Beijing heats

I was just wondering the same thing.

No, it is because someone taped it at home and there was an official logo on it. So Youtube decided to get them off;

This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by a third party.

Bolt will win. No injuries so far and no talking in circles about how you feel and where you are in your training.

I didn’t pick Asafa to win at the WC’s, but I think right now he has one heck of a chance.

Maybe its the extra blood tests :wink:

IAAF

Friday, 15 August 2008 Event Report: Men’s 100m Round 1

Britain’s Tyrone Edgar was the fastest on the men’s 100m sprinters in the first round in Beijing (Getty Images)

relnews After weeks of speculation, hot gossip and pre-event posturing the battle to be crowned world’s fastest man finally got underway inside a stifling Bird’s Nest Stadium.

First up of the ‘big three’ - in one of the most eagerly anticipated 100m in Olympic history - was Jamaica’s World record holder Usain Bolt who cruised through heat one in 10.20 with the minimum of fuss.

The languid Bolt barely got out of second gear during an eye-catching first 80m before easing down and striding out to victory from Antigua’s Daniel Bailey (10.24).

Second up of the ‘chief contenders’ was former World record holder Asafa Powell. The Jamaican made a blistering start and looked similarly easy, stopping the clock in 10.16 from former World 100m champion Kim Collins of St Kitts and Nevis (10.17).

Scrutiny on the physical shape of reigning World champion Tyson Gay, the last of the ‘big three’ to settle into his blocks, was intense after six weeks on the sidelines with a hamstring injury.

The US athlete, predictably, took victory in heat five, although after making sluggish start he appeared to work much harder than his two Jamaican rivals to record 10.22 - 0.09 ahead of world indoor 60m champion Olusoji Fasuba of Nigeria.

We will perhaps know more of the true state of his Gay’s fitness after tonight’s second round.

The fastest qualifier from the opening round was Great Britain’s Tyrone Edgar, who looked impressive winning heat six in 10.13 - 0.12 ahead of Darvis Patton of the USA.

Trinidad’s US Collegiate champion Richard Thompson (10.24) took victory in heat three and 2005 World Championship 100m silver medallist Michael Frater prevailed in 10.15 in heat four.

The 2004 Olympic silver medallist Francis Obikwelu crossed the line first in heat seven (10.24). Heat eight winner was 2007 World 100m silver medallist Derrick Atkins (10.28) while in the nine heat Qatar’s Samuel Francis took top spot in 10.40.

The final heat winner was Churandy Martina of the Netherlands Antilles in 10.34.

Steve Landells for the IAAF










video :smiley:

http://www.sportstrick.com/play.php?vid=1204

I have been trying to get the .flv file on that site for about 2-3 hours John but have not been successful.

If you got it or anyone else please post it on http://www.sendspace.com and send us the link.

This is the link to the file;

http://www.sportstrick.com/uploads/F0eedtI1PN4DbtRqWtJq.flv

Thanks.

If Youtube gets the current videos available off their site here is a link for Heat 1 and Heat 2;

http://www.sendspace.com/file/kpdinu

http://www.sendspace.com/file/dfrg3m

http://www.sendspace.com/file/rns6l2

Some very tough quarter finals! Not that anything is easy at the Olympics.

