Usain Bolt annihilates the World Record, runs 9.58 second 100 meter

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lustindarkness

#15
August 17, 2009, 11:53:25 AM
I saw it on TV by chance, I was impressed, steroids or not, that was amazing.
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BuddhaRhubarb

#16
August 17, 2009, 12:03:19 PM
Quote from: Viking on August 17, 2009, 11:51:50 AM
Ben Johnson ran 9.79 in Seoul
Usain Bolt ran 9.58 in Berlin

I just wonder what it is that has been improved in the last 20 years apart from the Drug Testing.



Actually I'm pretty sure that training methods have improved just as much or moreso than steroids that are easy to hide from behind the curve testers at events. Hyperbaric chambers, new kinds of shoes, gear etc are also way improved, I'd imagine. Lots of reasons that records keep falling, aside from the obvious steroid use by all the runners
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Savonarola

#17
August 17, 2009, 12:05:21 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on August 17, 2009, 11:21:16 AM
yawn.... when a Canadian ran that fast everyone cried foul. lame. i am growing to hate all sports.

He wasn't Candian by the end of it.  IIRC the Canuck headlines went something like:

CANADIAN BEN JOHNSON FASTEST MAN IN WORLD!

STEROID USE SUSPECTED FOR JAMAICAN-BORN CANADIAN RUNNER BEN JOHNSON

JAMAICAN RUNNER BEN JOHNSON STRIPPED OF HIS MEDAL

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BuddhaRhubarb

#18
August 17, 2009, 12:07:10 PM
Quote from: Savonarola on August 17, 2009, 12:05:21 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on August 17, 2009, 11:21:16 AM
yawn.... when a Canadian ran that fast everyone cried foul. lame. i am growing to hate all sports.

He wasn't Candian by the end of it.  IIRC the Canuck headlines went something like:

CANADIAN BEN JOHNSON FASTEST MAN IN WORLD!

STEROID USE SUSPECTED FOR JAMAICAN-BORN CANADIAN RUNNER BEN JOHNSON

JAMAICAN RUNNER BEN JOHNSON STRIPPED OF HIS MEDAL

;)

Not in Canada... it was always mentioned that he was Jamaican born... but we held onto the Canadian angle after he was narc'd out by Asshole Lewis.
:p

Malthus

#19
August 17, 2009, 12:32:33 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on August 17, 2009, 11:53:25 AM
I saw it on TV by chance, I was impressed, steroids or not, that was amazing.

How exciting can it be to watch a race that is decided by tenths of a second? I mean, visually how different can a 9.58 be from a 9.82? 
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Fate

#20
August 17, 2009, 12:37:14 PM
Quote from: Malthus on August 17, 2009, 12:32:33 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on August 17, 2009, 11:53:25 AM
I saw it on TV by chance, I was impressed, steroids or not, that was amazing.

How exciting can it be to watch a race that is decided by tenths of a second? I mean, visually how different can a 9.58 be from a 9.82?
You'd figure that would add to the excitement. The race's outcome is indeterminate up until the very end.

jimmy olsen

#21
August 17, 2009, 12:37:41 PM
Quote from: Malthus on August 17, 2009, 12:32:33 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on August 17, 2009, 11:53:25 AM
I saw it on TV by chance, I was impressed, steroids or not, that was amazing.

How exciting can it be to watch a race that is decided by tenths of a second? I mean, visually how different can a 9.58 be from a 9.82?
Gay was in second place with a 9.71, the third fastest time ever run and he was two strides behind Bolt. It was very impressive.
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lustindarkness

#22
August 17, 2009, 12:47:21 PM
Quote from: Malthus on August 17, 2009, 12:32:33 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on August 17, 2009, 11:53:25 AM
I saw it on TV by chance, I was impressed, steroids or not, that was amazing.

How exciting can it be to watch a race that is decided by tenths of a second? I mean, visually how different can a 9.58 be from a 9.82? 
You had to see it. He was quite a bit ahead.
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Liep

#23
August 17, 2009, 03:11:20 PM
So did he seem like he actually tried to set a record this time? I remember the Olympics where he strolled victoriously the last 20m.
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jimmy olsen

#24
August 17, 2009, 03:52:08 PM
Quote from: Liep on August 17, 2009, 03:11:20 PM
So did he seem like he actually tried to set a record this time? I remember the Olympics where he strolled victoriously the last 20m.
He ran hard the whole way this time, though he did move his head a little to the side towards the end looking for Gay.
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#25
August 17, 2009, 04:00:44 PM
*yawn*  I swear, after every event in the Olympics you hear how  :w00t: :yeah: NEW WORLD RECORD!!!111  It just doesn't have much of a sense of awe behind it to me anymore.
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#26
August 17, 2009, 04:17:39 PM
Quote from: Liep on August 17, 2009, 03:11:20 PM
So did he seem like he actually tried to set a record this time? I remember the Olympics where he strolled victoriously the last 20m.
Yeah, when he was on Top Gear they pointed this out to him then asked what he'd have done if he hadn't done that...I still don't think this was it.
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Admiral Yi

#27
August 17, 2009, 06:04:35 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on August 17, 2009, 12:07:10 PM
Not in Canada... it was always mentioned that he was Jamaican born... but we held onto the Canadian angle after he was narc'd out by Asshole Lewis.
Johnson's eyes were as red as tomatoes.  It was so obvious he was juicing the other athletes figured the fix must be in.

BuddhaRhubarb

#28
August 17, 2009, 09:21:59 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 17, 2009, 06:04:35 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on August 17, 2009, 12:07:10 PM
Not in Canada... it was always mentioned that he was Jamaican born... but we held onto the Canadian angle after he was narc'd out by Asshole Lewis.
Johnson's eyes were as red as tomatoes.  It was so obvious he was juicing the other athletes figured the fix must be in.

That was just all the coke. all the athletes in the 80's were coked outta their minds. Lewis was just too stupid to buy eyedrops.
:p

Liep

#29
August 20, 2009, 02:14:01 PM
Big news. Bolt sets new WC in the 200m.
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