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Blowing kisses to the crowd? C'mon, Usain, you can do better

By Jim Caple
ESPN.com

Saturday, August 16, 2008

BEIJING -- Frankly, I'm a little disappointed. I was hoping Usain Bolt would showboat a little more at the end of the 100 meters. You know, drop a Leslie Nielsen move from "Naked Gun" and moonwalk the last 10 meters, or perform a little Michael Flatley "Riverdance" routine. Or perhaps he could have modified Joe Horn's classic routine by pulling out a cell phone and actually placing a call to the Jamaican prime minister while waiting for the other runners to finish. Thank you very much, mon, ...

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