The reason I wrote this is b/c that year there were so many surprises.
Freak Bench Pressing incident close to the games
Easy 80m sprint but tying his PB at that distance hand timed.
crazy 200m times in practice also close to the games hand timed.
Huge jump in performance at least to 80m (splits) Seoul vs. Rome
Ben could care less about the 200M and there was no prestige and certainly no money (huge Pay cut in fact).
Just wondering if he would gave it a go what he would do lol
I wanted no part of the 400m but one day in practice I ran a super super easy 200m at 22.0 sec. and felt like running all the way to 400m it was so easy. I told the coach and I also said to him that the only reason I didn’t is bc I would have probably done it for nothing bc he would have more than likely stopped the clock. Lost the moment. What might have been lol
And who could forget Bolt in 2008 (pre WR 5/31) who for years now wanted to race the 100m so badly (DESIRE) and finally had his chance.
Slow R/T to a Fast gun…eating up ground to about the 65M or so…easing in for a safe landing at 9.92.
I can’t find Michael Johnson’s 1st round 200M in 19.89 at the 2000 OLY Trials where he was challenged to about the 190 mark or so by Capel.
Anyone?
I have it on tape somewhere in the closet but I don’t want to look for it just yet.
Here is Carl Lewis-
CARL LEWIS 30 FEET IN LONG JUMP? (1982)
Remember when one of the SF Races where almost everybody in the race at the 300m mark was tied. I need to find that race next. My VCR missed it back in the day.
Easier accel leads to Ben’s Incredible 10m split later in the race .81?
Charlie mentioned that had he gone out faster that he would not have had that VMax 10m split.
Men’s 100m CG Victoria 1994
Linford Christie winning in 9.91 1.9w for his 2nd sub 10 of the day…ran a 9.98 1.7/8w in his heat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBQOjFx_puk
A young Ato Boldon is in Lane 2.
MJ destroying the field which included CA HS Phenom Henry Thomas in lane 1 who doesn’t looked to warmed-up at all. These ain’t HS or college kids you’re racing anymore. He was right next to the gun and had the best R/T to it by far.
Track & Field Cal v UCLA, 1986 (4x100)
UCLA - Mike Marsh, Danny Everett, Mike Powell, Henry Thomas
CAL - Rod Jett, Scott Gonsolin, Peter Howard, Atlee Mahorn (CAN) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW8jm1SOlcc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Ms9EffijQ
Calvin Smith win 200m in Meeting Seville 1989 20.45
Here is another race with Henry Thomas in it.
Look at the limited Arm Action/ROM of sub 44 sec. 400m man Danny Everett compared to former WR Holder 100M Alt -Calvin Smith.
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