Athletics

awaybreaktoday · 15 Aug 2016 at 02:25

He going to run it hard....

Craig1981 · 15 Aug 2016 at 02:27

And he's done it!

Pigeon_Killer · 15 Aug 2016 at 02:27

Awful start but he's got the pace and he's fit enough to do something special in the 200 :cool:

muon · 15 Aug 2016 at 02:27

Gatlin kicking himself. 9.80

robfosters · 15 Aug 2016 at 02:28

He even gave Gatlin a head start lol!

Trusty · 15 Aug 2016 at 02:28

That top speed is sickening

Craig1981 · 15 Aug 2016 at 02:29

Haha! Getting his photo taken with the mascot

Artery · 15 Aug 2016 at 02:29

Guess we can all go to bed now.

awaybreaktoday · 15 Aug 2016 at 02:30

he had a very bad start

Trusty · 15 Aug 2016 at 02:31

It's always the same though, he's never leading in the 1st 50m, it's his top speed in the 2nd 50 which is immense

Craig1981 · 15 Aug 2016 at 02:31

Artery said:
Guess we can all go to bed now.

You know it mate!

Goodnight all!

robfosters · 15 Aug 2016 at 02:32

He is without doubt the coolest man on the planet IMO :cool:

Pigeon_Killer · 15 Aug 2016 at 02:35

Wonder what sort of damage he could do in the long jump? He's got the pace and the build to jump big.

Superficial · 15 Aug 2016 at 02:36

Gatlin is 34 and came a good second - why at 29 is bolt not planning on another Olympics?

He's young really.

muon · 15 Aug 2016 at 02:37

Superficial said:
Gatlin is 34 and came a good second - why at 29 is bolt not planning on another Olympics?

He's young really.

Keep yourself fit and sharp for another 4 years?

I can see why he'd stop now.

awaybreaktoday · 15 Aug 2016 at 02:38

Superficial said:
Gatlin is 34 and came a good second - why at 29 is bolt not planning on another Olympics?

He's young really.

Go out on top, plus injuries are more regular...

Merlin5 · 15 Aug 2016 at 02:41

Thing is, Bolt created a world record of 9.58 in 2009, then a new olympic record of 9.63 in 2012, but just now, no new record and 9.80. So he's well past his best and 4 years from now, who knows. This way, he goes out on a high, unbeaten.

Pigeon_Killer · 15 Aug 2016 at 02:42

The track, weather and altitude all make a huge difference and this isn't considered to be a fast track.

muon · 15 Aug 2016 at 02:43

Merlin5 said:
Thing is, Bolt created a world record of 9.58 in 2009, then a new olympic record of 9.63 in 2012, but just now, no new record and 9.80. So he's well past his best and 4 years from now, who knows. This way, he goes out on a high, unbeaten.

Well he had a bad start and we saw him relax at the end.

I still think he is a 9.6s sprinter.

ps3ud0 · 15 Aug 2016 at 02:46

Love to see him move fully to 200m and 400m - probably be less strenuous on him at his age and his starts would matter less...

ps3ud0 :cool: