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anyone see the mens marathon????

that is not fair the brazilian was winning by 30 secs and that spectator grabbed him and threw him into the crowd. he still got bronze but missed out on gold, something should be done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you serious?? That's unbelievable! How did a spectator manage to get that close to the runner?

I bloody loved Reyes' debut in English football

I bloody loved Reyes' debut in English football

I bloody loved Reyes' debut in English football

She seemed to believe that she had what it took to win the marathon and then collapsed psycologically when it became apparant that she may not even finish in the medals.
What I remember most from the 10000 meters is her dropping out within 50m of realising she didn't have what it took to win that race while Kathy Butler (our other 10km runner) ran herself into the ground to get a very creditable 12th; after the race it was clear that she had ran herself to exhaustion and was jelly legged for a long time after sprinting for the last 200m (or so) to move up from 14th to 12th.

IMHO, Butler performed to the spirit of the Olympics but Radcliffe simply quit when she couldn't win.

you serious?? That's unbelievable! How did a spectator manage to get that close to the runner?

But yes, worst moment of the games was that bloody spectator in the marathon. I would have pulled a knife on the bastard.

But yes, worst moment of the games was that bloody spectator in the marathon. I would have pulled a knife on the bastard.

I saw it wasnt the "best olympic games ever" according to the IOC President, that titles is still bestowed on Sydney.

And 4th place, not bad for a country of 19million.

LMAO, temper temper

well wouldnt you?

When she dropped out first time I totally sympathised with her. I was often quoted as likening her situation of being too emotionally distressed to physically carry on to when you cry and you can't talk let alone walk or run an olympic marathon. But after the 10000m when she gave up without trying just walking off the track, now I only think of her as a quitter that gives up unless shes got achance of a medal, i.e. whatb we call a "bad loser". Paula in just giving up whenever it suited her just because she wasn't going to win a medal showed no aspect of the olympic spirit, which in truth is very sad, as in finshing she not only let herself down but the country down (which I believe to be a big mistake). At the end of the day Paulas job is to marathon / long distance runner and imagine if we as students sat our exams but halfway through when we thought we might not have answered 100% of the questions correctly just walked out. That is exactly what she did, and if its not acceptable for us to do it, it sure as hell aint acceptable for her to do it!

Is he a Hottiee i m not sure but i think he is

Anyway he has achieved quite a bit at this early age, he sld just go on

I suspect Paula is not 100%. The other 10,000m competitors had not just run a marathon in soaring temperatures, over hilly terrain. Cut her some slack! Everyone goes through bad periods. She's the fastest marathon runner ever, she did great things for morale in British athletics over the past couple of years, and now she's just had a bad week.

If Haile Selassie wouldn't run both the marathon and the 10,000m at Athens because it's "too hot" and he's an African... Paula wanted to try. She couldn't finish because there was nothing in her legs to keep her going. She'll bounce back, and probably break some more records while she's at it.