Triumph, disappointment and lessons
By the clock, from the nadir of (on paper) the fastest women's 4x100m team ever assembled failing to finish the race, to the zenith of the men's team destroying the world record at the Beijing Olympics, it...
It can be a lonely life
When Jamaica took part for the first time in the Olympic Games in 1948, we were a colony of Great Britain. We were not entered as Jamaica. - Hartley Neita
Issue: Rogge has gone too far
The Editor, Sir: The assault on the 'King of Sprints', Usain Bolt, has gone too far. Jacques Rogge, the latest critic, thinks that Bolt should show respect for his fellow competitors by shaking hands in the spirit of the Olympics.
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