Millhouse

Why? I love Eddie. We should be proud of him. He used to train on the roof of his house.

The Dean

Yes...... but the trouble was that he never actually got any better......... at least the rower this time (and swimmer 'Eric The Eel' previously) were actually improving race-by-race........ I remember that presser when a journo asked him why he was embarrassing himself and his country at something he was crap at. Edwards replied 'Could you do it?', to which the journo said 'Not right now, but after more than fifty ski jumps, which you've done, I'd be better than you are'.

goonerseba

A someone who has played sports over the years and used running as a way of maintaining an average fitness and weight, I have to say I was in absolute awe at the way Rudisha ran that race.

But I dont mean tactically - i mean his running style - was so poised, fluid and natural he made breaking the world record look easy and actually looked like he could have easily knocked a second or more off the time.

I know his father was an olympian before him, but to me Rudisha Jr looked like he was born to run, his motion and movement and speed looks effortless and i think theres far more in his tank than he let loose on that gold-winning night.

Miss Anne Thrope

I totally agree - it was a sumptuous run, a thing of beauty and definitely the most individually brilliant performance I witnessed. I still pick the womens 4x100m relay team, though, because it took four individually superb runs plus three handovers, each of which was flawlessly executed at full speed (that hardly ever happens). And that rare combination of individual and team brilliance enabled them to dramatically surpass the fraudulently obtained old record. That was a unique set of circumstances and seems to have got very little attention even from what I can see in the US media maybe because it got lost in the deluge of amazing achievements.

Little Boy

Brazilian javelin throw.......... and, I don't think you have to ask why. It's perfection

Bahtatboy

Except it's shopped.

Little Boy

Thats devastating news. Way to burst my bubble Bahtaboy

Thanks a lot- My search for the perfect woman continues

Little Boy

Bahta- Couldn't you have just let me go on believing? It was a cruel trick by the Photoshopper no doubt, but it brought so much pleasure to so many people, why ruin it for everyone?


It's art

commander

Its not art. Its a big old ass.

Little Boy

Ah...Real men like them extra large. That thing is talking to me, I hear it loud and clear-it's saying "get over here and make me a baby". You can't hear it because I just don't think youre on the right frequency Commander, if ya know what I mean? You're not supposed to hear her siren song Commander..Top breeding stock like that only wants to attract the alpha males, not skinny little guys. Its mother natures way of strengthening the gene pool, so you're supposed to be repulsed, I on the other hand have been drooling all over my keyboard since I discovered the picture








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The Dean

........... and wasn't taken at the Olympics...........

Little Boy

I didn't catch the Olympics this year so I don't know- The picture was sent to me by a dear friend - she may not be 100% real, but she's still beautiful.

scrubbedexpat141

Phelps?

The African chap rowing? (Poor that I can't remember the name / country, but he just loved being at the Olympics)

The American (I think) bloke who rand 200m with a broken back in the relay. That's some bollocks there.

NorthernLad

You're just back from holiday so I'll be lenient.

It was a broken leg - whilst very impressive, the back would really have been superhuman

scrubbedexpat141

Sorry. Memory is trying to remember things I agreed to do before leaving the office 2+ weeks ago.

Still, broken something, running 200m in an Olympic final, I think that's impressive, but wouldn't be most notable because it's just such an American thing to shout about.