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Aug. 21: A message to the IOC

Thursday, August 21, 2008

From ESPN The Magazine's Luke Cyphers: This is rich. IOC president Jacques Rogge said Usain Bolt overdid it with his celebration following the most remarkable run any sprinter has ever had. "That's not the way we perceive being a champion," Rogge said Thursday. Just shake hands, hand the ball to the ref, act like you've been there before. Problem is, nobody had been where Bolt just went -- 9.69 seconds in the 100 meters and 19.3 in the 200, both world records, the second of which came on his ...

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