usain 9.77

[Track_man]

@robin1

I didn’t mean to say that he strains whenever he runs a world record, it just seems to happen sometimes when he really wants to run a fast time. This was clearly the case in the Beijing 200m and in Ostrava where a $100,000 WR bonus was on offer. He clearly wasn’t going for the record in the Bejing 100m final.

In 2005, Asafa had run a couple of 9.8s before Paris, so he really wanted to break the WR there. He did it, but this race is the only one outside World and Olympic finals where I’ve seen him strain.

In any case, I don’t think that the facial straining caused Usain to tighten up in Ostrava. His final 40m must have been one of if not the fastest ever run. All he needed in this race to go under 9.7 again was a good reaction time at the start.

So are we gonna get some splits