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Now that's what I'm talking about!! The U.S. track team finally showed us what we like to see. They pulled off two impressive wins in the 4x400 races on Sunday. The women, who many thought would struggle competing against Russia in the final, SMOKED the competition! Every lady seemed to run her best, as we held a lead all throughout the race. Allyson Felix gave the team a wide margin, but Sanya Richards made the gap even wider on the last leg of the race. It was truly no contest! On the mens side, they were favored to win, so it was looking like it would be more of the same, until Angelo Taylor started the race for the team. Dude ran like he had just scarfed two double cheeseburger and wanted to take a post lunch nap. I was expecting him to zoom out and gives us an expected lead, but NO! By the time he got back to pass the baton, we were in THIRD place. I sighed, thinking, we had been visited by the schleprock again, but Jeremy Warner saved the day! He caught up and gave us our signature gap that we were expecting. He ended up running the fastest time in the race! All in all, we eneded up wiining more gold medals than Jamaica Ha Ha! So, I'm not happy, but I'm thrilled. Congrats ladies and gents!
Those Jamaicans must have something in the water out there! First, Usain Bolt set another world record in the 100m dash running a ridiculous 9.58 time. Then the Jamaican ladies win the gold (Olympic gold winner Shelly-Ann Fraser) and silver (Kerron Stewart) in the 100m women's dash. America's Carmelita Jeter won the bronze. American sprinters have their work set out for them if they want to regain the title of the worlds fastest sprinters any time soon. So far, Jamaica has been on a two your trend of beating us. I really just hope that nothing comes out later about these Jamaicans doping and such. That would be disconcerting to say the least. I guess it's also possible, whereas, just a month ago, five Jamaican runners tested positive for performance enhancing drugs. I'm just saying.....At any rate, Jamaica has now produced the fastest running human and the biggest clown in the history of the world, LOL. Okay, I'll be nice, congratulations Usain and Jamaica! More races to come in the IAAF World Championships, so stay tuned! It's airing on NBC and Versus channels and the last day is Sunday. :)
It's that time of year! Time to watch the worlds best track and field athletes in the world compete at the IAAF World Championships. This year the event will occur in Berlin, Germany. It starts on Saturday, August 15th and ends on August 23rd . It's a very exciting annual event, but this year it is not without it's controversy. Jamaica has just asked to withdraw Olympic gold medalist Asafa Powell and five of his teammates from the competition. Their request is said to stem from training camp disputes, meaning these athletes aren't training in the specified spot in Berlin....Okay, that's REALLY vague, but that seems to be the issue. Among the five other teammates to be possibly excluded is sprinter Shericka Williams, and she's good! Don't get me wrong, there is no love between me and "Team Jamaica" but I wouldn't like to see their team compromised in this way. It's good fun competition and I love it when the American runners beat them! So, I want to see them there. And there is hope that they will be, because the official list is not set in stone until Thursday. Who knows, Jamaican oficials could change their mind by then. If not, we could see a whole new outcome in the sprinting events, especially the sprint relays! We'll see!
