My Olympic Games Predictions!

[Willi]

Willi, thanks for the contribution here.

A couple of the points you made were genuine errors/oversight on my part. In the case of Melaine Walker, that was a major mistake, and I corrected myself above in response to Assasin's reminder. Melaine, who I admire more than words can say, is definitely looking good for the gold! And Nickeshia, hopefully, will medal too.

In the case of George Rhoden, I realized my mistake when Karl reminded me that Rhoden had won the gold in 1952. In the rather hasty typing of my original predictions, I had completely forgotten about Rhoden's outstanding 400-meter run at the second Olympics we competed in.

I agree with you 100% on the Bahamas 4x400-meter relay team. This certainly is not the strong Bahamas team we saw in Osaka and, before that, in Helsinki. Some of the stalwarts, in fact, are definitely under-performing in major ways (Nathaniel McKinney, for example). And yes, the 2008 NCAA Andretti Bain was a far different person than today's Andretti.

Nevertheless, I am still not prepared to predict the chances that Jamaica men's 4x400-meter relay team will have. The other three relay teams, however, are looking good! I still, as usual, have greater faith in the women's 4x100-meter relay team than I do the men. And the 4x400-meter ladies, even in this post-Lorraine Fenton era, are very dependable (just like most Jamaican women are).

I reserve my judgement on Danny McFarlane! Maybe my hesitation is based on his obviously poor hurdling technique, but I hope that you are correct in predicting a medal! It would be nice to see this former 1600-meter relay stalwart win consecutive Olympic Games medals!

Van Zyl is the threat, but Danny Mac handled him in the last race, running an SB and shutting down. Him TRANG this year....if he is in striking distance off the last hurdle, even silver is possible.

The male 4x400m was looking like a disaster before, BUT with Ricardo finding form, Blackwood a dependable 45 low, Sanjay finally delivering and Lanceford the enigma as backup, the bones of the team is solid. Just add the meat in terms of either a Bolt or a Danny Mac and we can sew up the bronze and challenge for Silver. With Both a fresh enuff Bolt and Danny, Silver is a lock!

[Karl]

No relay gold is ever certain. Besides we are about equal with the US women in terms of footspeed. Just slightly faster.

1. No race is sure win!

2. However, our women put more time and effort in working together....and we (the best 4 ladies) are faster than the US women!

3. I rule out the 100M men as any error on the part of either of our men (Asafa more so than Bolt) can rule us out.

4. A fit Bolt guns the turn and walks home...brings a 200M GOLD!!!