athletes. Now someone can try and go for 8 golds AND 8 world records! :D

He'll get that world record during the London Olympics in 2012.. lol

[Doli]

Why the **** would NBC not show the mens 200m and 400m opening events live? I mean seriously, what the **** did they show for the last two hours? Their coverage is horrible, and if they stop showing USA basketball live, im petty much going to be done with these olympics.

Thats why I wish other non-cable stations could show the olympics with NBC and/or NBC can use the substations in digital TV and offer more. 3.1 for the main broadcast commentary stuff events that they do and 3.2-3.4 other events.

I cant wait for the 4x100m and my personal favorite 4x400m relays in track.

edit: Damn, Liu Xiang (China) is out of the 110m hurdles.

[I am Reid]

That why I wish other non-cable stations could show the olympics with NBC and/or NBC can use the substations in digital TV and offer more. 3.1 for the main broadcast commentary stuff events that they do and 3.2-3.4 other events.

Actually im glad they dont use the sub channels, i wish they would stop using those things. They have like 4-5 different channels(NBC, CNBC, Universal, ect...) for this, using the sub channels would only degrade the picture quality of the HD channel. They have an HD version of all the channels they are using to broadcast on, but choose to show tapped events. During the primetime slot on a sunday, starting at 8 they could have show the event finals for gymnastics, and easily cut it into an hour since it was taped, and then took us to the LIVE track and field events such as the 200m and 400m, but noooo. They stretch out the taped events and stupid stories for like 4 hours. They have all these channels at their disposal, and choose to show tapped events.

[Doli]

I would take less quality if they offer more events to see, even SD quality on the substations.

[Ayepecks]

Why the **** would NBC not show the mens 200m and 400m opening events live? I mean seriously, what the **** did they show for the last two hours? Their coverage is horrible, and if they stop showing USA basketball live, im petty much going to be done with these olympics.

NBC isn't showing track events live because they want the most viewers possible for it, which is in the primetime hours (late night, which is morning in China -- and most track finals are at night there).

It's bullcrap for the fans who want to see it live, but it's still smart business.