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Sunday 17 August 2008

World Records

How insane is this year's Olympics?!

I have never seen so many world records broken in the Olympics before. It's amazing!!

And I feel so proud to say that a Brit was one of the record breakers!! Rebecca Ardlington smashed the world record for the 800m freestlye by a whopping 2 seconds!! And I know I don't even need to mention Phelps' achievements which just left me gawping at the TV.

And then the men's 100m WR was smashed by Usain Bolt - 9.69!!!! Poor Tyson Gay only got to hold onto that one for a couple of months. And it seemed so easy for Bolt - looked like the guy was just taking a jog!! And the fact that he was posing before the finish line - surely he can go even faster?!

And the 10000m WR was broken as well. I think...actually I can't remember!!

I love the Olympics. Although I'm not sure what happened to Britain's finest athletes this year - a lot of the big names seem to be missing!! I'll ask my friend!!

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