Added to his gold, the 21-year-old has now run more sub-13 second races than either Xiang or (former world-record holder) Colin Jackson have done in their entire career. The guy is an elite athlete—why then, does he look like he has been given day-release from the local library?!
I could appreciate it if Robles had some crazy Kareem Abdul Jabbar-esque specs, or even those high-tech sunglasses many athletes wear nowadays. But his pair looks more like something your dad puts on when he wants to read the Sunday papers.
Maybe contact lenses haven’t reached Cuba yet, or maybe Robles really wants to be sure of where he is going. At the moment though, it just looks like he is trying to be a younger version of The Wire’s Lester Freamon.
4. Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
Or so the old adage goes. Apparently though, it is not always the case—as the Spanish Olympic Basketball team might be able to tell you. The boys, at the behest of team sponsors Seur, were responsible for one of the more controversial moments of these Games, after posing for that photograph.
Of course, at the end of it all, the Spanish authorities really couldn’t see what they had done wrong—even going as far as to accuse the international media of a hate campaign against their fair nation.
Kind gesture or casual racism? Either way, it will prove one of the more unforgettable moments from these Beijing Olympics.
3. A Bolt from the Blue (or Yellow).
After much debate, I have concluded that Usain Bolt’s epic performance in the 100m (and 200m) final should be in this list of funniest moments of the Olympics. After all, having watched him race, there is little else you can do but laugh.
His world record time of 9.69s in the 100m was nothing short of incredible, especially as he seemed to do it without sprinting the whole way. Another world record in the 200m, breaking Michael Johnson’s 12-year-old mark, was simply the icing on the cake.
The funny thing though, is that Bolt went about his business in the most comical of fashions. He laughed, danced, and generally played up to the crowd. He made the "archery" pose an instant cult classic. He ran the 100m with a shoelace undone.
He smiled, and the world smiled with him. You couldn’t script it.
2. Every Inch Counts
Having said all that, Bolt still has a trick or two he could learn—as it seems could all sprinters. In the 400m final, USA athlete David Neville showed every athlete the easy way
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