Paralympics: Another Nigerian Wins Gold Medal in Power Lifting

Nigerian Ivory Nwokorie today won gold in women's -44kg power lifting competition. Ivory lifted an incredible 109kg at the South Arena 3 at ExCel. Go Team Nigeria!

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Olympics: It’s Disappointing We Didn't Get Any Medal From The London Olympics – IBB

 Former military president Gen. Ibrahim Babangida has also joined in the fray and called not only for the immediate overhaul of the sports administration in the country but also insisted that preparation for the 2016 Games in Brazil should begin immediately.

Answering questions from sports writers in his Hill Top mansion, Minna yesterday, Gen. Babangida said, it was disappointing that the country ended without any medal at the just concluded Olympics in London.

“I think the sports administration needs to be strongly looked into and overhauled. We should also stop this our last minute preparation towards various championships as it cannot work,” the former military president advised.

Gen. Babangida described the outing as unfortunate especially with the resources, sports personnel and talents that abound in the country adding, however, that Nigeria can still reclaim its lost glory in sports if necessary steps were taken.

“ We have the people; we have the talents, the facilities are there and what we need to do is to upgrade them to world standard. It is on record that we have done well and ruled the world in sports before and we can still do it with adequate preparations” IBB remarked.

He said with the recent dismal outing, the country, especially, the sports administrators and other stakeholders must have learnt bitter lessons pointing out that the only path to success in anything, especially sports is good preparation saying, “The best time to start that preparation is now.”

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"I'm The Greatest Athlete To Live" - Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt showed why he's sports finest showman as well as the world's greatest ever athlete by capturing his own Kodak moments with a borrowed press photographer's camera shorty after sprinting to victory in tonight's 200m final.
After he crossed the finishing line first ahead of compatriots Yohan Blake and Warren Weir, the 25-year-old Jamaican celebrated by dancing and skipping around the Olympic Stadium, as the 80,000-strong crowd rewarded him with a standing ovation.
Victorious, Bolt dropped to the track and performed press-ups, before borrowing a photographer camera to take souvenir snapshots of the occasion.

After his quick session as a photographer, Bolt then went on to reward his fans with his famous lightning bolt pose.

Bolt's victory makes him the first man to have won both the 100m and 200m at two successive Olympics.
And he did it in emphatic style, powering home in 19.32 seconds, just a fraction outside the Olympic record of 19.30.
Yohan Blake and Warren Weir made it a Jamaican one-two-three. American Wallace Spearmon came fourth.
Bolt was pushed all the way by Blake, his friend and training partner, who was tipped by many to outshine his mentor in London.

But Bolt got off to a blistering start and powered into a lead around the bend.
In the final 100m it looked as if Blake was closing him down, but Bolt found and extra push and cruised over the line.
American 400m world record holder Michael Johnson said: 'Blake found after the start that Bolt was already gone. He displayed some speed endurance that I haven't seen before. He looked at the clock, realised that he was not on world record pace and decided to celebrate a little bit early!'

I'm No.1: Jamaica's Usain Bolt storms to victory in the men's 200m final

Easy: After strolling to victory, Bolt dropped to the track and did press-ups in the shadow of the Olympic Flame

Bolt's time, 19.32, was just outside the Olympic record of 19.30 that he set himself in Beijing

Jamaica 123: Bolt eased over the line in a time of 19.32, followed by Blake and Warren Weir, making it a Jamaica 1-2-3

Trademark: Bolt rewarded the crowd by striking his famous lightning bolt pose after collecting his gold medal

Blake said: 'Usain Bolt has been motivating me all season. Everything has been going good so far.'

Third-placed Weir added: "It's a great honour to come here and do what the country wanted, to get the top three.
'The love in London is very, very good.'
Bolt broke both 100m and 200m world records in Beijing.

He failed to better his record of 9.58 seconds in the 100m final, but predicted a fast time tonight.

After cruising to victory in last night's semi-final he said: 'There's a possibility (of a record), definitely.

