Gibson Gives In

Gibson Guitar Settles Claim Over Imported Ebony

Gibson Guitar Corporation has agreed to pay $350,000 in penalties to settle federal charges that it illegally imported ebony Madagascar to use for fret boards, ending a criminal investigation that had drawn fire from conservatives as an example of over-reaching by the government, the Justice Department announced on Monday.

The guitar maker agreed to pay a $300,000 fine and to donate $50,000 to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to promote the protection of endangered hardwood trees, like ebony and rosewood. In return, the government deferred prosecution of the company for criminal violations of the Lacey Act, which since May 2008 has made it illegal to import wood that was harvested and exported illegally under another country’s laws... 

Orlianthi with Gibson Les Paul

Bear in mind the policy is not about saving endangered species, but rather "social justice", the notion that the job of finishing the wood that's already been harvested should be done by the native labor.

Gibson said the shipments were legal and disputed the government’s interpretation of Indian and Madagascar laws, which the company maintains allow the exportation of “fingerboard blanks,” which are in essence a piece of hardwood cut to the dimensions of a guitar fret board. But federal officials defended the raids, saying the company had failed to comply with the Lacey Act and its officials had willfully turned a blind eye to evidence the exports were in fact illegal.

The settlement announced on Monday is a compromise that frees Gibson from the criminal charges as long as the company doesn’t violate the agreement over the next year and a half. As part of the deal, Gibson agreed to withdraw a suit seeking to recover about $261,000 worth of ebony and rosewood that was seized during the investigation.

Allison Robertson - Gibson Les Paul

The cost of fighting such actions by the feds could rapidly exceed the settlement costs, so it only makes sense to

So the administration drives a few hundred more jobs overseas, and, oh so coincidentally, hurts a company that contributes to the GOP, and helps it's competition (Martin Guitars), who just happens to donate to the Democrats.


Previous posts on Gibson's problems with the feds:

Sheryl Crow - Gibson Hummingbird?

Feds Raid Gibson Guitars

Update on Gibson Guitar Grab

The Rally for Gibson

Tennesse Lawmakers Propose "Gibson Owners Protection"

Are You Resigned to the Mexi Paul?

Feds Promise Not to Persecute Guitar Owners 

Two masters of the guitar, Les Paul, the inventor of the electric guitar, for which the Les Paul guitar line is named, and Chet Atkins. I appreciate the "spat" about guitar brands at the end..

If I Shaved

...I'd use these

Mars Airspace Overcrowded

Curiosity Spotted on Parachute by Orbiter

NASA's Curiosity rover and its parachute were spotted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as Curiosity descended to the surface on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT). The High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera captured this image of Curiosity while the orbiter was listening to transmissions from the rover. Curiosity and its parachute are in the center of the white box; the inset image is a cutout of the rover stretched to avoid saturation. The rover is descending toward the etched plains just north of the sand dunes that fringe "Mt. Sharp." From the perspective of the orbiter, the parachute and Curiosity are flying at an angle relative to the surface, so the landing site does not appear directly below the rover.

The parachute appears fully inflated and performing perfectly. Details in the parachute, such as the band gap at the edges and the central hole, are clearly seen. The cords connecting the parachute to the back shell cannot be seen, although they were seen in the image of NASA's Phoenix lander descending, perhaps due to the difference in lighting angles. The bright spot on the back shell containing Curiosity might be a specular reflection off of a shiny area. Curiosity was released from the back shell sometime after this image was acquired.

That's pretty remarkable.

Triploid Oysters, For the Months Without 'R's

A pretty good article on the use of triploid oysters in aquaculture here in the Bay.

Aquaculture endeavor aims to produce a more-sterile oyster

...the triploid oyster, a virtually sterile creature that grows faster and is more disease-resistant than wild or domesticated diploid oysters and, just as important, can be eaten in summer without the loss of taste and texture that afflicts bivalves tied to spawning cycles. The triploid might just put to rest the adage that oysters should be consumed only in months with an "R" in their name. Without question, the triploid increasingly is the go-to oyster of Chesapeake watermen.

Historically, oysters were not consumed months without Rs (May, June, July, August) for two reasons.  First, oysters spawn in the summer months, and are rather thin and watery as a result.  They're perfectly edible but they are not the plump oysters of fall and winter, which are accumulating the material to produce eggs (essentially all legal size oysters are females, since they change sex from male to female as they grow).  Triploid oysters are sterile from the extra chromosomes (being unable to match the chromosomes into pairs for meiosis. Hence, they don't spawn, and continue to accumulate the good stuff all summer long.  Hence edible all year long!

The second historical reason for the 'R' months rule was lack of refrigeration.  Oysters don't keep or ship too well at high temperatures, and so before refrigeration was widespread, oysters could only be held for long periods at low temperatures during cooler months (unless somebody was saving ice and snow from winter, which was done).

The months with 'R's rule has also been applied to mussels and other shellfish in various places, including the West Coast.  The reason there (refrigeration aside) is that summer months are usually when the toxic red tides bloom, and ordinary edible mussels can become deadly toxic. At least in the Bay, that has not become a problem.

Conowingo Dam Threatens the Bay, Yet Again

As I have said before, ever since I have arrived in Maryland, scientists and regulators have been talking about the lake behind Conowingo Dam filling up with sediment, and the damage it will do to the Bay when that process is completed.  As I heard it over twenty years ago, the damn only had another useful life of 20 years...

It's kind of like the weather; everybody talks about it, but nobody does anything about it.  Must be time to talk about it again:

Conowingo Dam May Pose Threat To Chesapeake Bay

A federal scientist says the Conowingo Dam in northeastern Maryland is not trapping as much sediment and nutrient pollution as it has in years past - possibly endangering the Chesapeake Bay.

