I disagree, X-Man. Carl Lewis had his own tactics that would have appeared disrespectful to some of his rivals… But that is OK. It’s in the heat of competition. As long as someone is not literally spitting in your face… I don’t see anything wrong with it.
fellow members, i understand we will not agree on the matter but from what i seen before and after bolts DQ i felt delighted for him. he clearly false started, he was soo cocky before the race it was funny to see his reaction after the DQ. as you all know im not a bolt fan but we are all entitled to our opinions here once the language and respect is withheld between our site.
who ever thought this would happen eh!?
Im gonna have to agree with rainey here. Bolt mocks people. WTF. He has been doing that shit for years. He aint bothering anyone unless they look. Some people wanna look serious at the line. Bolt likes to joke around. obviously that calms his nerves. Then you say your happy? wtf so you dont think he put alot of hard work in? so he deserves to false start? really. When everyone else start to act like bolt at the line did you hate them also. Asafa did it you hate him? yohon does it you hate him? bailey does it you hate him. Really this is some bull. Even chambers got fucked in the semi. You happy he dqed too? what about in the womens 400. Happy to see her go. That was some real hate there x. Did bolt do something to you?
MY boy was at the last olympics. He told me dix talked so much shit to bolt which is one reason he showed out. You dont know what goes on behind the scenes but to say your happy he fs is a shame
chris, everyone is entitled to their personnal opinion. i gave my honest opinion so what…dont shoot me for saying something that no-one agrees with. did you see him congratulate blake his training partner straight after the race? OR shake hands with his rivals after the race? where is the respect to his rivals?
MY boy was at the last olympics. He told me dix talked so much shit to bolt which is one reason he showed out. You dont know what goes on behind the scenes but to say your happy he fs is a shame[/QUOTE]
naw i didnt watch what happened after, but shit dont really know whats going through his mind. but i have never heard bolt do an interview were he disrespected any rival. all he really does is clown around on the track. He doesnt even act arrogant. i respect your opinion but i just wanted to know why u hate him so much? Did u always dislike him?
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/28082011/2/athletics-mighty-bolt-laid-low-rivals-conflicted.html
sorry guys if i was honest and i apoligise if i upset any of you by my comments which i still feel strong about but this is sport and no matter who you are you will always have envys and enemys!
ok this article showed that he was angry…i expect that. But you still havent explained why you dislike him so much?
Am I the only one that thinks something is up? That false start wasn’t even close. And his reaction looks a little too “prepared”.
This from a guy who obliterated the field in the first 20m in the first heat. He doesn’t need a great start for the semi, let alone the final. He ran too well. Too easily in the previous heat to go out like this on a blatant false start.
Well what i really think i cant talk about on the site. I only have one question…do people who false start get tested? But u are right. I have never seen bolt fs. But at the same time He knows what yohan can do first person. Also maybe this is a way to get that dumb ass fs rule changed. WHo knows
strong this. This rule is bullsh*t. As a fan I look for seeing fast races, such as the 9.58 race in 2009. Not interested in seeing “karma” and then 7/8 guys run over 10.00
Regardless, bolt would have won in a low 9.8x maybe 9.78-9.79. He clearly wasnt in the same semi final shape as seen before.
I’m ashamed to say that the thought did occur to me but I’m sure Bolt would not do that. What does he have to gain from it?
#2…bolt can run down any human on the planet and why was he looking for a flyer? his starts have been brilliant during the rounds and he was and still is unbeatable. everyone knows they are running for silver/bronze once bolt is in the field but you are exactly right with your above statement but people here never see the bigger picture.
could you please elaborate more #2!
I did notice this right away actually… fully forgot to mention. My first thought was that looks like someone who’s INTENTIONALLY false starting. That was definitely a clear anticipation. Are people tested if DQed? But then again what about the 200? and what if he made the gun barely and was into the race, would his plan be to pull up injured?
Just things to think about… any thoughts?
just watched it over again… wow this looks like he absolutely WANTED to be DQed. like it wasnt even close to the gun…
We can only speculate. He is far too polished a sprinter to do something like this. Remember in 1988 when they called Ben for a false start in the semis? It wasn’t actually a false start, but a great reaction. In the next start, Ben held back and then caught everyone mid-race and blew by them. Bolt’s situation is far different. He could have done the same thing – held back in the blocks and still have qualified easily.
My thought is that he didn’t want to run that race. Why? Who knows. Perhaps there is so much pressure for him to produce World Record performances, he’d rather wait until 2012. But, as everyone has commented, he was a run away favourite to win. Maybe he didn’t want to win like that (with Powell and Gay out). Then, there are the sinister scenarios that we won’t discuss.
But it certainly has tarnished the marquee event at the WC’s.
ya this seems like the most likely scenario. It probably went like this in this head:
False start/DQed and not have to run and produce a subpar performance
or
Get a very unlikely flyers and pull off a good time due to that
I just watched it again and there is no way that was intentional. In my opinion, he was trying to anticipate the gun… He was that anxious.
What about two FS in 400m women race? And it’s just semis. I think Bolt wanted to focused on acceleration part a lot and it just happened…
Am I the only one who thinks he is using a new technique. The only time he hits triple extension is in deceleration.