What about next T&FN cover ???

[79.]

What kind of superlative about Usain BOLT would you put on the next T&FN
cover?..
Big-Bang over sprint.
Sensational BOLT : a new sprint era...
:?: :idea: :?: :idea: :?: :idea:

[DrJay]

"FAST"

[CookyMonzta]

Bolt on the front, with "9.69" and "19.30" in big block letters, is a no-brainer. On the left side, "Jamaicans go bonkers".

On the bottom right-hand corner in small print, "Disaster for U.S. track".

[Marlow]

Bolt on the front, with "9.69" and "19.30" in big block letters, is a no-brainer. On the left side, "Jamaicans go bonkers".
On the bottom right-hand corner in small print, "Disaster for U.S. track".

IxNay on the 'Disaster' - we did fine.

I like the big block numbers, but my text would be

Bolt Boffo in Beijing!

or

Bolt Electrifies Olympics!

or

or Bolt Voltage!

or

The Bolt Jolt!

or

Bolt Leads Jammies to Sprint World Domination!

[dukehjsteve]

[quote="Marlow
On the bottom right-hand corner in small print, "Disaster for U.S. track".[/quote]

IxNay on the 'Disaster' - we did fine.

No, we certainly did not do "fine. " Not a disaster, but also far from "fine."

Count the plusses, then count the expecteds, then count the minuses, and that sure does not add up to "fine." Not even close. The only event we did better than expected in were women Discus, women 10 K, women Heptathlon.. that's it ! Not in one single men event did we do better than expected.

the disasters, disapointments and mild disapointments are numerous. Can you spell "relay" ?! m PV ? m SP ? Lagat ? Richards ? etc. etc.

Sure we did great in m 400, m 400H, m 1600 R and Decath. but they were all expected.

So do not kid yourself. We did NOT do "fine."

C - is my grade, compared to expectations. That's a "fair."

[Marlow]

[quote="dukehjsteve"]C - is my grade, compared to expectations. That's a "fair."[/qoute]

we . . . did . . . fine

My golden expectations and how we did
Men
400 - SWEEP! - better
1500/5000 - we had deluded ourselves into thinking BL could do it again, but it really was a long shot, given who won and how they won - not unexpected
400H - SWEEP! - better
PV - BW was co-fave and didn't get it done - worse
SP - expected 2 medals, got one - worse
Dec - CHECK!

Women
100 - you saw it - we deserved not to win
200 - ditto
400 - worse
100H - CHECK! (not who we expected)
DT - BETTER!

so we have a wash, just as many ups as downs. Now the relays:

m4x4 - CHECK!
w4x4 - CHECK!

and then the 4x1 relays . . . sigh . . . did ya REALLY EXPECT the men to beat Jamaica? NO. Since the Jammies swept the 100 WITHOUT VCB, could the women beat Jam? NO.

We did fine.

[mike renfro]

A picture in full flight, obviously. "The Guy Can Run": W. Dix . Don't need Usain's name at all.

[cacique]

how about isi? is there anyone else who dominates her event totally like her?

[Jnathletics]

I know this isn't going to happen but what about a split cover, shocker. :shock:

The Headline:

The Ethiopian double mint twins

Bekele and Dibaba

[Bruce Kritzler]

"Lightening"

[Davidokun]

"Lightening"

Bolt's signature pose is that of an archer, not a torch-bearer. :P

[79.]

USA no
USAIN yes...

Jamaican Earthquake

Jamaican Golden Age

Crazy !!!

Jamaican Revolution

:?: :idea: :?: :idea: :wink:

[scoe]

Marlow says ''we did fine'' Nowt wrong with the occasional delusion or two.

The Americans fans on this Forum if exhibiting some harsh truths cannot deny a feeling of triumph was in the air for potential USA Golds/Medals, immediately after the Trials.

I may have missed those saying we might not win the Shot ,folks, or we might not get any finalists in the HJ, LJ, TJ or Lagat might not do anything much or CO will beat the saintly Sanya or the Jamaicans may wup us in the men and womens sprints. Was any one brave enough to say that the American 800/1500 men/women would be out of their depths and it would have been sacrilege if any outsider had even dared to suggest that USA would not get the baton round in both the sprints Relays

How ironical that two gold medals came from athletes never even seriously considered

There was no track fan on this planet who would not have expected the Americans to top the table , especially after the outstanding efforts in the Far East last year.

Accept the USA team underperformed ,compared with its hopes and expectations , but made up for it a little with the Discus win and Flanagans great Bronze .

Berlin will be different, I think.

[EPelle]

How about this one:

Bolt posing and pointing to the sky, as has become customary.

Caption: "No explanation needed."

[observer2]

Usain, Insane Lightning Bolt !?