100 Meter Olympic/World Record Sprint

[snuffler]

For anyone who missed it, Usain Bolt took the gold medal in the 100 meter sprint in an amazing display of athleticism and showmanship. He shattered his old world record of 9.72 seconds bringing it down to 9.69, now holding both the Olympic and World records for the event.

.03 of a second may not seem like much, but that wasn't even the amazing part about his run. The amazing part was that at about 80 meters he knew he had won, and let up. He could have easily run it in under 9.5 seconds. That was possibly the most amazing victory I have ever seen. For anyone who saw it, were you as impressed as I was?

 

[fix-the-spade]

Bolt's technique impresses me more than anything.

6 feet 5 and he can get away from the blocks like he's 5 feet 2, the man beggars belief.

 

[snuffler]

Could you imagine if he actually just RAN instead of showing off? It would be incredible. Even on his previous world record he was <url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHMRuOXdN6I>showing off at the end, though not nearly as much as <url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRE_mKUS658>this one. Note the reason that there are only pictures and no actual video for the 9.69 world record is that you-tube takes them down. They aren't allowed to post it until after the Olympics are over.

 

[portuga-man]

I don't know how deep this issue is in the athletics world, but if this is the "no doping olympics", then they should exclude techno-dopers as well (specifically on the swimming competitions, where world records were beat thanks to swimsuits like the speedo LZR, or the arena's powerskin).

It's a shame obikwelu didn't get a medal, though.

 

[Limos]

@portuga-man

I wonder if genetic reengineering would be considered doping? What if we gave the swimmers actual sharkskin! And webbed toes!! And Gills!!

 

[eclipsedshadow]

Bolt was amazing, i thought Asafa would have ran better in the final.

 

[FrankDux]

This was incredible, he even let up at the end as he was gloating when he ran through the end. I cannot imagine how much better the time could have been if he had been running hard 100% of the time.

 

[Frosk]

I don't know how deep this issue is in the athletics world, but if this is the "no doping olympics", then they should exclude techno-dopers as well (specifically on the swimming competitions, where world records were beat thanks to swimsuits like the speedo LZR, or the arena's powerskin).

It's a shame obikwelu didn't get a medal, though.

It's not just the suits that were creating faster swim times.

The pool itself lended to the faster swims: ten lanes instead of eight, gutters on the walls, three meters deep instead of two. All of those factors add up to smoother water allowing for faster swimming (easier to swim in smoother water). The suits had a part to play, but the pool itself helped as well.