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the first olympics that i remember watching was in 1972....(track spoils)

Posted by x (aka dmuck) Aug 18 '16, 19:36

and over the 44 years since then, i've seen a hell of a lot of great athletes come and go and give great performances. but i have never seen anyone, anytime, give such dominating and effortless accounts of themselves as usain bolt has given over the last 12 years.

you just don't see that. special.

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1972 hostages, black ski mask peering over the balcony -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 22:45 1
- nevermind -- nm* - zeitgeist Aug 18, 22:48
I remember my parents talking about a UFO landing on the field in the (opening?) ceremony of 80 or 84 - Max Aug 18, 21:09
1976 for me. Agreed. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 20:21
1968. Remember Black Power and a really, long, jump. -- nm - zunk Aug 18, 20:14 3
- I keep thinking I saw that, but I've seen that film clip so often. - . Aug 18, 20:18
- that's where Fosbury debuted the Flop -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 18, 20:15 1
  - Right! I forgot about that. -- nm - zunk via drone Aug 18, 20:22
Tokyo, 1964 -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 18, 20:01 4
- Well done. Even I was like -5.5 years old for those games - JD Aug 18, 20:08 3
  - do you remember Claudia Cardinale getting a gold medal for Downhill Shooting :)) -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 18, 20:23 1
    - that was SNL -- nm - . Aug 18, 20:35
  - BEELEEY! -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 20:09
i remember 76 Montreal only b/c of the closing ceremonies, when they showed the Kremlin in anticipation of 1980 - shaolin fantastic Aug 18, 19:37 1
- Isn't that what got the Goodwill Games going? -- (edited) - . Aug 18, 19:50

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