Bloody Hell! It's a silver in the high Jump for Germaine 'Who he?' Mason. And if that wasn't good enough, Christine Ohuruogu smashes them all in the last 80m, coming back from 5th to win the (dum dum) GOLD!! (always...) - awarded by Seb Coe, no less!
It was a stunning afternoon in the Bird's Nest - total bonus silver for Mason, then the 400m. She had no chance at 300m, but she forced her way through and won by a distance. Sanya Richards back in 3rd, but she was sporting enough afterwards - despite dissing her ever since she won the World Champs without Sanya being there. In fact, none of the World Champ finalists were there. Brilliant stuff, if tinged, as it always will be, by those 3 tests. The athletes in the commentary box are very critical of the critics, of course, but it's such a sticky situation - I can't help thinking that had Christine come out and done the sackcloth and ashes, hairshirt, mea culpas, perhaps people would have been off her back - but she didn't, and they never will be. There's also the issue with her funny sounding name and her colour, of course, which won't help.
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