More Olympic Coverage

What an incredible Olympics. Yet unfortunately, it is unavoidable that I must blame it for my lack of studying for exams.

Firstly, congratulations to Matthew Mitcham- the legendary dive. But I know where he gets it from- there is no doubt some biological resemblance between him our great ‘Thorpedo’.

Here’s some thought for all you sitting on your backsides. Men’s 5000m track-Kenenisa Bekele ran it in 12:57.82. Now that number may mean nothing to you, but that’s an average pace of 15.25s every 100m. Incredible. I’m sure some people reading this can’t even run that fast over 100m.

I would like to pose a question. The two greats of the Olympics- Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt, who would you choose?

Me? Bolt- definitely. To be the fastest human on the planet. Nothing beats that. Literally.

But too much talk on the legends of the Olympics. Who else feels the misery of those whose years of training were just smashed in the last two weeks. Four years is a lifetime, much too long for another shot at glory- that’s if you can still shoot. Sometimes it’s hard to believe everyone who says- ‘all it needs is perseverance. If I can do it so can you.’ But how often do the failures become inspirational speakers? But finally there’s a whole article dedicated to them- front page of the SMH last Friday. They deserve recognition too.

Get energized for the closing ceremony tonight. Maybe China will yet again be able to prove their national identity- their ability to fake anything.

Her-cules