Asafa's WL100 in Rome

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From what I could see the young Frenchman got blown away over the first 30-40m but held his own from then on. He seems to have reasonable top speed and Speed maintenance qualities. I think he is exciting the accleration can be improved far easier then other aspects. This kid will definitely go sub 10s. Reminds me a bit of Kim Collins…MLF and Shirvo were never like this French guy they relied on great starts and were legit world class 60m guys. They were / are to inefficient in their accel and used to much energy to get to 60. It would be interesting to get some splits. But with afew more races at teh top level and good conditions it will happen this year. Lets remember Powell was a 10.0-10.1 guy back in 2003 when he was 20m and was signifcantly smaller and not the prolific great starter he is now…I look fwd to seeing this kid unfold.

Didn’t say he was the same type sprinter as MLF and Shirvington. I pointed out how they were freaks as juniors and never improved and hope the same doesn’t happen to him.
I was stating how hopefully he will not get fucked up like MLF and Shirvington reportedly were with injuries due to overtraining and almost like Bolt was before he went to Mills.