The dam on the Susquehanna River prevents millions of tons of sediment and nutrient pollution from reaching the bay. The Susquehanna is the bay's largest tributary, and for years, two-thirds of the mud washed downstream has been settling behind the dam.

But Robert Hirsch, a research hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Reston, Va., tells The Baltimore Sun that things have changed. Hirsch has been reassessing the dam's trapping ability in the wake of last summer's Tropical Storm Lee.

Hirsch says he can't provide details yet but will be briefing policy makers in a matter of weeks.

Last year, Tropical Storm Lee, while not a humdinger of a wind or storm surge event, brought huge amounts of rain to the Susquehanna River basin, and caused enormous amounts of erosion of material from behind the dam, and a huge pulse of mud and debris into the upper Chesapeake Bay. 

Are they going to propose to do anything about it this time?

Two More

Britain's gold collection continues to grow...

Nick Skelton, Ben Maher, Scott Brash and Peter Charles- Men's Team Equestrian Showjumping
Jason Kenny- Men's Sprint Cycling

Big Star & Nick Skelton













 Here's how the top 20 medals table stands as of the end of proceedings today:

Rank	Country				Total
1	China	31	19	14	64
2	United States	29	15	19	63
3	Great Britain & N. Ireland	18	11	11	40
4	South Korea	11	5	6	22
5	France	8	9	9	26
6	Russian Federation	7	17	18	42
7	Italy	7	6	4	17
8	Kazakhstan	6	0	1	7
9	Germany	5	10	7	22
10	Hungary	4	1	3	8
11	North Korea	4	0	1	5
12	Netherlands	3	3	4	10
13	Cuba	3	3	1	7
14	Belarus	3	2	3	8
15	New Zealand	3	1	4	8
16	South Africa	3	1	0	4
17	Ukraine	3	0	6	9
18	Japan	2	12	14	28
19	Australia	2	12	8	22
20	Romania	2	4	2	8

 

Public Readings - Marilyn, 50 years dead but more alive than ever!

Public Readings - Marilyn, 50 years dead but more alive than ever!

"WHAT DO you dream?"

"My dreams are too intimate to be revealed in public."

"What is your nightmare?"

"My nightmare is the H-bomb, what's yours?"

So it went between Marilyn Monroe and writer Alan Levy, in the very last interview Marilyn gave to Redbook magazine, which appeared after her death.

Over the weekend -- Saturday or Sunday -- it was the 50th anniversary of the death of Marilyn -- half a century! Because of the varying versions of when she died and when her body was discovered, it could be either date.

In the years since I've had this column, I've probably written as much about this young woman, so long gone, than other stars that were, or are, alive and thriving. Indeed, my column was the impetus for 20th Century Fox to dig out the many glorious hours of the unfinished film "Something's Got to Give," which gave the lie to the idea that Marilyn was performing in a drug- and drink-induced coma. In fact, it seemed that director George Cukor was playing the diva on this set. (And, by the way, there are plenty of Monroe's deleted scenes from "Niagara," "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," "The Seven Year Itch" and "Bus Stop," crammed into film vaults, still to be mined. Fox, are you listening?)

Marilyn's early passing, the scandals and speculations about her death and her life (especially her love life) have fueled interest in her. She remains a vital part of 2012 pop culture. But even during her lifetime, despite Hollywood's disdain, she was a star apart; there was something different, strange and endearing about her. It was a quality that could never quite be explained.

Natalie Wood said shortly before Monroe's death, "When you look at Marilyn on the screen, you just don't want anything bad to happen to her."

The New York Times in its obituary referred to Monroe in its first sentence as "One of the greatest stars in Hollywood history." An astounding compliment -- in her brief career Monroe had left only a handful of superior films.

No longer a legend, she is now a mythological figure, an historical charter. She's up there with Cleopatra, Marie Antoinette and Joan of Arc! When she was alive, a story went that a man ventured into the wilds of Borneo and encountered some natives. The adventurer announced he was from America. One native said: "America. Marilyn Monroe!" Probably apocryphal, but it gives you an idea.

I have no interest in the who/what/why of her final hours. We'll simply never know. But as her friend, the late Susan Strasberg said, "All this grimy gossip. They keep trying to drag her down, but she always rises above it. She had that peculiar quality. Like an orchid that grows in the mud."

P.S. Recently, a writer, who is old enough to know better, did a long newspaper article on Monroe, in which he referred to her as a "starlet." I have seen this word misused constantly in recent years, about major, legendary stars. Once even about Katharine Hepburn, for heaven's sake.

Let me try to settle this. A "starlet" is a young woman who is possibly on the cusp of fame. For a few years Marilyn was a starlet. Then she became a great star. But even in "The Asphalt Jungle" and "All About Eve," this girl had S-T-A-R written all over her.

WELL, ALL you need is a couple of good movies -- or at least a couple of impressive performances -- and suddenly you're working with the master himself, Martin Scorsese. That's what has happened to one-time beach boy Matthew McConaughey. Now that "Magic Mike" and "Killer Joe" seem to have changed Hollywood's perception of Matthew, he's been cast in "The Wolf of Wall Street." This will be directed by Scorsese and based on the best-selling book by Jordan Belfort. His co-star? Leonardo DiCaprio.

This is a pretty good life. You spend 20 years making silly movies and working on your tan, and then -- pow! Suddenly you're serious business.

I WAS attracted to the recent issue of The Hollywood Reporter because of the handsome black-and-white matinee idol photo of comic actor Steve Carell on the cover. (Turns out Steve is terrifyingly normal and nice and not at all dark and twisty like most comedians.)

