THE OFFICIAL 2012 SUMMER OLYMPICS THREAD
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Jamaicans better hope they have no people doping
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/jamaican-sprinters-expect-more-drugs-tests-pound-204717922--spt.html
IOC official: Jamaican sprinters should expect more drugs testsLONDON (Reuters) - Jamaican athletes, who have dominated the sprint events at the London Olympics should now expect more visits by drugs testers, former anti-doping chief ? Pound said on Saturday.
Usain Bolt stormed to victory in both the 100 and 200 meters with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce snatching gold in the women's 100 as the Caribbean island consolidated its ? of the blue riband events.
"No, they are one of the groups that are hard to test, it is (hard) to get in and find them and so forth," former World Anti-Doping Agency chief Pound told Reuters Television when asked whether he was happy with the way Jamaica tested its athletes.
"I think they can expect, with the extraordinary results that they have had, that they will be on everybody's radar," said Pound, an International Olympic Committee member.
Jamaica won a clean sweep in the men's 200 with Yohan Blake and Warren Weir winning silver and bronze behind Bolt.
Blake was also second to Bolt in the 100 and the duo also combined with Nesta Carter and Michael Frater to retain the 4x100 relay title in a world record time. It was Bolt's third gold for the second successive Games.
Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica also claimed bronze in the women's 100m behind Fraser-Pryce.
Pound said the IOC was still a long way away from winning the fight against doping with 11 athletes being expelled from the Games since the start of the Olympic period on July 16.
"I think it is too soon to say. I think we are gaining and getting better at science," said Pound, WADA's first president.
"We are starting to get better at smart testing. But there is a long way to go yet. In Churchillian terms, it is not the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning."
Victor Conte, convicted owner of the now-defunct BALCO laboratory that was at the centre of a global doping scandal, had said earlier this week that 60 percent of athletes at the Games were on drugs.
"He is probably more likely to know than we are. I hope it is not 60 per cent, but it is certainly a lot more than we are catching," Pound said.
"The drug testing that will be done here is first class. I would not expect many cases at the Olympics because if you test positive here you fail not a drugs test but an IQ test."
The IOC will run more than 5,000 tests at the Games that end on Sunday.
More than 100 athletes were also caught using banned substances in the months leading up to the Games following increased testing by national and international anti-doping agencies, designed to root out cheats before they arrived in London.
Victor Conte said about 60% of athletes at the games are on drugs
Not surprised. Unless you lie about it under oath, the reward outweighs the risk.
How many people you know would take a drug that would get them millions in just a small 4 year window and the only risk is that the sports media and olympic-nerds will hate on you if/when you get caught?
I know dope dealers that take bigger risks just so they can get some rims on their car. -
With that said Victor Conte stay lookin for attention..
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Did John Mcenroe (sp?) just tell U.Bolt that Elvis is the American, Bob Marley?
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Yo, I just watched the re-run of that mens 4x100 relay.. why didnt ? run the achor leg? bailey didnt have a chance up against bolt and them ? was actually running side by side for a lil while.
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thinking the same. Bailey looked stiff and like a deer in headlights.
Dude looked like he had no heart at all.
But ? gave up ground to Y.Blake....i would;ve let Gatlin run last. -
Anybody but bailey...bolt left his ass
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Gatlin shouldve anchored....? probably should've started...let Bailey ran the curve the dude looked slow as hell
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Trill Texan wrote: »Yo, I just watched the re-run of that mens 4x100 relay.. why didnt ? run the achor leg? bailey didnt have a chance up against bolt and them ? was actually running side by side for a lil while.
They knew whoever ran against Bolt was going to get dusted. Their strategy was to try and build up a lead going into the last leg and hope Bailey could hold Bolt off. It wasn't a bad strategy. It didn't work, but that shouldn't be all that surprising considering 2 of the other 3 Jamaicans were top 5 fastest men in history. -
fortyacres&amule wrote: »respect to jamaica but yohan blake's celebration is maaaad suspect
? is that
i know the claws represent his nick name the beast
i dunno wtf that ? at the end stand for
but yea i loved the strategy by usa build a lead and hope baily can hold on lol @ that
carlton banks stunt double already said they put bolt at the anchor just in case jamaica gets behind
re watching it yohan made up mad ground on that turn by getting it even by the time baton came to bolt
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baily was tedo to bolts michael smh
and smh @ all usa people ? about bolt's cockyness
when you're that good you can say whatever you want
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lol at the post race interview. Dude let Blake speak and you could tell he only understood about half of what Blake was saying. So he was like "? the rest of you ? . Let me go straight to Bolt. He's who everyone wants to hear and I know we can actually understand him."
