Bolt 9.58!!!!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/4044936/Usain-Bolt-targets-9.58secs-in-100m.html

The first half of the prediction is complete- now we wait!!

http://berlin.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/30/83/20090817081546_httppostedfile_wch09_m100_final_13529.pdf

Bolt’s 0-60m split was 6.31!

I would normally expect a split time under that to yield a 9.58

Me too, awesome cars. I have an Audi A3
1800cc Turbo, 150bhp, quite fast, may just beat Bolt over 100m! :wink:

What do you drive Charlie?

Ive put together these splits to compare Beijing to Berlin.

Beijing ______ Berlin
RT .165 _____ .146
20 2.87 (2.71) 2.89 (2.74)
40 4.65 (4.49) 4.64 (4.49)
60 6.32 (6.16) 6.31 (6.16)
80 7.96 (7.80) 7.92 (7.77)
100 9.69 (9.53) 9.58 (9.43)

did wind (0 in bejing) affect his better second half in Berlin than in China?

I drive a Panzer!

//youtu.be/Enicfuelenw

Mo Green, D. Bailey, MJ, Colin Jackson

Does anyone have a biomechanical answer to why all the MVP athletes place their feet high on the block pads? Does it have something to do with CoG, shin angles, departure angle etc. When you compare to Bolt and Gay, who have their feet right at the bottom of the plate, and in contact with the track, its obviously quite different from the conventional. I also believe i have seen Padgett and Dix use this starting method also.

Cheers

http://berlin.iaaf.org/mm/document/development/research/05/31/54/20090817073528_httppostedfile_analysis100mmenfinal_bolt_13666.pdf

Not sure if this has been posted else where. If PJ is around:
What is happening on the graph around 45-50m the amplitude seems to flatten right off here. Is there a mechanical explanation for this?

Cheers

lol a tank

Wow, Mo Green looks a little older now… Uaa, I don’t want to get old.

I think he looks the same with a bit more fat.

could be due to breathing patterns- more force on exhalation and less on inspiration.

Possibly, but why would that reduce in air decelleration?

I couldn’t tell if you were being sarcastic, but wouldn’t that split put him on the same pace as Beijing. I mean when you account for wind and the shut down of course. (I know, I know)

But just for the fun of it, this 9.58 is about 9.62 with no wind. Based off what i’ve seen from the splits Bolt looked to be on his way to a 9.63 last year in Beijing. This 6.31 combined with the fact that he didn’t shut down, and had an aiding wind does seem to add up. Or am I missing something.

Split time under, as in, faster than 6.31. Since he ran a slower 60 in Beijing (while having a much faster 30), I think it shows that he did have to have significant improvements, no just in finishing the race, but in top speed as well.

Not really biomechanical but the higher the feet are placed the more weight transferred to the hands. Do what that JB said and you must stay down for longer.

PS I never heard of JB until a week or so ago.

But then again

Does anyone know the temperature during the World Record 100m run by Bolt in Berlin?