100 Metres - M Quarter-Final
Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 1 fastest time (q) qualified.
Heat 1
Friday 15 August 2008 - 19:45
Lane Athlete Country SB 2008 PB
2 Dariusz Kuc [POLAND] POL 10.26 10.17
3 Henry Vizcaíno [CUBA] CUB 10.25 10.18
4 Churandy Martina [NETHERLANDS ANTILLES] AHO 10.00 10.00
5 Pierre Browne [CANADA] CAN 10.19 10.12
6 Naoki Tsukahara [JAPAN] JPN 10.39 10.15
7 Michael Frater [JAMAICA] JAM 10.00 10.00
8 Darrel Brown [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO] TRI 10.02 9.99
9 Simeon Williamson [GREAT BRITAIN & N.I.] GBR 10.03 10.03
Heat 2
Friday 15 August 2008 - 19:52
Lane Athlete Country SB 2008 PB
2 Andrew Hinds [BARBADOS] BAR 10.16 10.16
3 Daniel Grueso [COLOMBIA] COL 10.24 10.24
4 Tyson Gay [UNITED STATES] USA 9.77 9.77
5 Olusoji A. Fasuba [NIGERIA] NGR 10.10 9.85
6 Richard Thompson [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO] TRI 9.93 9.93
7 Martial Mbandjock [FRANCE] FRA 10.06 10.06
8 José Carlos Moreira [BRAZIL] BRA 10.25 10.16
9 Simone Collio [ITALY] ITA 10.28 10.14
Heat 3
Friday 15 August 2008 - 19:59
Lane Athlete Country SB 2008 PB
2 Tobias Unger [GERMANY] GER 10.17 10.16
3 Nobuharu Asahara [JAPAN] JPN 10.17 10.02
4 Kim Collins [SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS] SKN 10.07 9.98
5 Tyrone Edgar [GREAT BRITAIN & N.I.] GBR 10.06 10.06
6 Marc Burns [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO] TRI 9.97 9.96
7 Samuel Francis [QATAR] QAT 10.03 9.99
8 Matic Osovnikar [SLOVENIA] SLO 10.16 10.13
9 Ronald Pognon [FRANCE] FRA 10.13 9.99
Heat 4
Friday 15 August 2008 - 20:06
Lane Athlete Country SB 2008 PB
2 Ángel David Rodríguez [SPAIN] ESP 10.14 10.14
3 Anson Henry [CANADA] CAN 10.23 10.12
4 Francis Obikwelu [PORTUGAL] POR 10.04 9.86
5 Darvis Patton [UNITED STATES] USA 9.89 9.89
6 Obinna Metu [NIGERIA] NGR 10.16 10.16
7 Usain Bolt [JAMAICA] JAM 9.72 9.72
8 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure [NORWAY] NOR 10.01 10.01
9 Craig Pickering [GREAT BRITAIN & N.I.] GBR 10.19 10.14
Heat 5
Friday 15 August 2008 - 20:13
Lane Athlete Country SB 2008 PB
2 Kai Hu [PR OF CHINA] CHN 10.24 10.24
3 Aziz Zakari [GHANA] GHA 10.23 9.99
4 Daniel Bailey [ANTIGUA & BARBUDA] ANT 10.12 10.12
5 Derrick Atkins [BAHAMAS] BAH 10.02 9.91
6 Andrey Epishin [RUSSIA] RUS 10.18 10.10
7 Asafa Powell [JAMAICA] JAM 9.82 9.74
8 Vicente de Lima [BRAZIL] BRA 10.26 10.13
9 Walter Dix [UNITED STATES] USA 9.96 9.93

Frater’s heat;

http://www.sendspace.com/file/jcbnff

Craig’s heat is loaded!

here’s the heats clip from sportstrick
http://www.sendspace.com/file/gxdd3q

c99a,

Thank you.

Some interesting performances in the quarters.
-Gay looks less than spectacular.
-Churandy looks awesome. 9.99 into a slight wind.
-Fasuba got consumed from 5m back by some dude from France to put him 4th.

Heat 515 August 2008 - 10:17Wind: 0.7 m/sPosition Lane Athlete Country Mark . React
1 2 Tyson Gay USA 10.22 Q . 0.148
2 5 Olusoji A. Fasuba NGR 10.29 Q . 0.156
3 4 José Carlos Moreira BRA 10.29 Q . 0.192
4 7 Ángel David Rodríguez ESP 10.34 q . 0.145
5 9 Lukáš Milo CZE 10.52 . 0.145
6 8 Mhadjou Youssouf COM 10.62 (PB) 0.170
7 3 Danny D’Souza SEY 11.00 . 0.180
8 6 Shanahan Sanitoa ASA 12.60 . 0.158

:confused: :eek:

Now I know where to move to have a shot at the 2012 Olympics. It’s nice to see I can beat at least one guy in Beijing!

I jus counted I can beat 8 guys in beijing :smiley:

Yeah, but Sanitoa was out with Fasuba and way ahead of Moreira, for awhile.