Sorry. I had to use that one because “lightning strikes twice” was already taken–about a gazillion times.<\/p>\n
And this time he even ran through the tape<\/a> (somebody probably gave him a talking to after the 100-meter showboating).<\/p>\n Yeah, he’s cocky, but mon, can he ever back it up! I like him, and I’m not going to jump on the old fogey bandwagon and start dumping on him. He’s young, on the biggest stage in the world, and he’s totally in charge. The other runners don’t seem put off by his antics at all, but instead seem to like him and enjoy being seen on the same stage with him.<\/p>\n I know my “old school” father-in-law, who ran the 400 for the University of Iowa “back in the day,” is pointing toward all the Zeus-posing<\/a> as yet another sign of the decline of Western Civilization.<\/p>\n I say leave him alone–he spiced things up and made it interesting. It’s good for the sport, which has suffered a major decline in interest (and increase in doping scandals) over the last few years (man, he’d better be clean).<\/a><\/p>\n