Those that know me will know that I’m one of the most cynical folk they’ve ever met. This trait of mine has come out in a big way recently as I’ve watched the Jamaican sprint team tear up the track.

Usain Bolt had led the way but in the women’s 100m the whole podium was full of Jamaican’s. Shelly Ann-Fraser took the gold with Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart following her. Both Simpson and Stewart collected silver’s as they finished in a dead heat for second, no bronze was awarded.

Bolt’s two new World Record’s are something else but whenever a country goes forward so suddenly and with such a giant step it brings out the cynical side of me. I hope what I’ve witnessed over the past couple of days was for real and with the Jamaican’s expected to dominate the woman’s 200m tomorrow – if they manage to then they’ll of won all four sprint races here in Beijing and no doubt they’ll be the favourites for both men and women’s 4x100metres relay as well.

I (unsurprisingly) have no evidence but it is just a hunch. Some may think that it is sad that I think this way and can’t just celebrate the great achievements but we’ve seen it all before and when everything comes out in the wash there is usually something foul going on.