Olympic Games Upsets: Fastest Women Jamaican 100-Meter Clean Sweep - US Protest Rejected

Olympic Games Upsets: 3 Jamaican Fastest Women 100m Clean Sweep At 2008 Beijing Olympics

Hi,

I woke at about 2:00am this morning and went back to sleep just before dawn, so I missed the women's 100m Olympic Games excitement!

Then without having seen the race myself I tuned into the discussion of the race results being questioned by the US on Jamaican television.

Photo Credit: Bob Martin/SI

The race was shown again and at first it looked to me like it was a clear 1-2-3 until I saw the slow motion end.

Anyway, although the protest kept the girls from enjoying the award ceremony immediately, it has all been settled...

Shelly-Ann Fraser came in first with her 10.78 run. Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart tied with 10.98, verified or taken down to the thousandth of a second.

I saw the Jamaican Fastest Women - 100m Clean Sweep at Bird Nest Stadium, 2008 Beijing Olympics HuffPost thread (I have retitled it), read the comments then posted my own:

There are two countries that have a long established history of winning in the Olympic Game sprints: Jamaica and the USA.

Now it is much more of a level playing field with better doping tests. Jamaica will continue to excel once there is a level playing field.

The results now being produced with the new strategy of training our athletes IN Jamaica BY Jamaican coaches makes these wins especially sweet as we always used to hear the foreign sports broadcasters say 'yes, they're Jamaican but they're trained in ..... by .......

Congratulations, girls. We're looking for the same Gold results in the 200m and the relays!!!

Tobias in his August, 2008 message, spoke of the Olympic Games upsets that were to unfold...

Hearty congratulations to ALLLLL worldwide athletes competing in the Beijing Olympics. You are all winners to make your country's team and you make every one of us fellow human beings proud.

Also, you are carrying the 'warrior' energy of excellence and FREEEEEEDOM into China on behalf of the entire world. This will massively transform life in China within the very near future and for that, we give you massive thanks and ringing applause, 3D and otherwise... ;-)


Olympic Games Upsets: 3 Jamaican Fastest Women 100m Clean Sweep At 2008 Beijing Olympics

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