Olympic GDT - August 5 (Day 9)

[nik-]

Donovan Bailey and the 4x100 team were awesome. I remember watching that 100 meter race and just losing my mind when he started to pull ahead.

Short crappy quality version, but it's Don Wittman's call.



Longer version, better quality. Race starts at 13 minutes, bonus confused british announcer.

[nik-]

also ...

[icarus]

It was amazing to watch Bailey in 96. I also remember watching Ben Johnson's run in 1988 when I was 7.

A lot of non-Canadians only seem to remember Johnson's disgrace and forget about Donovan Bailey winning legitimately.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by saskflames96

Y'all remember when Donovan Bailey won gold in the 100m? I was still a couple of days away from being born, but I heard it was a pretty bitchin' time to be Canadian.

Geeze, way to make me feel old. Kids these days.

[TurnedTheCorner]

Cool video comparing all past Olympic champs of the 100m dash

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...?smid=fb-share

[GirlySports]

Ben Johnson ran at 9am! Let's see these guys do that now

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

I just watched that boxing match, that was just terrible. Russ Amber said before the decision that the Italian would win because you could tell all along who the ref and judges wanted to win.......and he was right. The fix was in. What a disaster.

Listening to Russ Amber whine about the corruption in boxing is an Olympic tradition for me. I hope he never retires!

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Listening to Russ Amber whine about the corruption in boxing is an Olympic tradition for me. I hope he never retires!

Teddy Atlas is the same on NBC.

"It makes me want to vomit"