Bradbury won his first heat off his own back, but it looked like that was as good as it was going to get. He was in the same race as the favourite and the defending champ for the quarter finals. Naturally, he came 3rd, only to find that the defending champ was disqualified. Bradbury was in the semis!
Once again, this looked like the end of the road. Bradbury was in last position for the entire race. All of a sudden the first 3 racers crashed into each other, putting our Aussie legend in second place, scoring him a spot in the final.
Come final time, no one could believe what had happened, least of all Bradbury himself. Australians all waited with baited breath to see if his luck would hold out. And did it. The crash that caused all 4 of Bradbury’s competitors to tumble was a gift from God himself, and Bradbury took home gold.
Fucking superstar.
I was just telling Andy about this last night while we were watching short track and gawking at the skeleton looking Aussie suits. I was trying to explain how this Australian skater found himself to be the last man standing and took home the gold - but hey, I figured he had won fair and square without luck to get to the finals. Ummm - then I read your post and found out he had a horse shoe up his butt the entire time ;0)
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