But there was something kind of scary in the issue. There are two pages on all the latest "maintenance" procedures that women (and men!) go through to keep up appearances. Some of this stuff is as old as time -- like the hair-braiding facelift, which was credited back to the days of Marlene Dietrich. It sounds very painful and I've always wondered if it was just an urban myth. There are the tried and true mummy-like body wraps, soaked in minerals and the deep tissue facials that can literally re-sculpt the face, at least temporarily. (Marilyn often availed herself of this strenuous attack on her neck and cheekbones.) But we also have placenta treatments, nightingale droppings, bee venom masks (much better than Botox), earthworm complex, snail excretions, bull semen for the hair and black eel pedicures. Oh, and on the more normal side, an IV drip of vitamin C, D and Zinc. It's called "The Party Girl Drip."

Simon Cowell has availed himself of this. Well, what's good for the goose is great for the vain gander.

CORRECTION: Gaetano P. Cipriano who serves with E I Associates (architects, engineers constructors and realty property management) in New Jersey says I am incorrect in a statement here about the credentials of the GOP/tea party Texas candidate Ted Cruz.

He says Senator-to-be Cruz "has never advocated abolishing the IRS." Well, I am glad to learn that this is not true.

While I'm at it, let me quote exiting GOP Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison: "He's got the pedigree; he's got all of it. In fact, we've joked that he's too smart for the Senate to fit in."

Source : http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-201208031730--tms--lizsmittr--x-a20120806-20120806,0,1237575.story

Public Readings - NASA's rover Curiosity lands on Mars.

Public Readings - NASA's rover Curiosity lands on Mars. NASA's rover Curiosity successfully carried out a highly challenging landing on Mars early Monday, transmitting images back to Earth after traveling hundreds of millions of miles through space in order to explore the Red Planet.

The $2.6 billion Curiosity made its dramatic arrival on Martian terrain in a spectacle popularly known as the "seven minutes of terror."

This jaw-dropping landing process, involving a sky crane and the world's largest supersonic parachute, allowed the spacecraft carrying Curiosity to target the landing area that scientists had meticulously chosen.

The mission control in NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California burst into cheers as the rover touched down. Team members hugged and high-fived one another as Curiosity beamed back the first pictures from the planet, some shed tears.

"The successful landing of Curiosity -- the most sophisticated roving laboratory ever to land on another planet -- marks an unprecedented feat of technology that will stand as a point of national pride far into the future," President Barack Obama said in a statement congratulating the NASA employees who had worked on the project.

The scientific community reacted to the achievement with a mixture of elation and relief.

"Rationally I know it was supposed to work all along, but emotionally it always seemed completely crazy," said James Wray, assistant professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, who is affiliated with the science team of Curiosity. "So to see all those steps being ticked off and actually working, it's a huge relief."

The initial images the SUV-sized rover sent back to Earth were black and white and grainy, but one showed its wheel resting on the stony ground and the vehicle's shadow appeared in another. Larger color images are expected later in the week, NASA said.

The spacecraft had been traveling away from Earth since November 26 on a journey of approximately 352 million miles (567 million kilometers), according to NASA.

Curiosity, which will be controlled from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has a full suite of sophisticated tools for exploring Mars. They include 17 cameras, a laser that can survey the composition of rocks from a distance and instruments that can analyze samples from soil or rocks.

The aim of its work is "to assess whether Mars ever had an environment able to support small life forms," NASA says.

Curiosity's first stop is Gale Crater, which may have once contained a lake. After at least a year, the rover will arrive at Mount Sharp, in the center of the crater. The rover will drive up the mountain examining layers of sediment. This process is like looking at a historical record because each layer represents an era of the planet's history, scientists say.

The phenomenon of sedimentary layers is remarkably similar to what is seen on Earth, in California's Death Valley or in Montana's Glacier National Park, says John Grotzinger, chief scientist of theMars Science Laboratory mission.

Rocks and minerals found on Earth are different than on Mars, but the idea of a mountain made of layers is familiar to scientists. Unlike on Earth, however, Mars has no plate tectonics, so the Martian layers are flat and not disrupted as they would be on Earth. That also means that Mount Sharp was formed in a different way than how mountains are created on Earth -- no one knows how.

In these layers, scientists are looking for organic molecules, which are necessary to create life. But even if Curiosity finds them, that's not proof that life existed -- after all, these molecules are found in bus exhaust and meteorites, too, says Steve Squyres, part of the Mars Science Laboratory science team.

If there aren't any organics, that may suggest there's something on the planet destroying these molecules, said Wray, of Georgia Tech. But if Curiosity detects them, Wray said, that might help scientists move from asking, "Was Mars ever habitable?" to "Did Mars actually host life?"

Curiosity's mission is also significant in an era when NASA's budgets are shrinking and China is becoming more ambitious in its space exploration program.

"I feel like it's a signal that we have the capability to do big and exciting things in the future." said Carol Paty, assistant professor at Georgia Tech's School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. "You can't not be excited."

Liquid water is not something scientists expect to be apparent on Mars because the planet is so cold and dry, Squyres said. If the planet does harbor liquid water today, it would have to be deep below the surface, perhaps peeking out in a few special places, but not likely to be seen by Curiosity, Squyres said.

It's hard to know how long ago liquid water would have been there because there's no mechanism to date the rocks that rovers find on Mars, Squyres said.

Evidence from the spacecraft NASA has sent to Mars so far suggests that the "warm and wet" period on Mars lasted for the first billion years of the planet's history.

