Things have been rough lately. You know how you go through good times, and they're awesome, and then you go through bad times, and you think 'with good comes bad', and then you go through more bad times, and you think 'well, things have been bad for so long, they've got to change anytime now for the better' and then you go through more bad times and you start to feel like your life is going to be a pile of bad things forever, and you search frantically some reason for all your misfortune, but you can't find it and...
Whoa now. We don't want to vent too much negativity on the PG blog. So how about that Michael Phelps? I'm not personally a huge fan of the USA Olympic team. Generally I cheer for Canada first and Australia second. But this Phelps guy, you've got to give him credit. 8 gold medals in one Olympics. 8 gold medals. That's just unreal. And I mean, these Chinese Olympics Officials are just loving it. You see, 8 is a lucky number in China. They started the Olympics at 8:00 on the 8th day of the 8th month of the year 2008. And now the lead story in the entire Olympics just went: 8 for 8 in gold. Lots of drunken, happy Chinese is what I'm thinking. Lots of drunken Chinese karaoke. "Tie a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree!"
8 Gold Medals in 8 Events, U.S.A's Michael Phelps
Seriously though, these athletes are getting just unreal. Take for example the men's 100 metre finals. The Jamaican athlete who won resembled a God more than a Man. Usain Bolt was in his first year running in the event, and he broke his own World Record by a lot. You're thinking wow, right? You haven't even heard the good part. For the last 15 metres, he coasted, banging his chest mightily and then hanging his arms at his sides. If he hadn't been such a show boat, he would have a had a way better World Record on his golden running shoes, but the point is, how can these athletes be this much better? Sure, there's newer training facilities, newer equipment, newer athletic wear, but that can't come close to making up this large a difference. Do they have some secret facility in Geneva where they breed Superhumans from each nationality for the Olympics? I remember watching Donovan Bailey win the gold and set the world record, and become the fastest man in the World. I distinctly remember him pumping as hard as he could with his arms until he passed the finish line as well. But Time makes a fool of us if we turn our backs on it for too long. I'm just crossing my fingers that this phenomenon doesn't cross over to the NHL and make Gretzky's records look pesky. What's that? Oh yeah, that won't happen until hell freezes over.
Easily beating his own World Record, Jamaica's
Usain (Lightning) Bolt
2 comments:
It's nice that you are giving recognition to the Olympics, won't see that happening on my blog. When it comes to be Olympic time, which it currently is I hate TV. Everything is Olympics this and Olympics that. It's bad enough the Olympics comandeer almost every channel. When I was at wimpy's having a nice dinner they showed total medal winnings. Canada wasn't even making a dent with their 3 medals (one in each category), the states had 54 and Australia had +70 that's pretty impressive. We have a long way to go to catch up, lets just say that and leave the trash talking to someone else;)
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