Just had a look at the video - hard to work out from that what shape Gatlin is in. He does look as lean, fit and as smooth as he did at his best.
Which reminded me - had a quick look at Justin Gatlin circa 2004/2005 on a few Youtube videos. The bloke was a super runner in his day, practically unbeatable for a while, smashing most fields much like Bolt does now. How soon we forget!
I doubt he’ll match Bolt and maybe Gay but if he can get back to his best, he could certainly challenge for a place on the podium at one of the Diamond League meets.
I wonder if it was hand timed or electronic, either way I wish I could get some of my athletes(football players to see what all of you guys are saying) to really see that a 40yd dash is not a true test of speed.
From what I hear I wouldn’t expect much more than 10.2-10.1. He’s not very disciplined. Regardless I wish him well as rightly or wrongly he will bring a spark (much like Chambers did) even if it’s short lived.
Yeah, just follow him on twitter, he always talking about hanging here going to the club all kind of bullshit. Gotta live life but I would have thought he would be doing less of that.
Anyone can type all types of bullsht on Twitter…it makes the competition think you’ve gone soft. I wish Gatlin the best on his return. As for the Maserati…he should have gone for the Granturismo!
If we go by what we could see on the video (and that’s all I have seen of him recently), I reckon he must be dreaming of running sub-10 any time soon (or ever). In Chambers’ eyes you could see true determination. Preparation and hard work seem to be paying off. Chambers is not philosophising about being a boy etc. He pulled his head in and is doing what he is supposed to be doing. If Gatlin’s training partner is a step ahead of him in training (I do not even know who he is), I am surprised of hearing Gatlin talk about how he is thinking of being a competitive runner and in the bunch with the rest. Talking about his pinkie and $hit!?! Is this guy for real?
What were Chambers’ times when he started running again? 10.2-10.4, right? That was about 3-4 yrs. ago! I took him a bit to get to sub-10, don’t you think? I reckon Gatlin will need to settle for that.
