Usain Bolt did what everyone knew he would do and added a gold medal for the 200m to his Olympic treasure chest. He also broke a world record while doing it. However, Usain’s victory wasn’t really as interesting to me as the controversy at the end of the race…
At the end of the race, Usain Bolt had a gold, Churandy Martina of Netherlands Antilles had the Silver and Wallace Spearmon of the United States had the bronze. However, that didn’t last very long. First Wallace Spearmon of the United States was stripped of his bronze for stepping on the line. That means the fourth place finisher Shawn Crawford had the bronze, or so we thought. Right after showing us the footage of Spearmon stepping on the line several times during his run, NBC showed that Martina stepped on the line several times as well. The US filed a protest and won the protest, which meant that Shawn Crawford went home with a Silver medal and fifth place finisher, Walter Dix of the United States went home with a bronze. How crazy was that!
I found the whole disqualification fiasco much more entertaining than watching Usain Bolt blow by everyone in record speed. It’s what we all expected, but the disqualifications… now that was interesting….