"In order to create life, you need both the right environmental conditions -- which includes liquid water -- and you need the building blocks from which life is built, which includes organics," Squyres said. The Mars Science Laboratory is a precursor mission to sharper technology that could do life detection, Grotzinger said.

There aren't specific molecules that scientists are looking for with Curiosity. The attitude is: "Let's go to an interesting place with good tools and find out what's there," Squyres said.

Curiosity is supposed to last for two years on Mars, but it may operate longer -- after all, Spirit and Opportunity, which arrived on Mars in 2004, were each only supposed to last 90 Martian days. Spirit stopped communicating with NASA in 2010 after getting stuck in sand, and Opportunity is still going.

"You take what Mars gives you," said Squyres, also the lead scientist on the Mars Exploration Rover Mission, which includes Spirit and Opportunity. "If we knew what we were going to find, it wouldn't be this much fun."

Source : http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/06/tech/mars-rover-curiosity/index.html

Monday Morning Motivation

Happy week loves! I don't know about everyone else, but it was SO difficult to get up this morning. I was really lacking in the motivation department after such a nice weekend! I have never wanted to go back to bed so badly.

I've decided to share some Monday humor with everyone in hopes to put a smile on some faces and kick start the week!! Some of these had me cracking up hysterically at my desk!

Will she ever crack a smile?! I'm thinking no if she couldn't even for the Opening Ceremonies in her home country!

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Ain't that the truth!

Hope everyone's Monday gets a little better!!

New Brazilian Soccer Game

I hope they propose this as a new sport for the next Olympiad.



That's how beach volleyball got started right?

Officials: NASCAR fans warned of lightning, rain

Fans leave the stands after the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race was postponed due to rain on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

By Dan Gelston
AP Sports Writer

LONG POND, Pa.—NASCAR fans at Pocono Raceway were advised over public address systems and through social media to take cover when lightning and heavy rain hit the track near the end of the race.

The warnings weren't enough to avoid tragedy at the track on Sunday.

Lightning strikes at Pocono after a rain-shortened NASCAR race killed one fan and injured nine others, one critically, racetrack officials said.

Multiple lightning strikes occurred behind the racetrack's grandstands and outside one of the gates as fans were leaving, Pocono spokesman Bob Pleban said. It wasn't immediately clear how many of the fans were actually struck by the lightning itself or were injured by related jolts.

"Unfortunately, a member of our raceway family here, a fan, has passed away," Pocono President Brandon Igdalsky said in announcing the death. He provided no details about the victim but expressed condolences to his family.

Igdalsky later posted on Twitter, "My family and I are praying for all those that were involved in the lightning strikes. ... Difficult evening for all."

The victim was in or near his car in a parking lot after the race had ended when lightning struck the car, Monroe County Coroner Bob Allen said. Bystanders performed CPR on the man, who had gone into cardiac arrest, until paramedics arrived, Allen said. They took him to the track's medical facility, where efforts to revive him failed. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

The Pennsylvania 400 was called because of storms, with 98 of the 160 scheduled laps completed. As the storm approached, the track posted messages on its Twitter page to more than 22,000 followers near the end of the race encouraging fans to "seek shelter as severe lightning and heavy winds are in our area."

The attendance was estimated by the track at 85,000. Public address announcements were made before the storm and the end of the race for fans to take shelter and evacuate the grandstands, Pleban said.

Racetrack officials were reviewing the logs of when the announcements were made, he said. There was no order to evacuate the track premises.

Jeff Gordon, who won the race, said at a post-race news conference that he could hear a huge crack as he walked down the pit road during the storm. "You could tell it was very close," he said. "I mean, that's the thing that's going to take away from the victory, is the fact that somebody was affected by that."

Kyle Manger, a spectator from New Jersey, told The Sporting News that he saw people hit by lightning near the Turn 3 grandstands.

He said when the severe weather began, he and some friends ran to their truck. "The visibility was very poor and all of a sudden (I) saw a bolt of lightning right in front of our windshield," he said. "When it became a little more visible, we saw two bodies next to a destroyed tent with people scrambling."

One person remained hospitalized in critical condition at Lehigh Valley Hospital Center, Pleban said. Three people were taken to hospitals with minor to moderate injuries, and five others were treated on the scene, he said.

"We are deeply saddened that a fan has died and others were injured by lightning strikes following today's race at Pocono," NASCAR spokesman David Higdon said. "Our thoughts are with them as well as those affected by this unfortunate accident."

Gordon's team, Hendrick Motorsports, also offered sympathies on Twitter, writing, "Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by the lightning" at Pocono Raceway.
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EYES ON LONDON: Lebron, Team USA face Argentina

Associated Press


LONDON –  Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you:

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AMERICANS REGROUP

Lithuania gave the Americans a scare in their last game. Now LeBron James and Co. face a team even more talented.

Team USA plays Argentina on Monday, looking to reassert themselves after nipping Lithuania 99-94 on Saturday. Carmelo Anthony says the game woke them up and they're ready to get back to dominating.

"It was a little bit tighter than what we expected," Anthony says. "Lithuania was focused, and it kind of caught us on our heels. We won't get caught on our heels again."

Argentina features NBA stars Manu Ginobili and Luis Scola, who lost one game to France in pool play.

— Jon Krawczynski — Twitter http://www.twitter.com/APKrawczynski

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BOLT TWEETS

Hours after winning a second consecutive Olympic gold in the 100 meters, Usain Bolt took a moment to tweet a message of support for injured Jamaican teammate Asafa Powell.

