Gatlin breaks 100m World Record

TheMightyTen · 12 May 2006 at 21:46

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/4760201.stm

He's clocked 9.76. I'm chuffed for him, he's been threatening to do this for some time, head and shoulders the best sprinter for many years, and a nice bloke as well.

Will be interesting to see Powell front up to him at Gateshead in June.

Malkie · 12 May 2006 at 21:58

Crazy fast.

Wonder how much lower it can physically go?

bigmouse64 · 12 May 2006 at 22:29

It's scary how fast this dude is:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qBbpcP4sC6E&search=gatlin

mysticsniper · 12 May 2006 at 22:43

Fair play to the chap, its a great feat when anyone breaks a world record

dabotsonline · 13 May 2006 at 02:11

The fights between Gatlin and Powell to lower the WR should be interesting, particularly their upcoming head-to-head at Gateshead.

MR_Punk · 13 May 2006 at 08:10

I only read that a couple of days ago he was planning to do it - this guy can spring! Zoooooooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmm

+44

Big Chris · 13 May 2006 at 09:02

Just out of interest, how do they time sprinters to a 1000th of a second? It's been years since I watched any athletics, I assume they have an automatic starting gun/sound/thing linked with a timer?

WushuMaster · 13 May 2006 at 09:35

What kinda mph do these guys hit just out of interest?

Violent-J · 13 May 2006 at 09:49

Just over 30mph.

TheMightyTen · 13 May 2006 at 10:47

Big Chris said:
Just out of interest, how do they time sprinters to a 1000th of a second? It's been years since I watched any athletics, I assume they have an automatic starting gun/sound/thing linked with a timer?

The trigger action of the gun activates the timing camera, all times are actually measured as the frames in a camera shot rather than from a physical clock. Thats how you can have two sprinters being given the same time but one being declared the winner because the disctreteness of the timing frame can only be called accurate to x.xx. They are experimenting around the world with greater degrees of accuarcy at the moment.

Spamalot · 13 May 2006 at 12:11

Violent-J said:
Just over 30mph.

WOW!

Depth · 13 May 2006 at 13:18

100m sprinters are very impressive athletes, a lot of them can squat serious weight as well.

Spamalot · 13 May 2006 at 13:31

Depth said:
100m sprinters are very impressive athletes, a lot of them can squat serious weight as well.

Well you would hope so with legs that big!

WushuMaster · 13 May 2006 at 14:36

Spamalot said:
WOW!

What he said...

Big Kev · 13 May 2006 at 15:05

I can see Gatlin and Powell lowering the record a couple of times this year, hopefully at Gateshead, but I doubt the conditions will be good enough.

dannyjo22 · 13 May 2006 at 15:13

Does anyone actually believe they do this unaided? I'm sorry but I don't for one minute.

axe · 13 May 2006 at 15:17

dannyjo22 said:
Does anyone actually believe they do this unaided? I'm sorry but I don't for one minute.

i believe as i dont see them on a moped? and they have drug tests

Sem · 13 May 2006 at 16:00

they probably use drugs to help get their bodies into shape then stop a few months before an event so it get out their system

also there are probably undetectable drugs out there

dannyjo22 · 13 May 2006 at 16:01

I just think they have better drugs and ways of getting around the tests.

TheMightyTen · 13 May 2006 at 16:07

dannyjo22 said:
Does anyone actually believe they do this unaided? I'm sorry but I don't for one minute.

It's becoming very, very hard for the top 'Big name' athletes to cheat now as they are tested more than other athletes. Most drug cheating seems to go on in the fringe performers.

Gatlin has been very open since his postive when he was junior (subsequently found to be false, he had been on a drug since early childhood for the treatment of attention deficit disorder). He's very much seen as a role model in the states and does a lot of anti-dug work.