10 Seconds to glory!

A special take on CNN was done sometime yesterday on Olympics. And something on the show that was given special focus on was the most awaited event in track. Yeah, the 100m dash. Jus check here how close the records are placed in this particular event. A hundredth of a second can make a difference here! :) And the next event where the milli and micro seconds come into picture is in F1 or motor racing. Such precision and such amount of competition. Forget the doping controversy and stuff. It's a different issue altogether as i do not want to discuss it at this point in time.
Athletes now get to prove themselves in the world arena now after 4 years as the sporting extravaganza comes alive again and so does the hopes of many athletes who've been training all these days. Going hard on themselves, both mentally and physically. They must have pushed themselves so hard and disciplined themselves to a regime of training all these days. Be it the rigorous hours of training daily or the kind of food habits that they should consume to keep their body in shape. The passion for the sport or for the country and more than everything the urge to be at the top of the top or the best in the business drove them all the way. How many of us dream such a dream? To be at the top and the best in the business? It takes a lot of courage and perseverance to reach where they are now. And a pinch of luck too. Luck why because, they could identify the talent they had and could follow what they wanted to achieve.
All said and done, what rather struck me when i was watching this TV show was that these athletes after all these days and years of training get JUST TEN seconds FLAT to prove their metal. :) A mistake cannot be rectified, a false start or a late start rather would mean the end of the title for even the best runner. Because as i said it's all in a hundredth of a second. Making even a small mistake will be very costly. Four years or more probably years of training might jus go down the drains... Jus like that. Imagine the plight. We might not know how it would feel because we in IT industry get more time to prove our worth. An appraisal period is long. isn't it? But for a 100m sprinter the time is 10 sec :) Hows it? Jus 10 seconds to glory. They've everything to fight for. Usain bolt and asafa powell seem to be the favorites going by the record. Lets wait and see... :)