Cash,

My favorite moments of Atrhens 2004 were:1) I don't know how to spell the brothers name, but the only things that I know is that he's a Moroccan runner(Kasim Al Farroq, or something like that. ..anyways, I like this part of the olympics because he's been running in the race for a while and has been in prior Olympics for a while. He said that his goal was to get an Gold medal, but it had seemed to elude him. It just seemed that when he focused on the medal that is when he had the most problems.

In the Athens Olympics, Al-Farooq, Furash or whatever his name is) had his mind on the medal , but he seemed more relaxed, upbeat to the point that he was a little nonchalant about it. It was like if I win, I win if not, so be it. That kind of thinking played into his favor. He not only won his races, he also won more than one gold medal. Just to think he could have quit the whole thing, but he hung on in their and got more than what he expected.

Another one of my favorite moments is the Iraqi Soccer team. Although those guys didn't win the gold, their comeback was phenomenal. You would think that the oppession that Uday Hussein inflicted on them would dampen their way of playing soccer. I often heard and have seen the greatness of the Iraqi and their plays. I will have to admit, they can really play some soccer. I wouldn't be suprise if they won goldin China 2008.

Third, The USA Runners, when the Greeks was booing Justin and company and accusing the US of conspiring to rid of their running( Some of those Greeks really showed their Ghetto side didn't they)I was glad to see those guys win the gold in that. Just like one of them said, their booing isn't intimidating. It's just like going to the Apollo and getting booed.

Lastly,

( Another one of those runners with one of those names I can't pronounce or remember) The only thing that I know about this man was that he was representing the USA. He's originally from Eritrea. He got the silver and said that he was the 1st Black man to do that in a marathon run. I also want to add in the honorable mention to that Braziliam runner who was ran over from a Greek spectator. I was glad to see that he didn't quit the race and that he earned a bronze medal.



Ashanti,

Yes, I was rooting for all of those running, but I was especially rooting for Justin and another guy who is from Tucker, Ga. If I'm not mistaken, J is from Decatur, Georgia. Are you from GA as well?