Some people feel the hype and crumble.
The Man felt the hype and flew. The single most anticipated moment of the 1996 Summer Games arrived and Michael Johnson made it even bigger than expected. He made it quicker, too. The Man ran the 200 meters in 19.32 seconds, shattering his own world record, completing an unprecedented double gold performance in the 200 and 400, and making nonsense of the previous known limits on human foot-speed. There isn't even a second place anymore.