J Bizzle Posted 16 August, 2009 Posted 16 August, 2009 (edited) It's outrageous. Less than ten years ago Maurice was trying to break 9.8, now Bolt comes along and destroys everyone. Edited 16 August, 2009 by J Bizzle typo
Thedelldays Posted 16 August, 2009 Posted 16 August, 2009 he is probably the best ever... smashed the record and will soon get it under 9.5...
Saintandy666 Posted 16 August, 2009 Posted 16 August, 2009 Eventually someones got to reach a limit when you can't go any faster.
Colinjb Posted 16 August, 2009 Posted 16 August, 2009 Eventually someones got to reach a limit when you can't go any faster. I bet they thought that 100 years ago too.
chrisobee Posted 17 August, 2009 Posted 17 August, 2009 I bet they thought that 100 years ago too. Yep, it might be hard to beat 0.1 seconds though ! What an amazing race with 9.93 not even getting a medal. Michael Johnson was speechless and Bolt might yet lower the 200 metre world record as well which he took from Johnson last year. I'd love to see him try the 400 metres and see what he could achieve. I'm not sure if anyone has ever held 100,200 and 400 metre world records at the same time, certainly not in the post WW2 era that I can recall.
Robsk II Posted 17 August, 2009 Author Posted 17 August, 2009 Didn't realise you were old enough to remember back until then.
chrisobee Posted 17 August, 2009 Posted 17 August, 2009 Didn't realise you were old enough to remember back until then. TBH it depends how bad the Alzheimers is.
St Landrew Posted 17 August, 2009 Posted 17 August, 2009 TBH it depends how bad the Alzheimers is. And presumably, where to find a copy of Athletic Sports records too. Amazing race. I have little interest in Athletics as a spectacle to watch, other than come Olympic time, but some events grab you like nothing else. That was one of them. He says he can go faster than 9.4, and I can believe it. Approximately, that's finishing 2+ metres ahead of where he did last night. Problem is, there's no rival out there able to push him anywhere near to it.
Robsk II Posted 17 August, 2009 Author Posted 17 August, 2009 He seems able to push himself; a useful trait. I think he'll do it.
chrisobee Posted 17 August, 2009 Posted 17 August, 2009 And presumably, where to find a copy of Athletic Sports records too. Amazing race. I have little interest in Athletics as a spectacle to watch, other than come Olympic time, but some events grab you like nothing else. That was one of them. He says he can go faster than 9.4, and I can believe it. Approximately, that's finishing 2+ metres ahead of where he did last night. Problem is, there's no rival out there able to push him anywhere near to it. Indeed, even the great Jessie Owens never ran the 400 metres seriously, it's generally a case that an athlete will run 100/200 or 200/400 as Michael Johnson did though John Regis amongst others did run the 100 and 200 metres and ran some storming 400 metre relay legs but that's a lot different to running an individual 400 metres. Johnson never ran sub 10 for the 100 and has a PB of 10.09.It would be very hard for Bolt to run sub 44 for the 400 metres, Johnson's WR is 43.18 achieved at the 1999 World Championship. However, Bolt is the most dominant sprinter since Johnson and it with natural progression it would be foolish to say he won't run a WR 400 metre time if he puts his mind to it though the training for 400 metres would almost certainly reduce his basic speed even if it were only by 0.1-0.2 for the 100. I certainly can see him going sub 9.4 but probably 9.3 would be the very limit even for him.
keithd Posted 17 August, 2009 Posted 17 August, 2009 how fast did tyson gay run too !! 9.71? blokes gotta be gutted i think it was gay anyhoo....
St Landrew Posted 17 August, 2009 Posted 17 August, 2009 For the last 30 years or so, I feel that whenever people think of athletics sprints, the 100 metres and 10 seconds go hand in hand. Whatever happens, I'm sure Bolt will be the first, and possibly only sprinter, in my lifetime, ever to run 9½ seconds for the 100 metres, and will change that yardstick [pun not intended] forever.
chrisobee Posted 17 August, 2009 Posted 17 August, 2009 For the last 30 years or so, I feel that whenever people think of athletics sprints, the 100 metres and 10 seconds go hand in hand. Whatever happens, I'm sure Bolt will be the first, and possibly only sprinter, in my lifetime, ever to run 9½ seconds for the 100 metres, and will change that yardstick [pun not intended] forever. Yes, 10.00 is generally the benchmark which an athlete aspires to and puts them truly into world class. Bolt certainly has taken it to another level and could well go sub 9.5 though at the moment I'm looking forward to seeing what he does in the 200. That said he is an exception and anyone who can run sub 10 secs is certainly no mean athlete!
saint_stevo Posted 20 August, 2009 Posted 20 August, 2009 Who else saw birdy fall off the mascot? LOL
Jimmy_D Posted 20 August, 2009 Posted 20 August, 2009 (edited) 19.19 into a headwind, while tired and with limited training? That's less than double the old 100m world record before this week! In other words... no one else could match that time even by running two seperate 100m races... Edited 20 August, 2009 by Jimmy_D
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now