Holy Shit - OLYMPIC SPOILER

[malaise]

US breaks the world record and takes gold in the 4 x 100 ladies to beat Jamaica into second - damn they destroyed the world record.
from 41.30 to 40.82
Congrats USA

[phantom power]

1. wow, by almost half a second

[Motown_Johnny]

2. half a second is destruction?

[malaise]

3. Yes - spoiler continues

Anything under 41.00 is destruction.
Allyson Felix ran the leg of her life

[jberryhill]

8. At that distance, yes

These are full-on sprints which have been the same distance for a very long time. At some point, if there is a theoretical limit on how fast a human can run 100 meters, and by testing the upper sample of humans who are best at it every four years, you approach that limit asymptotically, absent an entirely new and as-yet unthought of way by which humans can propel themselves under their own power.

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. The old record was East German, from 1985 - the British commentators implied there was suspicion

that it had been drug-assisted. So to break it at all is very impressive.

[malaise]

14. Our commentators did the same

THey maintain that Merlene Ottey was deprived of her gold by the East German women

[Cracklin Charlie]

4. I watched their preliminary heat last night.

Those girls were SO smooth.

Way to go!

[seabeyond]

5. it really is awesome just how smooth they are in this, isnt it. agreed. nt

[seabeyond]

6. you seem to know so much. how many more events for today and saturday.

is it about wrapped up?

basketball and soccer tomorrow?

[RockaFowler]

7. There are a few more events today, Saturday & Sunday

If you don't like spoilers, don't go to NBCOlympics.com. But they do have the complete schedule there.

The Women's Gold Medal Basketball game is tomorrow morning on NBC
The Men's Gold Medal game is Sunday on NBC (hopefully the US wins today vs. Argentina)

[malaise]

9. I know the Track events - SPOILER

4 X 400 men just finished - Bahamas win gold followed by the USA

[bongbong]

11. Relay is a completely different animal

Than just sprints - handoff technique & timing is a huge factor

[ananda]

12. Hooray!

Now it's USA 94 China 81.

[sibelian]

13. Amazing result, congrats, US!

[malaise]

15. Not this time - you were the clear

favorites for this one. We knew we were getting silver after the heats.

[sibelian]

16. ???

confooozed ?

[malaise]

17. Why

I'm Jamaican