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Fitness 2021
London 2012 Was Awesome
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| Micheal was shocked he lost by mistiming his touch and Chad had his perfectly timed with a strong finish |
So the Olympics have come and gone, and they have left us
with many memories. I can’t wait for 4 years to fly by once more so that I can
witness the Brazil Olympics. A lot of records were broken during these Olympics
from the pool to the track, and it was all exciting to watch, it amazing how 2
weeks vanishes in a flash, it’s amazing how 4 years of hard training ends in
the making of sporting legends and how other fail when it comes to the main
event when they have been dominant in the years coming up to the Olympics.
America had the most medals, that was to be expected from
the sporting super power, they dominate most events, especially the pool,
basketball and track and field events. Australia had a disappointing Olympics
this time around, the gold medals seemed to elude them especially in the pool,
but one great swimming countries fall means other smaller fish get to rise to
the occasion. And the smaller fish did rise to the occasion this Olympics saw
France dominate the men’s freestyle events, it saw South African Cameron Van
Der Burgh win gold and break the 100 breast stroke even though his speciality
was the 50m breast stroke, this Olympics saw future swimming legends born when
20 year old Chad le Clos from South Africa won gold in the 200m butterfly,
beating Michael Phelps the greatest Olympian of all time who had dominated the
pool for more than a decade, Chad then went on to take silver in the 100
butterfly final, this time the legend made sure he won.
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| Chad agrees to go with girl to her matric dance which is like prom |
Michael Phelps became the greatest Olympian of all time in
London 2012, with a total of 22 medals and 18 gold medals; no one comes close
to matching him. Sadly for us this is said to have been his last Olympic games.
The high light of this Olympics for me was again just like 4
years ago, the 100m dash final, to see who the fastest man in the world is, and
with no surprise it was once again the legend, Usain Bolt. The man is a beast,
no one can catch him or even come close to him, it was as if he was racing
himself and the rest were in their own race for 2nd and 3rd
position. It was good to see that Jamaica have an even stronger sprinting team
now. They are going to dominate athletics for a long time, I tell you. When
they broke the 4*100 relay they stamped their speed authority, the U.S.A team
was good but not good enough. With Yohan Blake and Bolt in the same team (2 fastest men in the world), there was
no way any other team would win that relay final. Bolt and Yohan Blake finished 1st and 2nd for both the 100m and 200m sprint events, which shows just how awesome the Jamaican sprinters are.
I do not know about other countries but our (South African)
athletes arrived today and were greeted by tons of proud supporters at the OR
Tambo international. There is plenty to be proud of, I know the athletes who
won medals are getting cheques, but I hope they get proper funding in the way
of sponsorships so that they continue to do great work and I hope that sports
such as rowing are now promoted and funded since the sport has gained some
media coverage since we won gold in the men’s light weight 4 men rowing.
Oh and before I forget Great Britain did really well during these Olympics, using their home ground advantage effectively, so well done to the Brits and the city of London for putting on a great show.
Oh and before I forget Great Britain did really well during these Olympics, using their home ground advantage effectively, so well done to the Brits and the city of London for putting on a great show.
