If Tyson Gay was 100%/in the shape he was in at the ol trails he would have given bolt a run for his money. Once bolt saw that gay wasn’t 100% he knew the gold was his, I’m sure if Gay was 100% he would have ran 9.6X also.
When someone don’t like you they cant say much when you are winning but the moment something goes wrong (injury etc) it gives them a reason to talk garbage, like we have seen on this forum the past weeks; this is exactly what happen to Gay after the injury.
By the way I said Gay would win gold and Powell would come 4th, I also said I wouldnt be surprise if bolt win gold because he dont have all the mental issues like powell.
i was wondering about that. Will they be afraid to use him? What about Dix? He defied orders to appear at either of the mandatory relay meets in Europe.
Longer levers by themselves don’t make you run faster - forces do. The guy generating greater force will run faster. If longer levers equaled greater speed, the average height of the 100m final would similar to the height of most of the Basketball teams in the OG. There is a reason why the average height of elite sprinters are around 180cm, shorter guys are generally stronger, you rarely find Olympic lifters over 6 foot. Bolt may be a freak of nature, because he is just as strong as the 5’10 sprinters but has the bonus of longer levers. But this is only one case, and doesn’t change the rule, that sprinters 5’10 sprinters have and still will represent the majority of finalists at any given championship.
Most of the time but not always. Limb lengths, tendons, bones, neurological differences, and other factors affect how efficiently force gets delivered into the ground and expressed by different individuals. A guy with longer limbs, smaller joints, longer tendons, and better reflexes naturally shares an advantage. Therefore, say you compare Randy Moss and Terrell Owens. Say Moss squats 250 and Owens 400. Owens should blow him away in a sprint right? Not necessarily. Moss has a much more efficient structure for sprinting so what force he can deliver gets delivered and “expressed” much more efficiently. The only way a guy like Owens is gonna beat Moss is if he makes up for that with far superior horsepower. It’s like the difference between a pit bull and a greyhound. If the pit bull is gonna beat a greyhound in a race he has to have a much more powerful motor. He obviously does, but that still is not enough for him to overcome the structural advantages demonstrated by the greyhound. Now, compare Ben Johnson to Carl Lewis. In this instance, the Pit Bull type body structure of Johnson was able to overcome the perfect lines and greyhound type structural characteristics of Lewis, due largely to Johnson’s 600 lb squat. Unfavorable leverages can sometimes be overcome with favorable strength levels.
I already made this point in my above posts, however you stated that the day of the 5’10 sprints is gone- which is a load of crap. The majority of finalists will fall within the 5’10 range. The day of the 5’10 sprinter will be over when the majority of finalists are well over 6 foot and running 9.7s and that’s just not going to happen. One 6’5 guy runs 9.69 and you seem to think that 5’10 era is over, which is not a very balance perspective, especially when you consider the majority of finalist are closer to 5’10 and majority of sub 10s sprinters fall within this range.
How can I take you seriously when you say that the era of the 5’10 sprinter is over when you basically guaranteed a Gay victory, and also claimed earlier that if Gay made the final he would have run 9.6x?
I think you need to put your tail between your legs for a couple of days and chill.
I thought both of them handled the loss well. Gay said he was 100% like five times. Asafa always handles the loses well. He is humble. (Except when he wanted to rename Jamica …Asafamica or Asafaville or something like that.) But that’s why I pull for him.
Tyson Gay (Lexington, Ky.): "Toward the finish line I couldn’t tell if I made it to the finals or not. I looked up there and realized I didn’t. It was kind of devastating. I may have needed more races, but I don’t really have any excuses. I just didn’t make it. My hamstring feels good, it’s not bothering me. I wasn’t too overwhelmed with it being the Olympics. It just was one of those things that happened. Maybe I could have used some more training or more races. I kept trying to get my rhythm through each round. I thought I had a better start than I had the first two rounds. I pretty much ran hard through the finish line. I’m pretty upset. When I get back to the Village, it’s really probably going to set in. My family is here, everyone at home is supporting me, and I just feel I let them down a little bit. But at the same time, I did my best and everyone knows I did. When you race in the Olympics and the Trials, you peak your body two times. I was prepared to peak my body twice, but the injury set me back three or four weeks. It’s (the hamstring) healthy, 100 percent. It’s obvious that my fitness is not there. My legs were behind me a little bit (back kick), I think my mechanics weren’t where I wanted them to be. I think I just ran out of time. I was getting better and feeling more comfortable each round, it just didn’t come together. Definitely I’m interested in running the relay.
On coming back from the injury: "Three weeks, four weeks off because of the injury after running 9.7, 9.6 … it was just a back and forth battle, reversing the negativity in my mind. It was very difficult. At the same time, I felt good. I was comfortable and relaxed. I felt I got a good start. I couldn’t really feel anybody and I got tight a little bit because I was trying to make it to the final and I really couldn’t see anybody (running in lane 9). Then I relaxed a little.
On Dix and Patton in the final: “I think they can do very well. Walter is a young guy, very fearless, and Darvis is the same way. I’m proud of both of them. They both deserve it.”
Tyson is a good guy. Thank god the US has moved on and we don’t have to put up with sore losers like Carl Lewis anymore. I hope Gay comes back to his best and we have lots of great finals in the future.
