As promised, the first pictures to be posted on my blog. Okay, the title sounds a bit dramatic, but I believe it captures the powerful and overwhelming feeling of joy one experiences when achieving a meaningful or much-esteemed goal. Also I should qualify slightly what I mean by the word "perserverance": I use "perseverance" not so much in the traditional sense of "persistence in the face of difficulty" as fulfillment of one's potential, being all one is capable of being, a more positive-reinforcing connotation similar to lyrics in the two mainstream popular songs
Surrender and
Moment, which, to give credit where it is due, the title of this blog entry is somewhat derived from. That said, this blog is about pictures: the first picture of Usain Bolt is an amazing visual depiction of an athlete at the pinnacle of his potential, by the way. As I come across pictures I find intriguing, I will be sure to post them. At any rate, hope you enjoy the pictures below and hope you have great weekend.
Everything was a blur to Jamaica's Usain Bolt, who set a world record by winning the 200 meters in 19.19 seconds. He already set the 100-meter record earlier at the world championships.
Photo: Zsolt Szigetvary/European Pressphoto Agency
There were plenty of shadows being cast at the track and field world championships in Berlin.
Photo: Rainer Jensen/European Pressphoto Agency
The only hurdles Trey Hardee of the United States had to overcome on his way to the decathlon title Thursday were, well, the 110-meter hurdles. Hardee edged Leonel Suarez of Cuba for the gold.
Photo: Dominic Ebenbichler/Reuters
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