Asafa on the record

[pierrejean]

@Sevastocrator

PJ

So, because Asafa is psychologically very strong person with a champion character but with inadequate training and history of injuries he was prevented, not prepared or not ready enough to run two races on what probably was the biggest night of his life?

To run 4 races, not two.

@Sevastocrator

Furthermore, the argument “Asafa does not like rounds” does not stand ground that much when it comes to some third grade Italian meets where Asafa, with no competition around him, in a warm up runs a WR and backs it up 20min later with another world class time surprising even himself! However, it is suddenly a critical point for him when he is competing in a major competition (WC or OG).

Gee, I wonder why?

I have already replied : In meetings, there are 2 races in one day (1 warm-up and a half because the lap time is short), in championships there are 4 races in 2 days (with 4 warm-ups because the lap times are longer).

@Sevastocrator

A clueless person who searched all of the Internet for that crucial proof could perhaps foolishly say - hey S. Francis with no clue and out of blue said to Asafa ‘there is a lot less pressure now so you can do whatever you want’.”

Pressure, what pressure? He must have meant physical pressure, right?

Again, mental approach issue was pointed out by his staff after Osaka. If Asafa worked with a psychologist, 1) it was useless because the result in Beijing was the same as Osaka 2) maybe the psychologist was not competent, OR maybe he didn’t worked with a psychologist because maybe 1) the staff changed opinion 2) anyway the problem was not adressed because the trick might not be in Asafa’s head.