They will make sure the surface is fast for a WC so I expect it is only a matter of the weather cooperating- which can be an issue in Berlin at times but often (except whenever we ran there!) there is a tailwind. (There even was a tailwind in the 100m at the 1936 Olympics)
Two questions: When will Bolt race Gay over 200m? and when/where is Bolt’s next 200m race?
I thought I read something about Bolt and Gay meeting in Rome-hopefully, if true, it’s in the same event or heat.
Berlin
Almost certain its going to be powell vs. gay
Do you mean re-surfacing the track?
Bolt is a bad man. Cant be touched.
some nice angles there again from lausanne set, fucken deadly wicked go cam view there.
lets hope the folks at rome will have go cam up and running and release the view to public, wanna see tgay freaking out against apowell from that view. I believe last time rome had go cam view was 05 romeGL, when jgat ran 9.9X
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25751652-5014066,00.html
THIS HAS VIDEO LINKS TO BOTH BOLT’S AND POWELL’S RACES IMBEDDED IN COPY. …
Torrential rain no hurdle for Usain BoltArticle from: Font size: Decrease Increase Email article: Email Print article: Print Submit comment: Submit comment By Mike Hurst
July 09, 2009 12:00am
CAN anyone or anything stop Usain Bolt?
In torrential rain that would have forced the cancellation of many sports, Usain “Lightning” Bolt stormed to victory in history’s fourth fastest 200m time in the Lausanne Grand Prix yesterday.
The 22-year-old Jamaican stopped the clock in 19.59sec and made the world-class field look like children as they trailed far behind.
The US Olympic 400m champion LaShawn Merritt was second in 20.41 and US 200m titleholder and Olympic silver medallist Shawn Crawford finished in 20.80.
Running into a headwind (-0.9m/s) in cold rain, Bolt showed that in more favourable weather he is likely to break his own world record of 19.30 set in winning gold at last year’s Olympics.
Watch Bolt’s win
While he humiliated this great field there remains one man on the planet who still believes he has Bolt’s number.
Tyson Gay, who beat an emerging Bolt in winning the sprint double at the world championships two years ago in Japan, also ran slightly faster (19.58, +1.3m/s) in New York on May 30 this year.
Gay was injured at the US championships last year and was not a factor in Beijing, but he is coming on strong and his showdown with Bolt at next month’s world championships in Berlin is the most anticipated clash since Ben Johnson took on Carl Lewis 21 years ago at the Seoul Olympics.
The only thing missing from the contemporary match is the animosity, but once again it is a Jamaican - Ben Johnson ran for Canada but was born in Jamaica - versus an American.
“I pushed myself right to the end because I wanted to really test myself,” said Bolt.
"Would I have broken the world record had it been better weather? I don’t think of it in those terms, I was testing myself. I didn’t think it possible to get so much pleasure in running in these conditions.
"I wasn’t here to impress my rivals but to check what level I am at. I felt relaxed despite the rain.
“Therefore I wasn’t even thinking about what I could have done if it had been good weather.”
Bolt’s next race will be in Paris on Friday week.
Fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell may be a perennial underachiever in majors but he trounced the 100m field yesterday in 10.07 (-1.8m/s) easing up in the rain.
Watch Powell’s win
It would not surprise if he takes a crack at Bolt’s 100m world record (9.69) this European summer.
But Bolt remains the man to beat for the Berlin sprint double and could even take the 200m record below 19sec, a barrier-breaking effort even former record-holder Michael Johnson (19.32) could not have imagined.
Yeah…lol, on a good day…with a tail wind…
Two info:
- The wind was probably not -0.9, as this was the measurement which appeared as the runners reached 100m. Wind is officially recorded during 10sec from the moment when athletes enter in the homestretch (see the video of the race).
- Usain’s reaction time was 0.228 (in Beijing 19.30 it was 0.182). Imagine a good RT, 19.59 could be 19.49. Considering the terrible weather conditions, we’re getting closer to sub19.
I noticed that too, wind reading at 100m mark, what do you think the range of the wind was?
headwind for sure, by how much no one can tell, check the wind ranges on results sheets.
Looking at the way he opened the gap in the straight, you might be excused for thinking there was still a big headwind in everyone’s lane except Bolt.
When you see the video from the infield, it seems impossibly fast. Would that video be slightly on fast-forward because if it’s not it’s scarey.
I am confused as to when wind is recorded during the 200. During the 100m the button is hit at the 50m mark correct?
That is real time, based on his stride frequency, which I estimated by watching it at 1/8th speed. His first 10 strides was at about 4.3Hz, and his next 10 strides were about 4.2Hz. PJ could probably produce more accurate numbers.
PJ’s correct on procedure methodology. Measurement begins as the runners transition from the curve. However for the 100m it’s initiated at the flash (or timing network - UCS). Of course in both cases we are talking about a reading duration of 10 seconds (13s for hurdles).
So when runners hit the 100 meter line the wind gauge button is hit and it takes an average during the 10 seconds duration?
I suppose it gets tricky if you use the midpoint of the race (curve distance dominant) to initiate the reading process. I use the USATF rule which states entering the straightaway as the beginning point for measurement.
why not have a reader at the 75m mark and one more at 150m? take average of both readings together.
From a mathematical standpoint, the average could be pretty inaccurate (but might not be) as to the overall effect.
If we want to give a usable wind speed for the curve, then we need speed, direction, and some calculus to make it meaningful. You could have two different wind directions (and speeds, but ignore that), both of which will give the same measurement on the wind gauge, but the effect the winds have will be wildly different, and also depends on what lane you are in.