Of lightning bolts and fat men

          Some months ago, we witnessed a remarkable feat- Usain Bolt's performance in the 100m dash in the Olympics. A natural 200m runner, he was slow off the blocks (sixth it turned out) lagging behind till he could hit his stride about a third of the way into the race. Once he was got going at the pace only he can, the only question was whether 100m was enough for him to pull clear. He pulled clear with a little distance to go, looked to his two sides, and pulled began his celebrations a good 15m from the tape. This did not stop him from getting a world record.

          Watching this on television, we were subject to a certain fat man, supposedly a cricket expert, going on about how it was so wrong for the lightning bolt to start his celebrations early and so not finish faster. Somebody should have told him that if he trained 1/1000 as much as Usain Bolt, he would not be so fat (and presumably less obnoxious too). 

         We are a country of `experts' criticising (abusing) all out public figures and analysing all their actions, with performance being attribute to `teamwork', `confidence' etc., or the lack thereof. The (immense) hard work during training, as also the reality that the task these performers face are very difficult, never figure. Hardly surpirising - much of the `analysis' happens in lieu of doing one's job.