'I can't say (for sure), but the track is fast. It's going to be a good race.'

Both Bolt and Blake qualified comfortably from yesterday's semi-finals.
Blake registered the fastest time from the two heats. Bolt had to settle for fifth after slowing down to a canter as he crossed the line, light years ahead of the rest of the field.
The two men are fierce rivals on the track. Off the track, they're friends and even training partners - Bolt acting as a mentor to the 20-year-old.
He's even given Blake a nickname: 'The beast.'

And away! Bolt's start set the tone for his race, the fourth fastest 200m in history

Fast start: Bolt broke from the blocks with blistering place, building a quick lead

Icon: Bolt's achievement elevates him above Carl Lewis, who defended his 100m title in Seoul in 1988

Bolt celebrated by kissing the track, hugging spectators, dropping and performing a set of press-ups and striking his lightning pose, before embracing compatriots Blake and Weir - who secured silver and bronze.

FASTEST 200M OF ALL TIME

1 Bolt 19.19 (2009)

2 Blake 19.26 (2011)

3 Bolt 19.30 (2008),

4 Bolt 19.32 (2012), Johnson 19.32 (1996),

6 Bolt 19.40 (2011)

He then told the BBC: "This is what I wanted and I got it. I'm very proud of myself. I had a rough season, I came out here and I did what I had to do.
'We've been working hard all season. We pushed ourselves, we pushed each other and we're happy."
Asked if he could have had a world record, Bolt added: "I think it was possible...but I guess I wasn't fit enough. I was fast but I wasn't fit enough.
'I came off the corner, I could feel the strain on my back a little bit so I was trying to keep my form, but
I stopped running because I knew it wasn't going to be a world record. When I came off the corner I could feel it.
'It was hard. I really dedicated [myself] to my work, I know what London meant to me. I came here and I gave it my all and I'm proud of myself.
'I didn't get a world record - I really wanted to do it in the 200m - but I'm happy.'

 Source: Mail Online

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Picture of the day: Tribute to Usain Bolt!

 

 

He deserves the tribute mehn. Wish my countryman can get such love and tribute form foreigners...

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The Lightning Bolt Usain Bolt Wins 2nd Consecutive Olympic 100 Gold

 

Here is how dailymail.co.uk is reporting this; Usain Bolt sensationally defended his coveted title as the fastest man on the planet tonight as he sprinted to glory in an Olympic record time of 9.63 seconds.

In front of a global TV audience estimated at up to two billion, the 25 year-old Jamaican answered all the questions about his fitness and state of mind to retain his 100-metre sprint crown in what had been billed ‘the greatest’ race of London 2012 – and certainly the most anticipated. Click to read more…

Known around the world as ‘Lightning Bolt’, he lived up to the legend to run the second-fastest time ever and beat his fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake, who claimed silver with a time of 9.75, and American Justin Gatlin, who won bronze in 9.79.

 

After the race, Bolt said: 'I was happy when I went out in the first round, I felt I could do this.

'I was slightly worried about my start. It was not the best reaction in the world but I stopped worrying about it and executed it and it worked.

'I said it on the track, people can talk, all they can do is talk. When it comes to championships I bring it.

'I knew [the crowd] would be like this, I can feel that energy and I am extremely happy.'

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Photo: Most Wanted Terrorists To Terrorize Nigeria

 

Carmelo Anthony , Lebron James and Kobe Bryant laughing at they terrorize 

Looking at them smiling as they carry out their wicked act of terror. A handsome, beautiful and even ugly reward awaits anyone with useful information on how to take them down .

