Olympics

[PeterWithesShin]

Thanks to a quick Google (but don't tell the missus) Wiki reckons:

Nearly all the sprinters who have beaten the 10-second barrier are of West African descent. Namibian (formerly South-West Africa) Frankie Fredericks became the first man of non-West African heritage to achieve the feat in 1991 and in 2003 Australia's Patrick Johnson (who has Irish and Indigenous Australian heritage) became the first sub-10-second runner without an African background.[5][6][7][8] Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre became the first white European under ten seconds in 2010 (although Poland's Marian Woronin had unofficially surpassed the barrier with a time of 9.992 seconds in 1984).[9] In 2011, Zimbabwean Ngonidzashe Makusha became the 76th man to break the barrier, yet only the fourth man not of West African descent.[10] No sprinter of predominantly Asian or East African descent has officially achieved this feat.[11][12][13]
Colin Jackson (an athlete with mixed ethnic background and former world record holder in the 110 metre hurdles)[14] noted that both his parents were talented athletes and suggested that biological inheritance was the greatest influence, rather than any perceived racial factor. Furthermore, successful black role models in track events may reinforce the racial disparity.[12]
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[Dante Lavelli]

Apologies if this has already been posted, but I found this quite interesting.

Comparison of all 100m winners

That’s awesome.  It’s a shame that they did not try and put some sort of average line so you could see which runners were abnormal for their era.  With my mind’s eye it looks like Bolt, Hines and Owen appeared to be getting times ahead of their generation.

[lovejoy]

I think the sophistication of your drugs program also assists.

[cdbearsfan]

29 Golds. Anthony Joshua Super-Heavweight boxer.

[Pete3206]

29!!!!!!!!!!

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

GET IN !

THATS ONE !

WIGGO !
THATS TWO !

NOW WE ARE FOUR

CYCLED TO FIVE
NOW WE HAVE ROWED TO SIX

SEVEN
EIGHT
NINE
TEN !

ELEVEN
TWELVE - ENNIS MAGNIFICENT !

THIRTEEN. GREG RUTHERFORD WINS THE LONG JUMP!

MO FARAH.....YOU ARE FUCKING WONDERFUL !
THREE GB ATHLETIC GOLDS IN AN HOUR !
FOURTEEN GOLDS IN TOTAL

AINSLEE SAILS TO FIFTEEN
SIXTEEN ANDY MURRAY

SEVENTEEN
EIGHTEEN     THE REAL KING KENNY !

NINETEEN     BEIJING GOLD MEDAL COUNT MATCHED

TWENTY        POSH TOFFS ON HORSES MEANS WE BEAT THE BEIJING TOTAL

TWENTY ONE
TWENTY TWO    HOY !

TWENTY THREE

TWENTY FOUR  NICOLA ADAMS (Yorkshire) MAKES OLYMPIC HISTORY

TWENTY FIVE.....TWENTY SIX.......

TWENTY SEVEN     SIR MOHAMED FARAH

TWENTY EIGHT     Boxing gold...two more to come?

TWENTY NINE      The Boxing done. Is that our lot?

[usav]

Yes.

[cdbearsfan]

Have we got a chance in the Moderate Pentagon?

[cdbearsfan]

Uh-oh, the pesky Italians are appealing the boxing result.

[Ron Manager]

Uh-oh, the pesky Italians are appealing the boxing result.

Doesnt surprise me. I rang a lad who boxes at heavyweight in the midlands and he said the Italian won by a couple of points.

[dave.woodhall]

Uh-oh, the pesky Italians are appealing the boxing result.

Doesnt surprise me. I rang a lad who boxes at heavyweight in the midlands and he said the Italian won by a couple of points.

General consensus on a couple of boxing forums is that the Italian deserved to win but it was close.

[dave.woodhall]

Appeal rejected.

[Ron Manager]

Uh-oh, the pesky Italians are appealing the boxing result.

Doesnt surprise me. I rang a lad who boxes at heavyweight in the midlands and he said the Italian won by a couple of points.

General consensus on a couple of boxing forums is that the Italian deserved to win but it was close.

It was but I thought three points would be a bit too much to pull back in the last round. How come in boxing you can appeal
and in cycling (and Im talking Fancy Pants Pendleton being elbowed) you cannot. The video evidence was there for everyone to see.

[PaulWinch again]

Overall this Olympics has been absolutely fantastic, well done to the organisers and the country as a whole.

[Ron Manager]

Overall this Olympics has been absolutely fantastic, well done to the organisers and the country as a whole.

Well said that man.