Usain Bolt

Amazingly, the female equivalent of 9.58 is 10.04! Given that 10.49 hasn't been touched in 20 years this doesn't seem right.

Similarly, the female 400m equivalent is 45.15 (which is Bolt's best 400m by the way). The current womens WR is 47.6 which was set over 20 years ago and hasn't seriously been threatened either.

Just watched Bolt in his heat of the 200 metres,he was so far in front he "shut down"30 metres from the finish and four runners were closing in on him on the line....what amazes me is that he hasn't got a perfect style of running,..so how fast could he run if his style could be "streamlined"???

They said the same about Michael Johnson's running style.

Not long to go....

10940 wrote:Just watched Bolt in his heat of the 200 metres,he was so far in front he "shut down"30 metres from the finish and four runners were closing in on him on the line....what amazes me is that he hasn't got a perfect style of running,..so how fast could he run if his style could be "streamlined"???

I'd like you to tell us all what the ""perfect" style of running is.

Oh my god!

He's just an absolute monster.

19.20 WR in the 200m.

Just outrageous!!!

19.19 in fact! Insane!

Sorry, 19.19!

The only way you can put it is Oh My Farking God!!!

OMG

19.19

World Record

That is just incredible. Absolutely extraordinary.

And that was the first time I have seen him try the whole race!!

There wasn't even a headwind! Hahahaha.

F*ck me. Bolt is a machine. I didn't see the race, but 200m in 19.20 is SICK!

Watching the clock as he was sprinting home, for just a moment I thought he was going to go sub 19 seconds.

DJ_Smerk wrote:F*ck me. Bolt is a machine. I didn't see the race, but 200m in 19.20 is SICK!

Get on the BBC site, they are still replaying it.

WOW.

Greatest athlete on the planet at the moment.

Henry wrote:WOW.

Greatest athlete on the planet at the moment.

You mean ever.

I mean seriously, you have to bear in mind that Michael Johnson was in a completely different league to everyone at the time and any athlete around now, other than Bolt.

There is clear daylight between Michael Johnson and every other 200m runner ever other than Bolt. The fact there is now daylight between Bolt and Michael Johnson is just utterly ridiculous.

Michael Phelps (bar the drinking) and Usain Bolt, best athletes in the World.

vilkrang wrote:

Henry wrote:WOW.

Greatest athlete on the planet at the moment.

You mean ever.

I mean seriously, you have to bear in mind that Michael Johnson was in a completely different league to everyone at the time and any athlete around now, other than Bolt.

There is clear daylight between Michael Johnson and every other 200m runner ever other than Bolt. The fact there is now daylight between Bolt and Michael Johnson is just utterly ridiculous.

True that. And it's not like they're the same as the swimmers, who can wear technologically advanced swimsuits these days to smash world records. A runner still has to rely solely on his legs.

You just hope he's clean. I keep saying that to myself after every race it's so ridiculous....

vilkrang wrote:

Henry wrote:WOW.

Greatest athlete on the planet at the moment.

You mean ever.

I mean seriously, you have to bear in mind that Michael Johnson was in a completely different league to everyone at the time and any athlete around now, other than Bolt.

There is clear daylight between Michael Johnson and every other 200m runner ever other than Bolt. The fact there is now daylight between Bolt and Michael Johnson is just utterly ridiculous.

Ah well not really. It's never fair to compare people in different eras, you can only talk about who is utterly dominant in any given time. Otherwise you're saying that all the British 100m runners of today are better than Jesse Owens and that's palpable nonsense.

JKLever wrote:You just hope he's clean. I keep saying that to myself after every race it's so ridiculous....

I guess we say he is and praise him to the rooftops until someone shows he isn't?

My God, apparently Bolt was actually running INTO a slight head wind as well. Unbelievable.

I think my reaction is best summed up