You predicted 3.67 (1.8+1.03+.84) for 30m and 6.15 for 60m. In Beijing he ran 3.78 on what is supposed to be a harder track, so I don’t see him making all of his improvement in that portion.
I imagine it was probably more like 3.75-3.76 for 30m with improvements throughout (especially at the end with him running through the line).
I haven’t actually watched it closely yet.
I thought Powell and Gay run awesome. I actually thought Bolt didn’t appear as sharp as he did in OG last year. Great time and all but seemed not as easy as the OG final.
Congratulations to Powell and Gay, both tried and kept it together.
In the 1 minute post-race interview on American TV the interviewer asked Gay “you pounded your fist on your thigh after the race, were you disappointed?” Gay responded “I can run that fast, it just didn’t happen”. He also said he was happy with his time and thought Bolt was phenomenal.
It sounds like he believes he has more in him. With the injuries the past two years and the still great times he’s posted I can very well see why he believes he hasn’t maxed out.
I hope so. It took 2nd place running a 9.71 to propel Bolt into the 9.5’s. If Gay breaks into the 9.6’s we may live to see a 9.4 
He had 9.68 today if his start was better.
True. I don’t think Gay’s MaxV is too far off of Bolt’s, honestly. Bolt just has an other worldly 30-60m.
Yes their finishes seemed kind of similar at first glance. Bolt seperated from Gay in the middle of the race but from then on until the end, though they both continued to move away from everyone else, they looked to be the same distance apart from each other.
It’s as if History itself has condemned Tyson Gay. I know that’s something you can say about anyone who is #2 but this seems to be a rather unique case.
Gay is not to Bolt as Bolden was to Greene.
Greene had great breadth in the sense that a wide swathe of times that were all spectacular. His consistency at hitting these high marks made him special - and Boldon’s ability to be nearly there consistently (but not always quite there) made him a remarkable number 2.
But Bolt has breadth and a depth that seems to increase daily.
Gay toils - through his inglorious exit in Beijing, through injuries, past the fawning media coverage of a guy who commits the sacrilege, the pure blasphemy, of treating the 100 meters as something less than the sacred crucible it is - and transforms himself into the man capable of running the times Bolt did in Beijing, the times heretofore deemed impossible, and, fighting again through skepticism surrounding his performance in the preliminaries, puts together a fantastic race, a race that would, should, beat anyone ever
except Bolt.
9.84
9.79
9.77
9.74
9.69
9.58
Is that the progression? In the last TEN years?
This was bigger than Beamon’s jump. This was bigger than 10.49.
It was certainly foreseeable from his performance in 2008
but the reality was more impressive than whatever far-fetched daydreaming we have done since then. It was solid here, something with weight.
“beauty is momentary in the mind, the fitful tracing of a portal. But in the flesh it is immortal.”
That was beauty.
And it could get better. !
I doubt Bolt runs faster than 19.25
When he ran 19.59 this year he beat Merritt, who was second, by 0.8 seconds. Merritt was expected to run in the 19’s, but ended up running something like 0.5 seconds slower or something because of the terrible weather. Bolt is in better condition right now than he was then, so he will very likely be able to go under 19.25.
I remember back in '88, a month before Seoul, when an American magazine printed an article on future athletic predictions. (I forgot the name of the magazine but there was a photo of FloJo on the cover, wearing a yellow ensemble) The team predicted a 9.58 for the men’s 100m. It would require someone to optimally combine the best of stride length and stride frequency factors to attain this time. What I don’t remember is whether the forecast was meant for a specific year or if it was an absolute final time.
1.84
1.02
0.9
0.86
0.84
0.83
0.81
0.80
0.82
0.86
summ: 9.58
This is why sports science can never be ‘an exact’ science and sometimes thing happen that cannot be foreseen or determined in the lab.
Bolt defies evolution. 15 years ago, with the increments going down in the small hundreths this sort of time - 9.58 would not have been expected in our life time.
Crazy as it may seem - could there be more potential Bolts being reared in Jamaica as we speak ready to take it to another level again?
After experiencing the the thrill of watching last night’s run- I certainly hope so!
