21st August @ Joensuu Elite Games, Finland… as stated above.
Gatlin runs 10.28 in Finland for 3rd win of return
edit. Mullings didn’t run because of injury in Zürich Diamond League. Gatlins 10.28 (-2.0) is not too bad, he can obviously run under 10.10 if there’s tailwind and more serious competition.
Trusting to JRM, that’s about 10.05 with a +2.0m/s.
What’s with Seagrave and all this “technique work”? The only result of it I see is 9.7 guys going 10.2.
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Ha! The truth always comes out.
If he had more races he’d run under 10s with a tailwind. That’s not bad going.
I remember reading a quote with Seagrave saying Gatlin is “galloping” once he hits 50 metres. Yet his first 50 metres have been pretty piss poor so far, and the only time he surges, he looks like long stridin’ Gatlin of old from about 50 metres onward. If I coached a guy that galloped to 9.7x and an Olympic title, I mightlet him gallop 'til the cows came home.
Does he have the strength/power to run like he used to? For a whole heap of reasons, he is a different athlete to the one that was a 9.8 guy.
I’m not a coach, nor do I have the experience like many if you coaches on here, but seriously, is it THAT drastic to go from a 9.8 guy to a low 10.1??
With all due respect, give me your “heap of reasons” why he (or any other athlete) can’t run a mere 9.9-9.8 when he’s already at 10.1.
Here’s why:
1 from 9.50-9.59
2 from 9.60-9.69
16 from 9.70-9.79
86 from 9.80-9.89
358 from 9.90-9.99
1301 from 10.00-10.09
With the exception of the 16-2-1 at the top, there become roughly 4x fewer performances every time you get a 1/10th faster. Gatlin has run 10.1, which has been done 5000-10000 times, based on the above pattern. Running 9.9 has been done 358 times - obviously it is much more difficult to do.
Are the above stats accurate? BTW there is a huge difference between 10.1 and 9.7 - probably as much of a difference as going from 11.0 to 10.1.
ahh, I see, that’s a nice break down for me. I can understand now.
They are accurate as of today, yes. For clarification, that is the number of times that time has been run, NOT the number of people who have done it.
Where did you get the stats from?
Peter Larsson AKA Pela’s All Time Athletics.