Despite his dominance, Usain Bolt has substantially underachieved throughout his career

And he doesn't give 2 hoots about it.

Jamaica's drug involvement has been a spectacle since 2007. The following Olympic year saw major improvements in many of Jamaica's athletes. Said involvement is now at its weakest. Ever since Blake ran 19.26, I knew something was awry... but we're never going to see Jamaican athletes torch the track the way they did then. testing is too good

And the total number of sprinters that have ever run under 9.69 is?

Right.

The World Relays have already sold out apparently because Bolt is going to be there. And you are just some anonymous moron posting on a website.

coach d wrote: And you are just some anonymous moron posting on a website.

coach d, wait. The poster above whom you class as a troll, has a point. Bolt has indeed coasted mostly since Beijing. He's been slacking off the doping regimen and eating too much fried chicken nugget and enjoying his Kardashian celebrity-ness. The 09 worlds were a different story, and I think we also saw his competitive fire in the 12 OG. Other than that, I agree with the analysis.

Consider also, if it were up to ventolin^3 we would all possess numerous sub-9.69 clockings.

Dumb ish detector wrote:

having only twice run faster than the 9.69 he ran after getting a shit start

Bolt has the best start in the business.

Absolute nonsense. Gatlin consistently fronts Bolt over the first 30m. Gatlin is the world's best starter into the early drive phase.

The OP states that Bolt has "substantially underachieved"........ think about that. He has won every single title that he has attempted, since 2008. That, is not "underachieving".

DQ in the 11 WC counts as failing a title attempt, especially when that dork Blake won instead.

It should go without saying that underachievement means in relation to an individual's own potential, not the competition. Bolt should have run sub-9.7 many more times, but was nowhere near his best for most of his career.

Thanks for your most profound insight.

Oh really. Maybe he and his coach are aiming for career longevity. Everyone who has run sub 9.7 has broken down not long after, save for Bolt. He does what he needs to, to qualify and saves the blitz for Championship finals. Asafa Powell has the most sub 10s of any 100m runner but no individual championship title. I'm sure Powell would trade some of those sub 10s for a global championship gold medal. I think Bolt is playing it smart which is why he has been the most dominant sprinter of all time.

JoRo wrote:

Oh really. Maybe he and his coach are aiming for career longevity. Everyone who has run sub 9.7 has broken down not long after, save for Bolt. He does what he needs to, to qualify and saves the blitz for Championship finals. Asafa Powell has the most sub 10s of any 100m runner but no individual championship title. I\'m sure Powell would trade some of those sub 10s for a global championship gold medal. I think Bolt is playing it smart which is why he has been the most dominant sprinter of all time.

The only reason Bolt is the most dominant sprinter of all time is that he is genetically superior to his competitors. He has NOT enjoyed longevity, has been in decline pretty much since 2009.

Dumb ish detector wrote:

It should go without saying that underachievement means in relation to an individual's own potential, not the competition. Bolt should have run sub-9.7 many more times, but was nowhere near his best for most of his career.

Winning titles count most.

How in the world can you label a man that has consistently dominated his sport as 'underachieving'?

Just a Question wrote:

How in the world can you label a man that has consistently dominated his sport as 'underachieving'?

He's deflecting his own inadequacies onto someone else.

Dumb ish detector wrote:

having only twice run faster than the 9.69 he ran after getting a shit start and then celebrating in his first season as a sub-10 sprinter is not very good

I agree he is hobby jogger.

He can't prove anything until he steps up to the marathon.