Bolt — whose handle is (at)usainbolt — wrote: "Respect bossy..hope u get well soon.. You started this Jamaican take over (at)officialasafa"

Powell, who held the 100 world record from 2005 until Bolt claimed it in 2008, pulled up with a groin injury Sunday and finished last in the dash. Bolt won in an Olympic-record 9.63 seconds.

What's not clear is whether Powell will be able to help Bolt and Jamaica try to defend their title in the 4x100 relay. That event's heats are Friday night.

"I got out of the starting blocks and stumbled," Powell said Sunday at the stadium. "I reinjured my groin and I couldn't push."

— Howard Fendrich — Twitter http://twitter.com/HowardFendrich

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FIGHTIN' IRISH

More than half of Ireland's 23 Olympic medals have been won in the boxing ring. Better make that 24.

We don't know yet whether bantamweight John Joe Nevin will get gold, silver or bronze. But courtesy of his 19-13 quarterfinal win Sunday night versus Oscar Valdez of Mexico, he's certain to win Ireland's first medal of the London games — a fact that sent London's sweat-infused, pint-to-chest Irish House into a beer-spilling frenzy of hopping humanity.

"You'll never beat the Irish!" many in the crowd inside Ireland's official London Olympic venue chanted in the main bar and on the rooftop terrace after Nevin's victory was announced. Things were less insane in the basement, which has been decorated with 1950s wallpaper and comfy chairs to look like the living room set of cult 1990s Irish priest sitcom "Father Ted."

Irish fans screamed at the three big-screen TVs in the main bar as Nevin, ahead in the points, was floored by a solid Valdez blow to the ribs in the third, final round. Much of what was said at that moment cannot be reprinted in a family publication. Nevin scrambled to his feet to rural Irish-accented encouragements of "C'mon, ye boy ye!"

— Shawn Pogatchnik — Twitter http://twitter.com/ShawnPogatchnik

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FEELING FOR FENCING

Fencing has captured fresh imaginations in London.

Whether it is the heavier thrusting epee sword, the light, whippy foil or the slashing saber, it appears to have intrigued the locals here in the same way it might have attracted attention in Athens at the first Olympiad.

Fencing has been at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern games in 1896.

In London, spectators — some just knee-high — spent the intervals between bouts on the final day of competition thrusting, slashing and stabbing at similarly amateurish opponents with bendy blue plastic swords just outside the arena.

"Allez!" came the calls from instructors or parents to start them off.

There were then lines of beginners — old and young — learning the basic forward lunge attack in formation ahead of the men's team foil finals. Back foot stable, forward with the front foot and thrust out the sword. That's fencing 101.

Once you got inside, the top-level bouts on the pistes — long, thin mats 14 meters (yards) long and 1.5 to 2 meters wide — were a mind-boggling flurry of lightning-fast strokes and swipes. At times, it was exquisite skill.

Attack, block and counter: lunge, parry and riposte.

— Gerald Imray — Twitter http://twitter.com/GeraldImrayAP

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GOLDEN CAMP MOMENT

The Jacksonville Jaguars ended practice in a most unusual manner on Sunday — they watched the wife of one of their players win Olympic gold.

Not only did the Jaguars allow cornerback Aaron Ross to leave the team and be in London to watch his wife in person at Olympic Stadium, but the entire team huddled back home to watch the race as well.

Sanya Richards-Ross didn't let them down, either — winning gold in the 400 meters.

"Well, that was a good way to finish practice," Jaguars coach Mike Mularkey said. "That was a neat experience for the players. I don't think any of them knew the outcome."

Mularkey invited the 1,200 fans at practice to watch the tape of the race with the team. He had the Jaguars video department tape the race off of a live Internet showing, as NBC wasn't going to broadcast the race until later in the evening.

Aaron Ross is expected back with the team in a couple days.

"This brought us a little closer as a team," Mularkey said.

— Tim Reynolds — Twitter http://www.twitter.com/ByTimReynolds

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NEXT CAREER

American swimmer Tyler Clary says he's considering a career as a race car driver when he hangs up his Speedo.

The gold medalist in the 200-meter backstroke said he's attended races at the track in Fontana, Calif., and, last year, participated with an off-road racing team.

"I want to take a serious shot at being a professional race car driver after swimming's over," Clary said on Sunday night's "Wind Tunnel" program on Speed Channel.

"It's funny because when you initially tell people that, you get laughs, complete surprise, but I know that this is something I could be really good at and, like I said, I want to take a serious shot at it."

He attended the IndyCar race at Long Beach this year. He also spent time with the CEO of the Skip Barber Racing School and is trying to find a way to participate in some of their programs.

"There's also the possibility of a shootout in January where I could compete against some other regional hotshots," Clary said. "If I had a way of saying, as far as racing goes, this is what I'll be doing after swimming is over, I'd be in a Formula One car. But I'm the type of guy that's ... just get me in a car and I'll be happy. If it's an Indy car, a rally car, a stock car, off-road racing would be amazing, too. Any of that stuff. I just really have a passion for auto racing and I really want to drive."

— Jenna Fryer — Twitter http://twitter.com/jennafryer

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ENGLAND SUPPORTERS BAND

They're loud, they're proud and they certainly know how to move a crowd.

The England Supporters Band has been following Britain's athletes around the Olympic Park for the past few weeks banging drums and blasting their trumpets, lifting crowd spirits wherever they go.

The band was founded when leader John Hemmingham took a bugle into a soccer game in 1993 to support his favorite team, Sheffield Wednesday.

The band is made up of more than 20 musicians, but there are rarely more than four playing at any time.

At the London Olympics a drummer, a trumpeter, a trombone player and a euphonium player perform a selection of the more than 100 songs in their repertoire to maintain the crowd's support level.

