Olympic Commentary

Over the past few days we have been working on commentary. The task we were given was to write commentary about a running sport in the olympics. I chose the 100 metre sprint. I found it a bit challenging because I had never done it before but once I watched a video of Usain Bolt I got an idea of what I had to do.

Here is my olympic commentary...

Ok folks! Here at the Olympic Stadium, in Beijing, it's the final race time for the Men’s sprint in the 2008 summer olympic games. You all know what it is. It’s the 100 metre sprint! Lets kick start this and look at who we’ve got here today on the track. In lane one and five we’ve a couple of competitors from the Netherlands. Next in lane 4 we’ve got Usain Bolt from Jamaica, previous world record holder. He’s in his eye catching yellow and green singlet. Back in lane two we have Chen Ding and Wang Zhen in lane three. Both of them from China. Now, for the real excitement. On your mark, get ready, set…. GO! And they’re off, with China currently in the lead. You’ve really got to watch them, really sneaky and fast! Their muscles must be burning right now. You can barely hear their feet as they run across the track. How can they not fall over? Wait! What’s this? Usain Bolt’s streaks ahead and is currently in second place, no make that first! He’s ahead by what looks like metres! five metres till the end, no make that 3, 1 and it’s another win for Usain Bolt and Jamaica! Better luck next time, China and the Netherlands!