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Olympic Games 2008: Tyson Gay Didn’t Make the Finals
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Posted: 16 August 2008 08:31 AM   [ Ignore ]  
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Tyson Gay Didn’t Make the Finals
and two more hours to go until the 2008 Olympic 100m Final

Was both disappointed and surprised that such a good athlete did not finish in the top 4 of the semi-final. It also didn’t seem to me that it was the hamstring injury’s fault.

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Posted: 16 August 2008 08:53 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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klp2332 - 16 August 2008 08:31 AM

Tyson Gay Didn’t Make the Finals
and two more hours to go until the 2008 Olympic 100m Final

Was both disappointed and surprised that such a good athlete did not finish in the top 4 of the semi-final. It also didn’t seem to me that it was the hamstring injury’s fault.

Discuss and post your thoughts…

It wasn’t the injury’s fault?  Are you serious?

I would like to thank NBC for ruining the Olympics not only by showing all the track stuff on delay by posting that Gay didn’t make finals on their nbcolympics.com front page just after it happened.  If they are going to restrict out track viewing on a delayed schedule at least don’t ruin it for everyone by reporting the results before you televise the event.

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Posted: 16 August 2008 09:11 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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That’s not going to happen with the media these days.  It’s breaking news and someone wants to be the first to break the story. Just don’t check nbc olympics or online.
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drivephase1015 - 16 August 2008 09:11 AM

That’s not going to happen with the media these days.  It’s breaking news and someone wants to be the first to break the story. Just don’t check nbc olympics or online.

I saw it online.  I was just speaking for the rest of America who may prefer not to “know before they show”.

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Posted: 16 August 2008 10:19 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]  
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I had a feeling he wasn’t going to make it. He didn’t look too hot in his QF. It makes for an interesting study in detraining affects and the role of the injury on performance. I was really weary when I heard that he wasn’t going to do anything for a while after trials. Even though he ran those blistering 100m times in Eugene he barely ran any of the 200m and his workload didn’t seem to be enough to warrant REALLY taking off that much time unless the injury was the primary cause…in which case I thought it would still be best to continue doing things and working around the injury.

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Powell 9.69 looking around at 70m and all arm action stopped from 80m on…

Sorry, but I am not a believer. (stated as polite as possible)
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mortac8 - 16 August 2008 09:53 AM
drivephase1015 - 16 August 2008 09:11 AM

That’s not going to happen with the media these days.  It’s breaking news and someone wants to be the first to break the story. Just don’t check nbc olympics or online.

I saw it online.  I was just speaking for the rest of America who may prefer not to “know before they show”.

I’d prefer not to see it before either.  I found out because of your post, but it was also the lead on Sports Center.
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Posted: 16 August 2008 10:42 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 8 ]  
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I don’t want to spoil it for you all, but since NBC decided to show the Redeem Team we all had to miss the 100m final.
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Spoiler-saver.

Just watch a replay of 1988… bout the same. 

The 08 version is like 8 shoplifters, 7 having taken a can of cola and 1 snagging a RedBull

Wish I hadnt watched.
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drivephase1015 - 16 August 2008 10:39 AM

I’d prefer not to see it before either.  I found out because of your post, but it was also the lead on Sports Center.

Sorry about that however I wasn’t the creator of this thread.
I would like to see what Bolt would have run had he run through the line.  Possibly 9.60ish

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It’s alright, I really don’t care.  Don’t check online because the results are up from the final.
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Posted: 16 August 2008 11:21 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 12 ]  
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What a disappointment ... NBC really blew it!
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hscoach - 16 August 2008 11:21 AM

What a disappointment ... NBC really blew it!

They just showed a vignette of Tyson gay (11:15am EST) as if everything is fine…

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mortac8 - 16 August 2008 11:23 AM
hscoach - 16 August 2008 11:21 AM

What a disappointment ... NBC really blew it!

They just showed a vignette of Tyson gay (11:15am EST) as if everything is fine…

They have to try to keep the American audience somehow. The average Joe cares nothing about times (or knows nothing) and just wants to see the US win.

I keep watching that damn race and I’m not even excited or shocked, because it feels fake.

I don’t know how else to describe it but it just feels fake.

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