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American completes relay heat with broken leg
Eurosport News ^ | 9th August 2012 | Eurosport News

Posted on 08/09/2012 5:09:09 PM PDT by the scotsman

'America's safe passage into the men's 4x400 metre Olympic relay final on Thursday morning was not as painless as it had first appeared after Manteo Mitchell revealed he broke his leg half way round the track but still managed to finish.'

(Excerpt) Read more at uk.eurosport.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 2012olympics; athletes; olympics

1 posted on 08/09/2012 5:09:15 PM PDT by the scotsman
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To: the scotsman

He didn’t finish the race. We did. We built the roads that he trained on, and we grew the grain he ate to fuel his workouts.


2 posted on 08/09/2012 5:21:10 PM PDT by PA-RIVER
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To: the scotsman

I read about this earlier. This was amazing toughness and quite team spiritedness.


3 posted on 08/09/2012 5:21:55 PM PDT by JLS
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To: the scotsman

That was a great effort. I’m glad the fracture didn’t go terribly worse, and cause him to collapse on the track.


4 posted on 08/09/2012 5:27:04 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Nope 2012)
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To: PA-RIVER

“We” didn’t do dick. He ran on a broken leg, not we.


5 posted on 08/09/2012 6:21:42 PM PDT by goseminoles
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To: goseminoles

Saw the race. You could see the break in the leg. WOW


6 posted on 08/09/2012 6:30:42 PM PDT by rstrahan
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To: goseminoles

It was sarcasm and playing on what Obama said about people not building businesses.


7 posted on 08/09/2012 7:18:22 PM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: the scotsman

Somewhere, Jack Youngblood is smiling and nodding.


8 posted on 08/09/2012 7:22:34 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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To: the scotsman

He did not break his leg, someone else did that! Oh wait, were not talking about a successful business? Never mind.


9 posted on 08/09/2012 7:36:41 PM PDT by fini
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