rank athlete nat finish time
1 BOLT, Usain JAM
MR 19.59
2 MERRITT, Lashawn USA
20.41
3 MARTINA, Churandy AHO
20.76
4 CRAWFORD, Shawn USA
20.80
5 CHRISTIAN, Brendan ANT
20.85
6 LEMAÎTRE, Christophe FRA
21.01
7 BUCKLAND, Stéphan MRI
21.30
ANDERSON, Marvin JAM
DNF
wind -0.9
Bolt crushed the field! People were expecting Merritt to go under 20.00 in good conditions.
The WR must be in trouble soon. PJ says it was pissing rain and the average time for the field was .5 off
Crawford is 1.1 sec off trials time but that may not be a fair comparison as he may still be fried as Bolt cruised in his trials
Was Bolt’s current run about a 19.40 with 0 wind?
Maybe according to your tables but as far as I’m concerned, if he keeps running like this, the WR will go on a decent day.
yep, and he keeps saying hes not in great shape :rolleyes:
Horrid conditions, i’m glad i cancelled my tickets for Lausanne yesterday. No video available yet, but you can get an idea of the rain on these pics
http://www.daylife.com/search?q=Usain+Bolt
Bolt is running in 10 days time in Paris. Watch for a crazy time at 100m, even if it’s not the fastest track (record by Powell 9.85)
Look at the conditions visible in the first photo top left!! Look how far Crawford is behind on the corner!
http://www.daylife.com/photo/00xL56hdALao7?q=Usain+Bolt
See why the field ran about 0.5 slower than their current level? At the end of the bend, Bolt checked twice on his left but obviously didn’t saw Merritt, so he just let it go in the homestretch…
That looks nasty, reminds me of Seattle.
I just talked to a coach friend who was at the meet. Apparently the air temp was warm but then a storm came through and the rain itself was very cold and reduced the air temp to what she thought was about 18C. Some of the early events were held in dry conditions, others like the second (A-heat) of the women’s 100 hurdles on a wet track but it wasn’t raining any more. Then there was Bolt who copped the worst of it. What a run, intrinsically perhaps the best ever? It would not have been easy warming up or staying warm in such conditions and being pelted by the strength of downpour, visible in the picture link PJ highlighted, must have been distracting at best.
History in the makin y’all. Our boy is doin it and doin it big. He’s about gettin bidness done!!!
Tell me how many brothers run a 19.6 in piss rain??? Hahahhh.
Wow… simply amazing.
You thinkin what I’m thinkin? Sub 19 soon if he stays in one piece?
I didn’t think it was possible to go sub-19. But after seeing that run, in those conditions - why not?
After Beijing, I was thinking, “He should have run hard through the line in the 100m, because he may not be in this kind of shape again under these conditions (or, he will get hurt, or start a singing career, etc.)”. But, it looks like he has more than enough left in the tank to keep bringing these times down. Just don’t let him drive fast cars.
You thinkin what I’m thinkin? Sub 19 soon if he stays in one piece?
I have been waiting patiently for his first sub 19 for more then 4 yrs now, so yep I would like to sign up first 
He can go sub 19 and it is just a matter of time.
Anyone know how fast the berlin track is? lol
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?