Results tagged “Colemanballs” from Birmingham Mail - Is It Just Me

The BBC managed to have our Birmingham high jumper Tom Parsons changing colour in a preview piece earlier this week and yesterday their commentator told double gold medallist Usain Bolt that the 2008 Olympics would be remembered for him and US swimmer Michael Phelps who picked up eight golds.

Nice to see our cyclists, sailors and rowers and of course Rebecca Adlington in the pool made such a big impression then. Waste of time them turning up really.

It was a statement to match that from Mexico in 1968 when David Hemery won the 400 metres hurdles in a new world record time and David Coleman famously gave the commentary: "It's Hemery, Great Britain! It's Hemery, Great Britain!...Hemery wins, in second it was Hennige and who cares who's third?"

Well most of Britain actually David, it was our own John Sherwood.

At least Coleman had the excuse that his faux pas was in the heat of battle as Hemery stormed home. The latest gaffe was in the mixed zone some time after the race had ended.