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Published : June 13, 2009 |
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August 18, 2008
In addition to setting world records in the ongoing 2008 Olympic games in Beijing, several African and Caribbean athletes are going home with Gold medals. For Jamaican Usain Bolt, using the term "Rocket-propelled" to describe his speed is an understatement! Usain Bolt struck the 2008 men's Olympic 100m race and broke his 9.72 seconds world record, setting a new world record for 100m in Beijing! The Jamaican sprinter "bolted" home in a record 9.69 seconds with little effort, after slowing down towards the finishing line and pounding his chest in a reassuring way for securing his easy gold medal win. Usain Bolt
The Jamaican women also dominated the 100m dash as they hit home: 1. Shelly-Ann Fraser in 10.78 seconds; 2. Sherone Simpson in 10.98 seconds; and 3. Kerron Stewart in 10.98 seconds. Jamaican runners continued to prove their grip on track events when the Jamaican born Sanya Richard who run for the USA team also easily won the 400m semifinals at 49.90 seconds. On the same note, Richard Thompson (Trinidad and Tobago) is taking home the 100m silver medal after finishing behind Usain Bolt in 9.89 seconds.
The Ethiopians still rule the long distance races. Kenenisa Bekele set a new world record after finishing the 10,000m race in 27 minutes 01.17 seconds. The Ethiopian athletes grabbed both the Gold medals for men (Kenenisa Bekele; 27:01.17) and women (Tirunesh Dibaba - 29:54.68) for the 10,000m race. Tirunesh Dibaba also won a new Olympic record after finishing in 29 minutes and 54.68 seconds. Sihine Sileshi (27:02.77) followed Bekele to win the Silver medal in the men's 10,000m race.
Kenyan Pamela "Kapsabet Express" Jelimo took home the Gold after winning the women 800m in 54.87 seconds. She was followed by Janeth Jepkosgei who earned a silver medal and Hasna Benhassi from Morocco winning the bronze medal. Despite remaining behind for the most part of the race, Kenyan Brimin Kipruto Kiprop still managed to win the 3000m steeple chase gold medal. Kiprop did his thing at the end of the race when he overtook everyone from the outer lane and took the gold. Meanwhile Cameroonian Francoise Mbango Etoneis grabbed the women's triple jump gold. In the Men's 1500m Freestyle, Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli (14:40.84) won the gold medal while the Women's 200m Backstroke gold medal went to Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry. Coventry set a new world record at 2 minutes 05.24 seconds.
The Ugandan team won the hearts of the Camera crew for their traditional dresses in the opening ceremony. The men were clad in white cassocks (Kanzu) and black blazers, while the ladies were very colorful in their traditional gomesi (busuuti). The unfortunate thing is that there is no gold medal for this category in the Olympics. In which case Ugandans should petition that this category be added for the next Olympics! On a rather sad note, Ugandan Benjamin Kiplagat only managed to demonstrate he has potential to win this race after leading and setting pace for the first five laps but was later relegated to seventh! He is out of the competition! |
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