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BeLeafer said:
Bolt won Olympic gold in both the 100m and 200m, setting world records for both, when he was 21.
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Bolt might be the greatest Olympic athlete ever, so that's an unfair comparison to put it mildly. It's still almost unprecedented for a sprinter to be as good as Andre is at his age. And he didn't start running competitively until he was 16 or 17 years old. He's basically only been doing the sport for under five years.
 
Hoss said:
I loved the factoid they mentioned that Bolt's first olympics he failed to even qualify.... he was overwhelmed at his first time. But for Degrasse to do this well at 21 is crazy good.
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So when Bolt was 17??

I don't know that is a fair comparison.

Look what De Grasse did was great and sets him up well for 2020... but lets not go with these comparisons of "based on age" and call it historic, cause while its great it isn't in the same class as Bolt at 21. Bolt is the best ever, no doubt about it... the absolute best ever; no comparisons, full stop.
 
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He's not in the same class as Bolt, and it wasn't a historic, unprecedented performance even for his age. In the last 4 Olympics Bolt, Blake, Gatlin, Dix and De Grasse all medaled in the 100 and 200 at 21-22. Pretty much someone does it every Olympics. But still the list of runners to medal in the 100 and 200 isn't that long. It's been a very impressive Olympics for De Grasse and he's not done yet.
 
Bleedsblue&white said:
I think it's more about, with Bolt ready to leave, our guy looks ready to be the new guy, not The guy...that will probably always be Usain.
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Yeah, that's what I'm excited about as a Canadian sports fan. The only guys who've managed to beat DeGrasse in the 100 & 200 meters are two guys who are 1) one of the best sprinters of his generation and 2) the best sprinter of all-time, and both of those guys are also on the verge of retirement. Gatlin also just barely finished ahead of DeGrasse in the 100m, before failing to qualify for the 200m final while DeGrasse went on to be the class of the rest of the field after Bolt in that race.

So, the path seems to be pretty clear for DeGrasse to be a serious Gold medal contender, if not favourite, for a pretty lengthy stretch of time. That's pretty sweet all on its own, without worrying a whole lot about how he'll end up comparing to the Wayne Gretzky of his sport in the end.
 
Just read Lochte's "I am sorry" statement ... apologized to his teammates, his fans, his sponsors, his next door neighbour's cat ... everybody BUT the gas station owner in which him and his drunk teammates vandalized.

So, young athletes getting drunk from a late party in foreign land, vandalizing, get caught, and issue a 'i'm sorry' statement to everyone but the guy who suffered from your stupid behaviour ... so very American.
 
Eric Lamaze is so good. He would have won a consecutive gold in London had Hickstead not passed away. He qualifies for the second and final round of the equestrian individual jump final with zero faults again.
 
number17 said:
Just read Lochte's "I am sorry" statement ... apologized to his teammates, his fans, his sponsors, his next door neighbour's cat ... everybody BUT the gas station owner in which him and his drunk teammates vandalized.

So, young athletes getting drunk from a late party in foreign land, vandalizing, get caught, and issue a 'i'm sorry' statement to everyone but the guy who suffered from your stupid behaviour ... so very American.
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Lochte's like 32 or 33. He's not a late teens/early twenties kid like his teammates. He's supposed to be a leader and an example, and this is how he behaves representing the U.S swim team abroad?
 
UWHabs said:
Dunfee finishes 4th in the silly walk, as when he tried to pass the 3rd place guy got bumped a bit and lost his rhythm.
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Looks like Dunfee gets the bronze in the silly walk after all.

Canada protested the race and won, probably because of the bump you mentioned.
 
LeafGm said:
Looks like Dunfee gets the bronze in the silly walk after all.

Canada protested the race and won, probably because of the bump you mentioned.
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Dunfee had gotten back into 3rd and then the Japanese walker tried to pass him on the inside and bumped him and it threw Dunfee off. That's why most of the athletes passed each other on the outside.
 
JaysCyYoung said:
I think we won a gold in race walk way back in Barcelona. It's a lot freaking harder than it looks.
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At the end, you can see Dunfee cross the finish line and his legs just gave out...I can't imagine the shinsplints those guys get. That Slovakian dude didn't even look phased though...
 
Metalleaf said:
At the end, you can see Dunfee cross the finish line and his legs just gave out...I can't imagine the shinsplints those guys get. That Slovakian dude didn't even look phased though...
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For sure! And it must give you the best calves too! It's a lot harder on your legs when you aren't lifting them to propel yourself forward.
 
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