I don’t watch much sports, but always make time to see the summer Olympic track events.
Usain Bolt made it a very memorable games for sprint, with 3 gold medals, including 3 WR.
- 100m – 9.69s (untied shoe, jog finish for last 15m)
- 200m – 19.30s (splits 9.96 and 9.34, 2 mph headwind)
- 4x100m relay – 37.10s
A big challenge for sports photographers with a runner this fast is getting him and 2nd place in the same frame. 
Favorite Usain quote (to his agent before 200m race), “Tonight I’m going to race the whole thing.”
He just turned 22, has just started weight training, and trains in Jamaica, not the US college system. At 6’5″ has has a longer stride than other runners.
After his performance, some wonder if raw talent in sprint can triumph over sports science, and if there have been other runners in the distant past with his level of talent or higher that we don’t know about.
China came up short on most, if not all, promises to allow dissent and press freedom. One story I read online was about some grandmothers threatened with being sent to a work camp if they continued to request a protest permit.
Although they came first in the gold medal count, that’s not the point of the Olympics, and I don’t think they understand that.
