The WR bonus was $100,000.
Get some splits on this 100? Slower start/accel. = faster top speed for bolt perhaps?
Apart from Bolt’s start a very impressive run.
2 PICKERING, Craig GBR
10.08
Is this his new PB?
It would be if if wasn’t for the 2.1 m/s tailwind. His PB is 10.14
his does seem like he is using his arms a lot more
0.31 winning margin - its getting larger!
And for this time of the year, FAST
.31 winning margin is less significant when no one in the top 10 (or even 15?) in the world from the year before is in your race and the best season best is in the 10.1s.
Definitely not the model for relaxation over the better part of the last half of the race (based upon facial expression)
Not something I recall seeing from him during many races.
Something wasn’t quite right. He had a bigger squint in his face as well. Looks to be on his way. A few more decent races before his best yet…
That’s how he looks like when he’s going for a WR (see Beijing 200m). The same happened with Asafa when he ran his first WR in Paris.
I think he panic after he stumbled. He came up quick with a short drive phase. I bet he hasnt practiced relaxation after a stumble. Same thing happened to dix a few weeks ago when he stumbled. By the end of the race he looked bad.
Boy! Are we getting fussy! Check the film again.
The guy got left at the start, when normally he’d be well in front, and then devastated the field with 9.77, just over the limit. I have no doubt he would have gone well in the 9.60s with his normal start. Better stay tuned for what’s coming!
whens jamaican nationals?
next week, wonder how Asafa is doing?
canada, US, jamaican nationals all next week, should be good.
and same, he’s been hiding after his couple of losses.
the exception, of course, being the sideways celebration the last 20m of the 9.69 performance.
also remember the 9.72 at the 2007 Reebok Grand Prix prior to Beijing. While the video I have isn’t that clear it doesn’t appear as if he’s straining to the degree we clearly see in this recent performance.
while he’s more than fast enough to strain and still beat the best in the world, including world records, I think it’s safe to affirm what we already know, regardless of the sprinter, in stating that he’ll run even faster when he’s not ‘trying’ so hard.
It almost seems perfect for a major stimulus before a taper leading to nationals.
That’ll do it!
usain tapers for nationals? 
depends on what he has lined up I guess but Jam might be a good place to go for a record with sufficient time to prepare for WCs
So much depends on heats, what he and Mills decide he needs, etc. I would just keep the training so that the possibility isn’t ruled out