Signed Nigerian Police disguised as The Tigers

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Refugee Without a Country to Compete Under Olympic Flag in London

Yesterday, Guor Marial was a gifted athlete. Today, Marial is an Olympian with less than a week to prepare for his just confirmed trip to London.
The South-Sudanese refugee qualified for the Olympics last October after meeting the Olympic "A" standard with a run of 2 hours, 14 minutes and 32 seconds at the 2011 Twin Cities Marathon. All that was missing after that display of talent was a country to represent in the Olympics.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) requires athletes to be full citizens of the countries they represent. Though Marial has lived in the U.S. for 11 years, he has yet to gain full citizenship and his status as a permanent resident isn't enough to allow him to wear red, white and blue at the games.
"Technically, I was supposed to be a citizen last June, because I did everything, I did my citizen test, I did my interview, I did my fingerprints, and everything was all set. All I needed to do was to go to their office and get my passport and do the ceremony. That was in June 2011, but there has been a security background check...and that's what took everything longer," Marial said this week in an interview with Runner's World.

Marial was born in what is now the Republic of South Sudan, a newly independent country without a National Olympic Committee, an IOC requirement for nations to be able to compete in the games.
With no country to represent, Marial began petitioning the IOC to run as an independent participant under the Olympic flag.
"It would be great for the people of South Sudan for me to run as an independent," Marial told the New York Times last week. "And the U.S. because that's where I discovered running. It would be great for the whole world."

Source: Yahoo

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Teenager Shouts 'Allah is Great' in Arabic as He Tries to Grab The Olympic Flame From Hands of The Torch Bearer

Attempt: The 17-year-old tried to wrestle the torch from Anna Skora

A 17-year-old shouted 'Allahu Akbar' - Arabic for 'God is Great' - as he unsuccessfully tried to grab the Olympic torch during a stretch of the flame's route through Maidstone towards Redhill.
Broadcast live on the BBC, the youth lunged from the crowd to try to take the torch from the hands of its bearer Anna Skora, but was swiftly bundled away by officers.
In one video posted to YouTube he can be seen waiting behind a car and as Ms Skora gets closer he lunges towards the torch.

Bundled: The youth was taken away from Ms Skora before he could take the torch

Ms Skora was about to hand over the torch to Graham White, a Surrey charity worker, when the teenager burst out of the crowd and tried to grab it.
He managed to get through the line of police officers escorting the torch as it headed through the town.
One of the officers at the back of the group swiftly grabbed hold of Ms Skora and the torch, guiding them to the opposite side of the road.

 

Four or five of the other torch guards then bundled the man to the side of the road where he was then arrested. Ms Skora managed to keep the torch upright throughout the ordeal and she continued to smile as she completed her stretch of the Olympic flame relay.

The teenager is taken away and Ms Skora can continue her leg of the relay

The incident happened as the torch was being taken into Gravesend on Friday morning.
Ms Skora was able to keep hold of the torch as the youth tried to wrestle it from her grasp, and security and police officers stepped in to protect the torch bearer and bundle away the youth.
The youth, from Gravesend, is currently being held in custody and the torch continued on its way without disruption, Kent Police said.

A Kent Police spokesman said: 'At around 9.55am a man apparently attempted to take the Olympic Flame from a Torchbearer in Rochester Road.
'The man, who is from Gravesend, was arrested within seconds and is now in the custody of Kent Police.
'No one was injured in the incident and the Torch continued on its way without disruption'

Source: Mail Online

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Condom-olympics: A Record 150,000 Condoms Handed Out To Super-Attractive Athletes, How Raunchy Can It Get

You'd think they might want to save their energy. But it seems that Olympic athletes will be working up more of a sweat off the field than they will on it this Summer. In a sign of what the world's fittest sportsmen and women get up to in the Olympic village, a record 150,000 free condoms - 15 for each competitor - have been made available to them. The phenomenal outpouring of prophylactics means there will be 50 per cent more available to athletes in London than the 100,000 handed out at the last Olympics in Beijing in 2008.

It works out at nearly 15 each for the 10,500 competitors taking part in the Games, with Durex ready to deliver more if the sports stars exhaust their ration.
They will, of course, be able to take a trip to the nearest chemist if they run out.
If sexual appetites among are as voracious as former Olympians have suggested, they're going to need every last one of the condoms provided.
Women's football goalkeeper Hope Solo told the Daily Mirror: 'There's a lot of sex going on at the Olympics.

 

Source: Mail Online

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