"We never practice the songs," drummer Steve Holmes said.

But they do give some forethought to what they play. In the men's hockey game between Britain and Argentina, the band played "Rule Britannia," cheered on by the crowd.

"We've had many duels with Argentina," Holmes said. "We're a bit cheeky with them."

— William Haydon — Twitter http://twitter.com/wwhaydon

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BOTTLE TOSS

A plastic bottle was thrown on the track of the men's 100-meter final about a second before the start, landing about 10 meters behind the runners.

Scotland Yard said a suspect is being held on suspicion of causing a public nuisance. Police said the 40-year-old man was heard shouting abusive language before he threw the bottle. His name was not immediately released.

Several runners said they didn't know about the bottle until reporters told them about it afterward.

The bottle bounced a few times and came to rest in the lane occupied by Jamaica's Yohan Blake, who finished second in the race.

"I was so focused, I didn't see anything," Blake said.

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BUS STOP

"Follow me, lads."

And with that, the volunteer, whose identity will remain our secret, took off running. One of my AP colleagues and I had just missed a bus to East London University to cover the U.S. men's basketball practice and were going to have to wait at least 30 minutes for the next one. Seeing — and hearing — our frustration, the kind gentleman hustled outside the busy terminal at the media press center, and was able to stop the bus before it left the Olympic Park area.

Running into the street, he flagged down the driver — a performance worthy of a gold medal.

I could only offer a handshake and my thanks to the stranger, who probably violated a half dozen rules and laws to get us on the bus.

"So naughty," the smiling driver said as we boarded.

— Tom Withers — Twitter http://twitter.com/twithersAP

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BLACK EYES

Water polo: It's like handball with added water.

I stopped by the water polo pool and the Copper Box that hosts handball at the Olympic Park today and was struck by how similar the two sports are. Water seems like the only difference.

The other thing that hit me. How tough both sports are.

I've never seen so many women sporting black eyes as I did at the polo pool.

— Mike Corder — Twitter http://twitter.com/mikecorder

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NOT DISAPPOINTED

World champion Yohan Blake said he's not disappointed about his second place finish in the 100-meter dash, behind his teammate and training partner, Usain Bolt.

"I came close tonight. It has been really good running with the fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt," Blake said.

"I'm not disappointed. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. You never know what can happen. I think the 200 meters will be interesting."

Blake also hinted that he might run the 4x400 relay: "You never know. The finals. You never know."

— Jenna Fryer — Twitter http://twitter.com/jennafryer

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A MOMENT WORTH BRONZING

Sometimes, finishing third has its benefits.

Greg Searle was part of an eight-man British rowing crew that won bronze, a disappointment for the 40-year-old, who came out of retirement in hopes of replicating his gold-winning performance in Barcelona two decades ago. Searle was finding himself consigned to a footnote in a Great Britain team that has been collecting golds as quick as it can paddle.

But as Searle's Twitter feed — (at)GregSearle2012 — demonstrated Sunday, he's just had an Olympic brush with greatness.

"Look who I made friends with at the handball," he offers his followers in a teasing caption to a photo link.

Click! And there Searle is, displaying a Cheshire cat grim, arm in arm with ... Kate Middleton, a.k.a. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.

See the photo here: http://pic.twitter.com/KrJoeA05

— Shawn Pogatchnik — Twitter http://twitter.com/ShawnPogatchnik

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GOLDEN MCNUGGETS

Usain Bolt thinks London has done a great job with the games, calling Britain, "a wonderful place."

And yes, the McDonald's over here tastes just as good as it does everywhere else. Bolt said he's had "a few nuggets, I'm not going to lie." He also had a wrap from his favorite fast-food place as part of his pre-race fuel.

"It was healthy, so don't judge me," he said, drawing laughs.

Bolt will be collecting his 100-meter medal on Monday, the 50th anniversary of Jamaica's independence from Britain.

"I wanted to give Jamaica a great birthday present, and I think that's a good start," he said. "I'm sure it will be a wonderful feat for all of the people in Jamaica to stand up and sing the national anthem."

— Jenna Fryer — Twitter http://twitter.com/jennafryer

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QUICKQUOTE: 'LEGEND'

"I'm one step closer to being a legend." — Usain Bolt on winning the 100 meters in 9.63 seconds, a new Olympic record.

— Jon Krawczynski — Twitter http://www.twitter.com/APKrawczynski

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POWER IN THE STRETCH

It's been called the longest sprint — a lot can happen in the 400 between the starting gun and the finish line.

Sanya Richards-Ross was behind Amantle Montsho of Botswana as they made the turn, but the tiny American runner accelerated through the stretch to win the Olympic 400-meter race Sunday.

Richards-Ross's time of 49.55 edged out the defending champion, Christine Ohuruogu of Britain, who also deployed a strong kick to finish in 49.70. American DeeDee Trotter won the bronze.

It was the first U.S. gold in track and field at the London Games — and it was a long time coming for Richards-Ross, who sobbed at the Beijing Bird's Nest Stadium when she finished third in 2008.

— Sheila Norman-Culp — Twitter http://twitter.com/snormanculp

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Bolt adds to developing legacy with second straight gold in 100 meters

Usain Bolt finished just .05 seconds shy of his own 100-meter world record.
Bill Frakes/SI
 

LONDON -- In many ways, this one was better. Four years ago in China, Usain Bolt transformed the 100 meters into performance art, and the Olympics into a soliloquy, winning with such playful arrogance that it seemed less like a competition than a palette on which an emerging and transcendent talent could splash his greatness in great, broad strokes. The other sprinters were like extras in the Bolt Show, useful in the same way that painted planks of background scenery are deployed in a Broadway production. Bolt was bigger than all of them and so much faster. It wasn't a race, it was an exhibition (and one that Bolt would repeat four days later in the 200 meters and again in the 4x100-meter relay; three gold medals and an unprecedented three world records. He did likewise a year later at the 2009 world championships in Berlin).

