WE'RE BACK

We apologize for the long delay, but Hopps, Sinickal and I are all very busy people. I did want to take a few minutes to start a new series dedicated to the just completed Olympics. With each post I will tell the tale of what I think are the main stories from the Olympic Games in London 2012, generally in descending order (according to me), although from post-to-post I may go out of order if consecutive stories are related topics.


I will write about 1 story per entry, along with pictures of Olympians that we (read I) will miss the most.

That being said - the undisputable number 1 story of these Olympic games is:

USAIN BOLT!!!

He became the first person ever - EVER - to duplicate gold medal winning performances in the 100m and 200m dashes, and the first person since Carl Lewis in 1988 to repeat in the 100m.  On top of that, he anchored the world record breaking 4x100m relay team, and London belonged to Bolt.  Americans who think that everything has to be about America will insist Michael Phelps was the story of the Olympics, but he wasn't - it was all Usain Bolt!

Now on to the Olympians that I am going to miss most (alphabetically, of course).

1 - Dana Hussain Abdul-Razzaq - Iraq - Track

2 - Mourielle Ahouro - Cote de Ivorie - Track

3 - Faluke Akinradewo - USA - Volleyball

4 - Abeba Aregawi - Ethiopia - Track

5 - Tatiana Ariza - Colombia - Soccer

This entry will be updated shortly with pictures!