Originally Posted by cantknockthehustle

Bolt is so big, once he gets rolling he uses minimal effort to stay even with the other sprinters. Gotta go Bolt/Powell/All on this one.

Keep in mind that the 100 isn't even his speciality. Michael Johnson's 19.32 in the 200 appeared untouchable back when it was set 1996 but I wouldn't be surprised to see Bolt go 19.50ish.

Tough break for Tyson Gay. Don't think you could realistically expect to be able to go sub 9.85 with even the slightest tweak in a hamstring.

Originally Posted by ddthetide

i hate to say it but MJ's 200m mark is coming down. IF Bolt stays healthy AND runs Completely Through the tape.

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

Reminds me of how much run one of those Wesley Ward 1st timers has.

Originally Posted by ddthetide

i hate to say it but MJ's 200m mark is coming down. IF Bolt stays healthy AND runs Completely Through the tape.

Originally Posted by cantknockthehustle

You think this week?

19.32 is my all-time favorite Olympic memory

Originally Posted by cantknockthehustle

You think this week?

19.32 is my all-time favorite Olympic memory

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

I'm just wondering what all those who think that horses that are 'eased' up in easy wins couldn't have gone any faster have to say about this effort.

BOLT couldn't have gone FASTER, right? :rolleyes:

Nah, that's ridiculous.

Originally Posted by NoChanceToDance

I think you can safely say that Michael Johnson won't have the world record at the end of these games. Usain Bolt's best distance is 200m, and you've all seen what he can do over 100m!

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

:eek: you can't possibly be serious about that comparison. you should seriously try to delete it to avoid the embarrassment.

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

I'm just wondering what all those who think that horses that are 'eased' up in easy wins couldn't have gone any faster have to say about this effort.

BOLT couldn't have gone FASTER, right? :rolleyes:

Nah, that's ridiculous.

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

Could of run 9.50....It's like the Jolley Green Giant made a kid that can run. I think he could of won without juice, but he looks juiced. Legs are too live to be natural. He didn't look that way last month. Doesn't make it any less fun to watch, but I think he's gunna get busted. He's 1)a giant that 2)can run, and 3)he looks juiced. That all adds up to that freak show. A giant that can run would have been good enough to win this. Looks like one of those Greg Martin horses(before he got caught.) I've seen legs that live, and they were later found to be juiced. If you disagree, then be willing to bet me on it.

This video is the way he should look(unjuiced.) He is running hard the whole way. He is dominant, but not to the extent he is so cocky he can start shutting it down. He doesn't have excess gas (in the Olympics his legs are more live than this.) To me, what you are seeing in the Olympics is this guy(in this video) with juice added. He didn't need the capability to run 9.50. He didn't need to juice. You will see that this guy juiced. That's the difference between this video, and what you saw this week. He needed to run hard to run the 9.72 in the video. Today, if he ran hard like this, he would run 9.50. I guess he didn't like losing to Asafa last month. He made sure it wasn't gunna happen in the Olympics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnBpnltTrMo

Same with this video where he lost to ASAFA:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFzaz...eature=related

Bolt is having to work much harder in these races. They aren't close to the effortless Olympic races. He is using a portion of his ability, but flys like the wind(cuz juiced legs.) Don't get me wrong, I think he was gunna get the gold, but he is looking like a freak (all the sudden) because the legs are juiced up. We've seen this look before, and the guy got caught. His legs didn't just all the sudden get this live.

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

maybe Powell should have finished better, but don't think anyone alive was beating the winner.