The world gathered again to witness Bolt on Sunday night in London's Olympic Stadium. Many had surely not seen him since Beijing, as track and field lives on the distant margins of mainstream sport and Bolt is its only true star. In a superficial sense, he did not leave them wanting, winning the 100-meter gold medal in 9.63 seconds, an Olympic record and the second-fastest time in history (behind only his world record of 9.58 from Berlin) and .06 faster than he ran in Beijing. But this was not a virtuoso encore, this was a race, and it had begun more than two years earlier.

In the wake of Beijing and Berlin, Bolt, 25, had become an international athletic and cultural celebrity, compensated at more than $10 million a year by his shoe and apparel company, Puma, and recognizable on most streets in most cities. Yet in the summer of 2010, a back injury forced him to shut down his season in July. A year later he returned, but false-started out of the 100 meters at the world championships in Daergu, South Korea. And this year, he ran fast in late May and early June, only to again suffer back problems that he carried onto the track at the Jamaican Olympic Trials in late June, where he looked sloppy and desperate, and was beaten twice by countryman and training partner Yohan Blake, 22. The scent of vulnerability trailed him into London.

"A lot of people doubted me,'' said Bolt after his victory on Sunday night. "A lot of people said I wasn't going to win. I wanted to show the world that I'm still No. 1, that I'm still the best. I show up on the day.''

He walked onto the track at 9:41 Sunday night, energizing a stadium that had struggled to rise again to the manic level of the previous night, when Great Britain won three gold medals in 46 minutes. Bolt gave them the juice they needed to rise again. He had been invisible since Kingston, 39 days without competition. Only when he walked home to a semifinal victory in 9.87 seconds did he give the slightest hint that the Old Bolt might be back. (But Justin Gatlin of the U.S., the 2004 Pre-Bolt gold medalist from Athens, ran 9.82 with only slightly more effort, and Blake was also impressive.)

In fact, Bolt had been searching for that cat since Kingston. The official reason given for Bolt's struggles there was "tight hamstrings,'' but later Bolt would admit that it was his back, and hence he flew from Kingston to Munich to get treatment from Dr. Hans Muller-Wohlfahrt. Then he went to Birmingham for a Jamaican sprint training camp. "After the Trials, I sat down with my coach [Glen Mills],'' said Bolt. "He said 'I know where you are. I know where you're going to be. You're going to be OK.' I worked really hard for, basically, the last five weeks.''

On the starting line for the final, Bolt delivered some of his customary routing: Primping his eyebrows as if for a photo shoot, shssss-ing the crowd just before getting into the blocks. He pointedly did not do the To Di World post that he first broke out in Beijing and which has become his most recognizable move. He folded into Lane 7, with reliably fast-starting Gatlin to his left in Lane 6 and Blake two lanes further away in Lane 4. Outside him was unpredictable and dangerous American Ryan Bailey.

Neither Bolt (.165 seconds), Blake (.179) nor Gatlin (.178) registered great reaction times (all in the bottom half of the field). But 15 meters out of the blocks, into what sprinters call their "drive phase,'' Gatlin was clearly in the lead, with Blake and Bolt both trailing. But at 40 meters, Bolt began gaining quickly on Gatlin. "He's 6-5, you can't miss him,'' said Gatlin. "He's right there. When his legs lift, you see it, you feel it.''

Blake gained on Gatlin's left and surged into second place but Bolt had opened a meter of space. Blake couldn't make up ground. "I think I started to shuffle a little bit,'' said Blake, illustrating by rocking forward from his hips. "Because I wanted to reach the line fast. I think Usain won it in the last part. Tonight he just got the better of me. It was fun, anyway. Me and Bolt are still friends.''

Once on the lead in the race, Bolt's dominance looked familiar. "Nobody can catch me from behind,'' he told Sports Illustrated last September. Yet it was not the insouciant Bolt from Beijing. This Bolt clawed at the night air with both arms, gritted his teeth, blew through ballooned cheeks and even looked to the left, as if searching for Blake. And is this not what fans love in their athletes, as much as dominance, the manifestly visible effort that leads to victory? The ability to rise from setbacks and deliver in the biggest moments? Bolt hit the line and became the first man in history to cross the line first in two (or consecutive) 100-meter races (Carl Lewis crossed the line first in 1984, and was elevated to first in 1988, when Ben Johnson of Canada was disqualified for a positive drug test). It will soon be difficult to argue that Bolt is not the greatest sprinter in history.

But where Bolt won in Beijing by .20 seconds over Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago, this time his margin was just .12 over Blake, who matched his personal best of 9.75 seconds. Gatlin completed a long climb from a four-year doping suspension from 2006-'10) and took the bronze in 9.79 seconds. It was the first time in history that three men had run under 9.80 seconds in the same 100-meter race and, behind that, the first time ever that seven men had broken 10 seconds.

"He's an unbelievable sprinter,'' said Thompson, who finished seventh in the race after taking that silver in Beijing. "The entire world thinks he's unbeatable and right now he is. He almost broke that world record again tonight, so I would say there's a high probability that he's going to break it again at some point. Maybe this year.''

Gatlin said, "He's the Michael Phelps of our sport, you know what I mean? He's a showman. People come out and pay their money to watch a good race.'' (Two million people tried to buy tickets for Sunday night's card in the stadium, 80,000 were ultimately sold.)

