Bolt to Rogge:"I will not change. I will always be myself. "

[Wetzelbill]

Good for Usain Bolt! I love this kid, what an athlete. -WB

Bolt’s most fitting final say to Rogge
By Martin Rogers, Yahoo! Sports

BEIJING – The man who runs forward faster than any human being in history gave the perfect response to the delusional figure of power who wants fun to have no place within the Olympic rings.

Usain Bolt’s third world record and third gold medal, as part of Jamaica’s 4x100-meter relay team, was almost inevitable given his previous supersonic flights around the Bird’s Nest Stadium during these Games.

Yet it was with his actions and words Friday night that the Lightning Bolt again struck a flash of electricity into the hearts and minds of an awestruck world audience, many of whom are remembering what it is like to fall in love with track again.

Bolt turned 22 years old Thursday, and it would have been easy and understandable to react with obedience rather than defiance to International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge’s killjoy call for him to tone down his showboating antics.

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/track_field/news?slug=ro-bolt082208&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

[trumad]

1. What are they going to do, strip them of the Gold

I think not.

[chelsea0011]

2. Bolt took cheap shots from Rogge, Boldon, and Costas and came out

the better for it. No one sided with these three and most liked Bolt's enthusiasm and joy of winning. As for me, he is the story of the Olympics. With all due respect to Phelps and the other swimmers, this is a very selective sport where swim teams and clubs are few and far between. And don't get me started on the number of silly relay races and stupic strokes to maximize races. On the other hand most schools and colleges have track programs and draw on a larger pool of players. Bolt comes out the greatest from this enormous group of athletes and is thus the greater performer. 2 individual and one team world record....out of this world!

[Arkana]

3. Usain Bolt's fucking awesome.

I don't give a shit if he brags as long as he backs it up with these performances.

[Wetzelbill]

4. Yeah I like it

I'm conservative about that stuff, for the most part, but he doesn't go over the line. He's perfectly fine, and his energy is infectious.

[joeybee12]

5. IMHO, Bolt is an arrogant asshole...HOWEVER...who was the last

winner of the 100 who wasn't? Ben Johnson? Carl Lewis? Arrogance goes with the territory...the 100 is the highmark of all the games, and the winner is known as the world's fastest human...gotta be arrogant to comptete and win.