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The Lunacy of 'Perfection.'

The Lunacy of 'Perfection.'

Even the gold medalist thought he lost. Let's shame the announcer

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Aug 06, 2024
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It was one of the most human moments of a very human Paris Olympics. Just past the finish line, exhausted from expending everything he had in the men’s 100-meter final, American sprinter Noah Lyles walked over to his Jamaican competitor, Kishane Thompson, both of them breathing so hard they could barely speak.

“I think you got the Olympics, dawg,” Lyles said to Thompson.

He meant it. The American had busted hard to the finish, but from his position in Lane 7, he felt that Thompson, in Lane 4, had gotten there just before him. And it was that close — it was down to what Lyles thought, not what he knew.

It was thousandths of a second!

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