Behind Gatlin in the race was Tyson Gay of the U.S., beaten out of the bronze medal by .01 seconds. No sprinter was been more profoundly affected by Bolt's sudden rise than Gay, who was the world 100- and 200-meter champion in 2007, only to be swept away since by Bolt. Remarkably, Gay nearly won an Olympic medal one year after hip surgery, and on Sunday, sobbed heavily in the media zone after the race. "I gave it my best, ain't nothing else I could do,'' said Gay. "I feel like I let a lot of people down. I don't have excuses, man. I gave it my all.''

In celebration, Bolt brought the Full Usain, for a crowd that included Team USA basketball players Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and LeBron James, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry (nobody wants to miss Bolt). He dusted off To Di World. He posed with life-sized stuffed mascots. He somersaulted in front of the homestretch stands. "I like to show my joy to the crowd," Bolt said. And in this way his races are never over at the finish line, they rumble on around the track, a rolling party into the evening.

Now, as in Beijing, attention turns to Bolt's further pursuits. He will be facing Blake Thursday night in the 200-meter final and that race looms as intriguing. In Beijing, Bolt ran 19.30 seconds for the gold, .02 faster than Michael Johnson's seemingly unassailable world record from 1996. A year later in Berlin, he took the mark down to 19.19 seconds and seemed untouchable in the event. But last September in Brussels, Blake ran a stunning 19.26 seconds and, of course, beat Bolt in Kingston in the Jamaican Trials.

Now late on a summer night, Bolt found himself in a wild interview not 10 steps from Blake and spoke in Blake's direction. "I told Yohan Blake that the 200 meters will be different because that's my pet race,'' said Bolt, who was a world junior champion in the 200 at age 17. "I'm not going to let him beat me again.'' Beyond that, there is the 4x100-meter relay and whispers that Bolt might even run the 4x400, giving him a chance to win four gold medals in a single Games. Like Lewis. Like Jesse Owens.

"One step closer,'' said Bolt, "to being a legend.'' And of course he is wrong about that. He is already there, larger than life and larger than his sport.

Usain Bolt wins men's 100 meters (photo essay)

By Mike Zacchino, The Oregonian

Usain Bolt wins men's 100 meters at the 2012 London Olympics.


Jamaica's Usain Bolt crosses the finish line to win gold in the men's 100-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip )

Jamaica supporters react as they watch a broadcast of the men's 100-meter final on a screen at the Puma Yard in London during the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)



Jamaica supporters react as they watch a broadcast of the men's 100-meter final on a screen at the Puma Yard in London during the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Jamaica supporters react as they watch a broadcast of the the men's 100-meter final on a screen at the Puma Yard in London during the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)


Jamaica's Usain Bolt crosses the finish line to win gold in the men's 100-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip )


Jamaica's Usain Bolt gestures before competing in the men's 100-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)


Jamaica's Usain Bolt gestures before competing in the men's 100-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) 

 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt, second left, crosses the finish line ahead of United State's Ryan Bailey, left, United States' Justin Gatlin, second right, and Jamaica's Yohan Blake, right, in the men's 100-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt, right, leads United States' Ryan Bailey in the men's 100-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt, right, leads United States' Ryan Bailey in the men's 100-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt, center, leads in the men's 100-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt, center, leads in the men's 100-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates after crossing the finish line to win gold in the men's 100-meter final during the athletics competition in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt crosses the finish line to win gold in the men's 100-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates after winning the men's 100-meter final race during the athletics competition in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) 

From left, United States' Ryan Bailey, Jamaica's Usain Bolt, United States' Justin Gatlin, Jamaica's Yohan Blake, United States' Tyson Gay, Jamaica's Asafa Powell and Trinidad's Richard Thompson compete in the men's 100-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza) 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt, second from left, crosses the finish line ahead of Jamaica's Yohan Blake, second from right, United States' Justin Gatlin, center, United States' Tyson Gay, right, and United State's Ryan Bailey in the men's 100-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza) 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt, right, wins the men's 100-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt, left, crosses the finish line ahead of Jamaica's Yohan Blake, right, United States' Justin Gatlin, second from right, United State's Ryan Bailey, third from right, and Netherlands' Churandy Martina to win gold in the men's 100-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip ) 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt, front, sprints towards the finish line to win the men's 100-meter final race ahead of Jamaica's Yohan Blake, half hidden, Tyson Gay from the U.S., second in red, Jamaica's Asafa Powell, center in yellow, Ryan Bailey from the U.S.. third from right rear, Trinidad's Richard Thompson. second right, and Churandy Martina from the Netherlands, right, during the athletics competition in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt, third from bottom, leads on his way to win the men's 100 meter final race during the athletics competition in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan) 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt, foreground left, goes to cross the finish line ahead of Jamaica's Yohan Blake, third from right, United States' Tyson Gay, second from right, and Trinidad's Richard Thompson in the men's 100-meters final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt, foreground left, goes to cross the finish line ahead of Jamaica's Yohan Blake, third from right, United States' Tyson Gay, second from right, and Trinidad's Richard Thompson in the men's 100-meters final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt crosses the finish line to win gold in the men's 100-meter final during the athletics competition in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan) 

 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt, left, celebrates winning gold alongside silver medallist Yohan Blake of Jamaica following the men's 100-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev) 

 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt shakes hands with spectators after his win in the men's 100-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012.(AP Photo/David Goldman) 

 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt wears his national flag following his win in the men's 100-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) 

 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt holds his national flag following his win in the men's 100-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) 

 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt reacts to his win in the men's 100-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) 

 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt reacts to his win in the men's 100-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)