Sunday, August 24, 2008

Top Cats Top Ten Olympic Track & Field List

Now that the Track and Field events in Beijing have been compleated here,s my top ten list:
10 Women Marathon,Romania,s Constantina Tomescu 38 years old and busting open the race at half way to win,a brave move in any marathon let alone in the holy grail of marathons and continuing the fine Romanian Olympic womens distance running legacy.
9&8 Women 5,000m & 10,000m, a notable double by"the babyfaced assasin"Tirunesh Dibaba the first woman ever to do so in the Olympics.
Props to Shalane Flanagan in the 10,000m a bronze and an American record and to Kara Goucher for her pr finishing 9th
7&6 Mens 5,000m & 10,000m,another Ethiopian double thanks to Kenenisa Bekele,two Olympic record times and a place alongside several Olympic greats who,ve managed the 5,000m/10,000m double including Emil Zatopek in Helsinki 52,Volodmyr Kuts in Melbourne 56,Lasse Viren Munich 72, and Montreal 76 and Mitrus Yifter a fellow Ethiopian in Moscow 80
5 Mens Marathon,props to Kenya,s Samuel Wanjiru ending his countrys hard to fathom no Olympic Marathon gold medal saga,
On top of his victory came an Olympic record time beating the previous record set back in Los Angeles in 84 by Carlos Lopes,spare a thought for 4th place finisher Ethiopian Deriba Merga, a lead runner throughout most of the race,overtaken by his countyman Tsegay Kebede w/ 250m to go and missing out on the bronze medal by 21 seconds
4 Womens 3,000m Steeplechase,instant immortality for winner Gulnara Samitova Galkina,the first ever Olympic woman 3,000m steeplechase champion............ and a world record to boot,she also reached the women,s 5,000m final,respect.
3&2 Mens 100m & 200m,what more can be said about Usain Bolt?Ialways knew this guy was the real deal but c,mon,3 golds and three world records,mad props!!!
1 Womens Pole Vault,YEAH!!!!! give it up for my girl Yelana Isinbaeva,not only Olympic gold but another world record to boot,"Izzie,s" list of major c,ship pole vault medals began w/ a bronze in the World C,ships in Paris in 03,Olympic gold Athens 04,World C,ship gold Helsinki 05,European C,ship gold Gothernburg 06,World C,ship gold Tokyo 07 and now back to back Olympic gold Beijing 08,also only4 other individual athletes{the USA mens and womens 4x400m relay} were able to retain their titles from Athens,Kenesia Bekele mens10,000m,Andreas Thorkildsen mens Javelin,Veronica Campbell Brown womens 200m and Francoise Mbango Etone womens Triple Jump.
Till London 2012........................

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