CRI听力:London Olympics "Incredible"

Andy Murray, one of the world's top four tennis players, never won a Grand Slam tournament or beat the other three top players in a major competition. But the Brit scored an incredible victory at the Olympics by eliminating world No.1 player Roger Federer and winning a gold medal. Well-known U.S. tennis player John McEnroe was just as impressed as everyone else who saw the match.

"You believe it or not. If Andy Murray were to win the US Open and win at the O2 Arena, they are right to say that you could still possibly be the No.1 player in the world this year. So this could be an unbelievable turn of his career."

Some unexpected cases may be well welcome. Just like women's swimming champion Ye Shiwen, who was even faster than male swimmer Ryan Lochte in the last 50 meters of her race. And Xu Lijia who won the gold medal for sailing, a sport that Chinese rarely hear about. That Usain Bolt once again broke world 100-meter sprint record came as no surprise. But it was incredible that seven out of eight runners finished that race in under 10 seconds, much better than four years ago. Even Yohan Blake, the second-place winner from Jamaica, could not quite believe his own super 9.75-second performance.

"It's the first time and I get a silver medal. What can I ask for?"

Some unexpected cases are neither good nor bad. There were a series of chain reactions during this Olympics, including disputes over referees' decisions and game rules, such as appeals by South Korea's fencing athletes, Japan's boxing athletes and China's cycling athletes. A runner from Algeria, was disqualified from the men's 800-meter race after he was said to have not tried hard enough. But after a successful appeal, he easily won the gold medal in the 1,500-meter race less than 24 hours later. China's Chen Yibing, nicknamed "king of rings," failed to get the gold for his specialty because of disputed scoring. Faced with all kinds of such incidents, the International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams passed the buck onto individual sports federations.

"I wouldn't wanna talk for the Federation. Clearly, the Federation has expertise, they know the rules. They are the ones that can deal with the actual sporting event and the rules event."

Other accidents made it difficult to judge, such as Liu Xiang's crashing out of the men's 110-meter hurdles or the tears shed by China's badminton team coach, Li Yongbo, after Lin Dang won the gold medal in the men's singles.

"I have rarely seen him burst into tears. He must be really moved. So it is not only women who can make Coach Li cry. I've proved that a man can do the same trick."

Li Yongbo's tears were mixed with both joy and relief. He has been under great pressure during the London Games, especially after two Chinese badminton team players were disqualified from the women's doubles because of "negative competition."

For CRI, I'm Zheng Chenguang.