Fastest Human

[herkhorse]

Originally Posted by pgardn

A guy ran the 400 meter hurdles, qualified, and then ran the 400 m run 30 minutes later, faltered badly and was vanned off. Actually he just quit and walked off. I cant believe he thought he could pull that off as he barely qualified in the hurdles in an epic struggle.

400M is the most grueling race, I can't imagine with hurdles too.

[Mortimer]

How did Wariner do?

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by Mortimer

How did Wariner do?

cruised from lane #8 in round 1.

http://www.usatf.org/events/2008/Oly...F/schedule.asp

[ddthetide]

defending long jump gold medalist dwight phillips finished 4th and missed the team by 1/4". tough beat.

[Mortimer]

Originally Posted by ddthetide

cruised from lane #8 in round 1.

http://www.usatf.org/events/2008/Oly...F/schedule.asp

anksthay

Originally Posted by Mortimer

anksthay

It was a very easy run for him.
He looked very good. Totally solid form and then he shut it down early.
He is a sweet looking runner. Very diff. form from Michael Johnson. He
looks totally efficient.

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by pgardn

It was a very easy run for him.
He looked very good. Totally solid form and then he shut it down early.
He is a sweet looking runner. Very diff. form from Michael Johnson. He
looks totally efficient.

MJ was a Complete freak with that 200-400 double. 400 runners aren't fast enough to compete at that level in the 200 and 200 runners aren't strong enough to compete in the 400. the next odd double will be 400m-800m.

[Mortimer]

Complete and utter poppycock.

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by Mortimer

How did Wariner do?

finals tonight Wariner #1 seed. 11pm USA network.

[ddthetide]

Wariner just didn't have it last night. he closed the lane 5-6 stager to within a step or 2 of Merrit but could get by him.
Merrit, Warnier, Neville.

[Mortimer]

??



Huh?

An african-american just broke the american record in the 50 freestyle at swim trials. Cullen Jones.

Quite frankly track and field is a roided up joke with nothing but thugs and eminem wannabes. Swimming is a sport you can support. No dopers competing at trials.

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

An african-american just broke the american record in the 50 freestyle at swim trials. Cullen Jones.

Quite frankly track and field is a roided up joke with nothing but thugs and eminem wannabes. Swimming is a sport you can support. No dopers competing at trials.

not completely true. with the fall of marion jones, track has cleaned up greatly. sad to say, i was a big fan of marion jones, what a waste of great natural talent.

the 800m finals monday night was GREAT to watch. 1-2-3 sweep for the state of Oregon. the winner is from a D3 school and 2 of the guys are from Eugene.

Originally Posted by herkhorse

400M is the most grueling race, I can't imagine with hurdles too.

It is a total leg amputator.
The 800 m is somewhat of a killer also.
The marathon is just plain stupid if you get a sprint at the finish.
Ahhh its just plain stupid anyway.

The day a man wins the 400m and the 800 m will be the day you see the greatest athlete ever. The diff. in the body conformation for these two races is amazing.

100 m 200 m, real muscular guys... 400 m they slim down a bit(except Michael Johnson), 800 m and they turn to greyhounds. After that, 5' 6" 125 lbs is about the right size.