100m Men Semifinal/Final
Round Wind RT t20m t40m t60m t80m t100m t20-40 t40-60 t60-80 t80-100 t30m t30-60
Bolt Usain JAM Fi 0,9 0,146 2,89 4,64 6,31 7,92 9,58 1,75 1,67 1,61 1,66 3,79 2,52
JAM SF 1 0,2 0,135 2,89 4,68 6,41 8,11 9,89 1,79 1,73 1,70 1,78 3,81 2,60
Gay Tyson USA Fi 0,9 0,144 2,92 4,70 6,39 8,02 9,71 1,78 1,69 1,63 1,69 3,83 2,56
USA SF 2 -0,2 0,143 2,99 4,80 6,54 8,21 9,93 1,81 1,74 1,67 1,72 3,92 2,62
Powell Asafa JAM Fi 0,9 0,134 2,91 4,71 6,42 8,10 9,84 1,80 1,71 1,68 1,74 3,83 2,59
JAM SF 2 -0,2 0,133 2,92 4,73 6,47 8,17 9,95 1,81 1,74 1,70 1,78 3,85 2,62
Bailey Daniel ANT Fi 0,9 0,129 2,92 4,73 6,48 8,18 9,93 1,81 1,75 1,70 1,75 3,85 2,63
ANT SF 1 0,2 0,135 2,93 4,74 6,49 8,19 9,96 1,81 1,75 1,70 1,77 3,86 2,63
Thompson Richard TRI Fi 0,9 0,119 2,90 4,71 6,45 8,17 9,93 1,81 1,74 1,72 1,76 3,83 2,62
TRI SF 2 -0,2 0,132 2,92 4,74 6,51 8,22 9,98 1,82 1,77 1,71 1,76 3,85 2,66
Chambers Dwain GBR Fi 0,9 0,123 2,93 4,75 6,50 8,22 10,00 1,82 1,75 1,72 1,78 3,86 2,64
GBR SF 2 -0,2 0,182 2,96 4,79 6,55 8,26 10,04 1,83 1,76 1,71 1,78 3,90 2,65
Marc TRI Fi 0,9 0,165 2,94 4,76 6,52 8,24 10,00 1,82 1,76 1,72 1,76 3,87 2,65
TRI SF 1 0,2 0,159 2,95 4,76 6,52 8,23 10,01 1,81 1,76 1,71 1,78 3,88 2,64
Patton Darvis USA Fi 0,9 0,149 2,96 4,85 6,65 8,42 10,34 1,89 1,80 1,77 1,92 3,93 2,72
USA SF 1 0,2 0,152 2,96 4,78 6,51 8,21 9,98 1,82 1,73 1,70 1,77 3,89 2,62
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Rodgers Michael USA SF 1 0,2 0,154 2,95 4,79 6,55 8,27 10,04 1,84 1,76 1,72 1,77 3,89 2,66
Edwards Monzavous USA SF 2 -0,2 0,146 3,01 4,89 6,67 8,38 10,14 1,88 1,78 1,71 1,76 3,97 2,70
Frater Michael JAM SF 2 -0,2 0,153 2,97 4,81 6,59 8,31 10,14 1,84 1,78 1,72 1,83 3,91 2,68
Mbandjock Martial FRA SF 1 0,2 0,138 3,06 4,92 6,69 8,41 10,18 1,86 1,77 1,72 1,77 4,01 2,68
Phiri Gerald ZAM SF 2 -0,2 0,143 2,93 4,79 6,59 8,36 10,19 1,86 1,80 1,77 1,83 3,88 2,71
Saidy Ndure Jaysuma NOR SF 1 0,2 0,143 2,96 4,81 6,60 8,36 10,20 1,85 1,79 1,76 1,84 3,91 2,69
Tsukahara Naoki JPN SF 2 -0,2 0,152 2,98 4,86 6,67 8,44 10,25 1,88 1,81 1,77 1,81 3,94 2,73
Team Sprint/Hurdles: Rolf Graubner, Dr. Ralf Buckwitz, Mirko Landmann, Anja Starke
Thanks for the splits!
I’m doubtful as to whether Bolt can break 19s for the 200m. After the OG last year we were talking about him having been able to run under 9.6 if he hadn’t slowed in the 100m. So, in theory, the time ran yesterday could be the time he was capable of last year too. Then, in the OG 200m he was all out to break MJs record. So, I’m not sure if he can really go much faster in the 200m this year…a world record, possibly, but I don’t think under 19s.
However, to see him go under 19 would be amazing, just like yesterday was.
He has Gay to push him this time. He ran into a headwind when he broke the 200m WR. As long as he is healthy and fresh he will make it look quite easy to go under 19sec. I reckon if he has all under control and a bit of luck (wind) he will go 18.82-18.87 sec.
3 days to go…
The 200m is going to be sick, especially if we see sub 19! The 4x100m should be just as good. Anybody think sub 37 is possible? Will we see the same line up as laster year or will somebody else stand in for Nesta, it probably won’t matter with the level Bolt and Powell are at right now.
I’ve just heard a rumour that Bolt is competing in the 4x400 as well?!?! Now that would be an interesting split!
we heard that rumour in beijing as well