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The Lonious Monk wrote: »lol at the post race interview. Dude let Blake speak and you could tell he only understood about half of what Blake was saying. So he was like "? the rest of you ? . Let me go straight to Bolt. He's who everyone wants to hear and I know we can actually understand him."
Bolt speaks english very fluently, like i can understand every word. Majority of the time its like listening to jack jenkins from harlem knights smh -
Yohan did make up ground on ? ..smh@?
Still wanna know who idea was it to put bailey at achor leg...but shidd it probably would'nt have mattered who was back there for team USA...bolt was gonna leave'em. -
lol @ people quibbling about the order. The Americans ran the best race America has ever run in that event, and the only team that has ever run faster was the one that beat them this time too. They had literally no chance.
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The Lonious Monk wrote: »lol @ people quibbling about the order. The Americans ran the best race America has ever run in that event, and the only team that has ever run faster was the one that beat them this time too. They had literally no chance.
^ This.
It's gonna be real interesting come world championships if Tyson get back to the way he was back in 07. The US will have some sprinters you were injured returning to the track, and Jeff Demps, and some other college dudes.
should be starting to mature by next year.
Only problem is Yohan Blake is only 22, so his times might be drop big time also.
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Trill Texan wrote: »Yohan did make up ground on ? ..smh@?
Still wanna know who idea was it to put bailey at achor leg...but shidd it probably would'nt have mattered who was back there for team USA...bolt was gonna leave'em.
i swear that dude is half ostrich or some ? -
You know these white folk go wanna see him race a horse or sheep, some crazy ? just show how insane his speed is,or atleast thats what they would want to do.lol
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Trill Texan wrote: »You know these white folk go wanna see him race a horse or sheep, some crazy ? just show how insane his speed is,or atleast thats what they would want to do.lol
Jessie Owens did it. Why not Bolt? -
thinking the same. Bailey looked stiff and like a deer in headlights.
Dude looked like he had no heart at all.
But ? gave up ground to Y.Blake....i would;ve let Gatlin run last.
c/s the bolded. i said the same thing. gatlin would've been a better choice against bolt. bailey looked like he was shooked b4 he even got off the blocks. once again, another bad decision by the track & field coaches. smh.
btw, who got the bronze??? lol! b/c usa and jamaica an so fast, i thought it was a 2 country race.
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fortyacres&amule wrote: »respect to jamaica but yohan blake's celebration is maaaad suspect
? is that
ok i'm glad i'm not the only one who thought lol! when i first saw it, i was like "wtf? is this ? about to bust out the 'Thriller' routine?" lol! then he did the pose along side bolt's pose after the relay. smh. no bruh, ? will NOT be copyin your pose.
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The Lonious Monk wrote: »lol at the post race interview. Dude let Blake speak and you could tell he only understood about half of what Blake was saying. So he was like "? the rest of you ? . Let me go straight to Bolt. He's who everyone wants to hear and I know we can actually understand him."
Bolt speaks english very fluently, like i can understand every word. Majority of the time its like listening to jack jenkins from harlem knights smh
Excuse my ignorance, but don't Jamaicans speak English? LOL
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The Lonious Monk wrote: »Trill Texan wrote: »You know these white folk go wanna see him race a horse or sheep, some crazy ? just show how insane his speed is,or atleast thats what they would want to do.lol
Jessie Owens did it. Why not Bolt?
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The Lonious Monk wrote: »lol @ people quibbling about the order. The Americans ran the best race America has ever run in that event, and the only team that has ever run faster was the one that beat them this time too. They had literally no chance.
^ This.
It's gonna be real interesting come world championships if Tyson get back to the way he was back in 07. The US will have some sprinters you were injured returning to the track, and Jeff Demps, and some other college dudes.
should be starting to mature by next year.
Only problem is Yohan Blake is only 22, so his times might be drop big time also.
There is a young cat in Jamaica by the name Dexter Lee, he will end up being faster than Blake. Jamaica has a pipeline of young talent right now, Bolt done lit that spark. -
I could only imagine what the time would of been if Asafa was healthy, ? wouldn't even have been close by time the baton got to Bolt. lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDAgJcIIdL8
