Yes, a one off 9.8, but a 9.8 on the fourth attempt!
What does he need to do? Go faster in training to be able to spend less energy by going slower at 10.00 in the preliminary rounds?
Or does he need to increase his volume/speed endurance to cater to the 4 rounds, even at a reduced speed in the preliminaries?
We’ve been discussing this at length on the Powell or Gay thread. Check there.
Yes you’re right. I think I was looking at the photo as he was crossing the line, and a head on shot which made his arm look perhaps more extended than it was.
Check Campbell’s extension!!
I would agree he looks very nice when running at his best. He doesn’t extend however, but I am not really sure how necessary this is. My friend was doing a phD on sprint technique and he said that the extra force generated through full extension does not give enough benefit to negate the extra time taken to reach that extension. Thoughts?? It would seem from a simple observational standpoint that some sprinters run well with the full extension and others run well without that. I remember Tom Tellez saying the leg should at no point in the stride cycle be straight. I guess each athlete is different, and therefore respond better to different training methods and technical cues??
Well they appear larger than Atkins’ glutes, and that’s no mean feat!!
Extension is in large part a reflexion of strength to weight and you are always more likely to see full extension from shorter vs taller sprinters. It is not something to deliberately exaggerate or cut off either.
Why are you more likely to see it in the shorter sprinters? Just simply because their levers are shorter and therefore can extend in a shorter time period?
I would say its easier to get extension just because the limbs are shorter??? like short guys have an easier time bench pressing than a 6ft6 guy
That would be my guess too, especially when there is a temporal element involved
Strength to weight plays a role too
The stronger you are the greater the extension??
When you apply force and don’t limit extention deliberately, extention will be a reflexion of S-to-W, which, based on the law of scale, favours smaller athletes. Limb length tends to even things out for the taller athletes. If this were NOT true, the taller athletes would win every time.
CAn anyone get there hands on vid of the womens 100m hurdle semis? :o
Much thanks in advance!
the gold medallist 20km walker
