Olympics Flashback: Sydney Summer Games 2000 -- The Race of Eric Moussambani in 100m Freestyle

The 2008 summer Olympics in China will kick off on Friday and this week we will be bringing you the classic videos of games that deserve the title of YGSTV Olympic Classic.

This video is of a qualifying run for the 100m where two of the three swimmer jumped the gun and were disqualified...leaving only one man in the pool, Eric 'the eel' Moussambani from Equatorial Guinea. He swam the 100m in one minute 52.72 seconds which is better than we could do but was 65 seconds slower than the man who eventually won gold in this festival. Hey, cut the guy some slack. There was only one swimming pool in the entire country at the time and was 20m long.


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(tryout, slow, swimmer)

Runner Tyson Gay Falls Down During 200 Meter Olympic Trials

To be at the top of your game, train for years, and finally make it to the USA Olympic trials it should be a dream come true...unless you are Tyson Gay. Within a few feet of the starting line this world class athlete developed a cramp in his leg a fell down, making him ineligible to represent the US in this event at the upcoming Olympics in Beijing. Better luck next time.



(fail, trip, break,olmpics, grey, tison, metre)

Olympic Protesters Scale Golden Gate Bridge

Three people who were really pissed off about China's human rights violations decided it would be awesome to climb the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and hang a sign. Yeah...it's alright, check it out.

Raw Video: Protesters scale Golden Gate Bridge

(San Fransisco, arrest)