Usa didnt get on the 4x100 meter finals, in both men and ladies. Laughed at it .
Anyway, too bad that the jamaican ladies messed up a change.
Anyway another WR for Jamaica!!
What gets me is teh Americans COMPLAINING that the Chinese had an under-age kid (14 yr old??) in the gymnastics, yet 14 yr old Tom Daley isn't too young??
If a 14 yr old is allowed to compete in diving, why not a 14 yr old in gymnastics...could somebody please tell me the difference, cos I'll be damned if I can see it! (Apart from the obvious..one lands in wet stuff and the other lands on spongy stuff!)
I know the rules say that, but honestly, whats the difference?
Or maybe falling of a beam 1 metre off the floor is more dangerous than falling off a 10 metre diving platform? (not that I feel like trying either!)
the reason is simply that 14 year old divers are rather rare and you might have one every 10 years or so whereas before that rule was introduced all female gymnasts were 13 year old very short girls who hadnt hit puberty yet... heck even with the rule i can only think of one female gymnast that looked like the hormones have had any effect
since the sports are fairly similar its probabily as much an advantage in diving as it is in gymnastics but no one has bothered to really exploit it yet thus no rules against it
Damn, wouldve be so nice if nigeria won.
Anyway, we dont have any competitors now, so well stay with 1 silver (judo) and 2 Bronze(Kayak-Slalom and Breaststroke).