Yeah the 100m world record the most notorious record proberly in any sport, everytime its broken its a landmark in history whereno man has been befor. Just seeing a world record can lift you, excite you, maybe even imspire.
But what are the mosts shocking 100m world record runs, most unexspected, most impact, THE GREATEST.
Asafa Powells 9.77sec is the fastest out of all of the 100m world records, but its not the greatest. It terms of when it was ran, where it was ran, the comptition, occasion.
If i had to pick one moment in time, one race, that i saw, experienced live.
I will never forget Tim Montgommerrys 9.78sec. MOST SHOCKING
I can recall it like it was yesterday. Ive only seen 1996 atlanta Donovan Bailey, 1991 world champs Carl Lewis live. (I was very young at can’t really remember but i was watching.
Tim Montgomerry’s World Record
I was just standing by the fire, drinking coffee. The world record did’nt even step into my mind, not that day, nore that season. I was’nt even nervous, like befor the 2004 olympic final i was pacing up and down like Maurice Greene (stressfull times). I was just chatting to my dad, about Dwain Chambers, sipping coffee.
My dad got up, and walked into the back kitchen, he was’nt really bothered about this race ethier.
The race started, i was still sipping my coffee watching the screene. Suddenly at 40meters, i stopped sipping my coffee. I just watched the race, with no thoughts in my mind.
Montgomery crossed the line, 9.78sec, all i could hear was the commontator saying NINE, POINT, SEVEN, EIGHT, repeating it, OH MY WORD.
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It totaly caught me off gaurd, it was shock to the system.
“****ING HELL THE WORLD RECORDS GONE” “THE WORLD RECORDS GONE” i shouted, i neally dropped my mug of coffee.
My dad came running well aleast his kenyan old legs tried, big fat man.
Then i was ****ed up in the head for awhile, and ive still got it on tape, something made me tape that race.
GREATEST WORLD RECORD.
Between
Carl Lewis 1991
Donovan Bailey 1996
Ben Johnson 1988= the impact, i heard over 1billion people watch this race, its proberly one of few track performances that transendered the sport.