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Post by JKLever Sun 16 Aug 2009, 20:55

9.58

Quite quick that lad....
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Post by Chivalry Augustus Sun 16 Aug 2009, 21:39

He seems to slow up so he can keep breaking the record, that's the amazing thing. Fair play to him - defies the textbook and is a great character. Amazing that Gay ran 9.71 which would win you just about every race ever before this one Very Happy. Even Asafa Powell was QUICK.

Whoosh!
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Post by JKLever Sun 16 Aug 2009, 21:53

And well done to Jessica Ennis too...

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Post by Lara Lara Laughs Sun 16 Aug 2009, 21:53

He's not human.
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Post by beamer Sun 16 Aug 2009, 22:00

Chivalry Augustus wrote:He seems to slow up so he can keep breaking the record, that's the amazing thing. Fair play to him - defies the textbook and is a great character. Amazing that Gay ran 9.71 which would win you just about every race ever before this one Very Happy. Even Asafa Powell was QUICK.

Whoosh!
9.71 would have comfortably been a world record a little over a year ago! Even Powell's time would have won gold in the vast majority of championships in recent years. These are the second and third fastest sprinters of all time and he's making them look ordinary...

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Post by G.Wood Mon 17 Aug 2009, 01:51

and his hero is Matt Hayden

Shows brains play little part in his talent
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Post by Bradman Mon 17 Aug 2009, 02:04

I'm beginning to doubt that talent plays any part in his talent.
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Post by Zat Mon 17 Aug 2009, 05:00

JKLever wrote:And well done to Jessica Ennis too...

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A girl with big balls...?

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Post by JGK Mon 17 Aug 2009, 05:01

And a long stick...

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Post by Zat Mon 17 Aug 2009, 05:04

She'd belong in eowyn's hermaphrodite thread then.

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Post by G.Wood Mon 17 Aug 2009, 05:10

Zat wrote:She'd belong in eowyn's hermaphrodite thread then.

She doesn't look very happy.

Doesn't bode well for eowyn's premise
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Post by Henry Mon 17 Aug 2009, 05:11

How fast can the human body go? There must surely be a limit as to the speed it can achieve. When the 10 second mark in the 100m was first broken about 30 years ago, people were saying that a human being can't go any faster than that. Now Bolt is almost down to 9 1/2 seconds.
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Post by Bradman Mon 17 Aug 2009, 05:14

Yeah the last time the record was lowered by that much was 1988. The wash-up wasn't pretty.
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Post by G.Wood Mon 17 Aug 2009, 05:17

Henry wrote:How fast can the human body go?

56 m/s
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Post by Henry Mon 17 Aug 2009, 05:21

You wonder how good Bolt could have been if he'd chosen cricket. His run up would have been something to behold, not to mention his speed between the wickets.
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Post by Zat Mon 17 Aug 2009, 05:24

G.Wood wrote:
Henry wrote:How fast can the human body go?

56 m/s
Much faster than that if dropped from sufficient height.

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Post by G.Wood Mon 17 Aug 2009, 05:28

Zat wrote:
G.Wood wrote:
Henry wrote:How fast can the human body go?

56 m/s
Much faster than that if dropped from sufficient height.


That's it apparently.
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Post by skully Mon 17 Aug 2009, 05:29

G.Wood wrote:
Henry wrote:How fast can the human body go?

56 m/s
Hehehe, terminal stuff that.
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Post by Bradman Mon 17 Aug 2009, 05:30

Speed of sound, though that's never been proven.
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Post by Henry Mon 17 Aug 2009, 05:35

The incredible thing about Bolt is that he never looks like he's trying too hard. It always appears as if he has a bit extra left in the tank.

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Post by Bradman Mon 17 Aug 2009, 05:43

He was certainly slowing down in Beiijing. Scary when you think about it.
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Post by Zat Mon 17 Aug 2009, 05:49

G.Wood wrote:
Zat wrote:
G.Wood wrote:
Henry wrote:How fast can the human body go?

56 m/s
Much faster than that if dropped from sufficient height.


That's it apparently.

Wiki says you can go faster, but you have to make the effort, not just fall.

Based on wind resistance, for example, the terminal velocity of a skydiver in a free-fall position with a semi-closed parachute is about 195 km/h (120 mph or 55 m/s). This velocity is the asymptotic limiting value of the acceleration process, since the effective forces on the body more and more closely balance each other as the terminal velocity is approached. In this example, a speed of 50% of terminal velocity is reached after only about 3 seconds, while it takes 8 seconds to reach 90%, 15 seconds to reach 99% and so on. Higher speeds can be attained if the skydiver pulls in his limbs (see also freeflying). In this case, the terminal velocity increases to about 320 km/h (200 mph or 90 m/s), which is also the terminal velocity of the peregrine falcon diving down on its prey.[3] And the same terminal velocity is reached for a typical 150 grain bullet travelling in the downward vertical direction — when it is returning to earth having been fired upwards, or perhaps just dropped from a tower — according to a 1920 U.S. Army Ordinance study.

Competition speed skydivers fly in the head down position reaching even higher speeds. The current world record is 614 mph (988 km/h) by Joseph Kittinger, set at high altitude where the lesser density of the atmosphere decreased drag.

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Post by Bradman Mon 17 Aug 2009, 05:54

That's what I was talking about. Some people think he actually broke the sound barrier. The USAF have never released the records.
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Post by The One Mon 17 Aug 2009, 06:30

does a person breaking the sound barrier hear the sonic boom?

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Post by Bradman Mon 17 Aug 2009, 06:54

We'll never know apparently. I don't think there's sound in space.
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