Rank Athlete NOC Result React.time
1 POWELL, Asafa JAM 9.77 0.148
2 GAY, Tyson USA 9.84 0.152
3 SCOTT, Leonard USA 9.97 0.126
4 BRUNSON, Marcus USA 9.99 0.197
5 CRAWFORD, Shawn USA 10.08 0.165
6 FRATER, Michael JAM 10.16 0.138
7 FASUBA, Olusoji A. NGR 10.17 0.140
8 OBIKWELU, Francis POR 10.26 0.176
He’s making the claim now. Still needs a major title. A look at Obekwelu shows you the need for recovery. With faster conditions than at the ECs, he’s still trashed. takes 10 days and he didn’t have it.
When conditions are there and the athletes are ready- as many are due to the EC break, times will tell- you can see that those who are off the boil can’t benefit. Also check the 200 results- well off, so I assume the wind was swirling
On second look at that, powell could not shake gay from 60m onwards, infact gay gained on him. If he improves his start and accel he could be a monster…
That’s the rub. A faster start takes more energy (energy envelope) and a faster start by Gay may result in losses at the end. To catch up, he needs more in his energy envelope- and that affects the race everywhere. I’m pretty sure if Asafa went out easier, he’s have a devastating finish too- but he wouldn’t record the same ultimate time.
Obikwelu won Euros & Fasuba won Afros. They finished last and second-last respectively - and Fasuba had to travel again from Mauritius, so those two guys were going to be up against it for reasons CF points out.