The second fastest time in history and the 100m title defended, Bolt showed us who the boss is when it comes to the real business. Talent reigned supreme last night and the "beast" will have to wait another four years to see if he can get his name on the gold. Age is on his side and with his work ethic, the dream is not dead yet. The 200m is still up for grabs and a repeat performance by Usain there would just fortify his legend. Will he be able to defend the remaining two titles as well? The 4X100 m is a given but the 200m not so. An encore would certainly put him along side Carl Lewis in the annals of athletic history.
Lin Dan cemented himself as the greatest ever with another heart breaking victory over Lee Chong Wei. It was an epic final and Wei would have harbored strong dreams of going one better after the Beijing defeat. Not to be. Dont know if the ankle held him back but toppling the great Lin proved to be just a bit too difficult. I am sure none of these great proponents of Badminton would be around for Rio but they leave a legacy to be proud of.
Andy avenged his SW19 loss to Roger on the same center court with a dominant victory to claim gold. Federer wont be around for 2016 and his dreams of a golden slam now stay lay shattered. Gettting one over the world number 1 in a best of five sets match on grass would certainly do the Brit a world of good and the US open should be the slam where he breaks his un-enviable grand slam duck. The swiss maestro said he was happy with the silver but we all know how true that is. On the women's side, Serena got the US two golds, one indivvidually and another in tandem with Venus. She just looks unbeatable on grass.
An unheralded Vijay Kumar hit silver in the 25m rapid fire pistol and showed what a low profile build up can achieve when the much hyped hockey weilders went from one abyss to another deeper. Guess time has come to relegate hockey to the dust bin in the country and spend those monies on another sport.
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