Powell would have gone 6.37 had he cared. Su also would go 6.3x if he cared. So would have Dolt and Flake, and Gatlin at his best...BUT Jacobs really has a solid race. Strong, disciplined, excellent form, doesn’t break, rises to finals unlike Powell. This was an incredibly smooth 6.41, repeatable, not a one-off.
lol Coleman can’t even hold on for 60m at the moment, never mind 100m. We will see what outdoors brings.
Although it was a tie, at the moment Jacobs is making Coleman look like a fool. The system will support Jacobs, and scrutinize Coleman. Coleman will either continue to lose to Jacobs, get injured, or get busted.
Coleman’s race sucks and he knows it. Watch for him to do something even stupider than he did before—which is sad, because Jacobs isn’t worthy of anybody’s favor, and shouldn’t be treated any differently than Coleman.
I would like to see Coleman off the relay:
Bracy/Williams-Lyles-Bednarek-Baker, or whatever. Hopefully the USA won’t need him.
I wanna know what the deal is with the NBC/CNBC play-by-play guy. He called Coleman the winner of the race, and I wondered what I had been watching. Jacobs had clearly won, and it wasn't even super close
I mean, I’d call 3 thousandths of a second super close.
It was super close of course but from the video and replay, it was clear to the eye that Jacobs most likely won even though the official announcement took almost 2 minutes.
This commentator also seemed to give it to Jacobs right away:
Would have, should have, blah blah blah. Actually, he would have gone 6.34. Oh wow, I can pick some random time, too. What excellent analysis. Bolt could have gone sub 44 if he cared. Look at me. I know things. Something, something 19.05 basic.
Jacobs ran 6.41, #4 all-time. Noah Lyles was right that if it was close Coleman would freeze up. Still, he came back well from his whereabouts suspension after avoiding the previous one. The 60m can tell you a lot about the summer 100m for each individual athlete. Here Jacobs, after a great outdoor season and 9.8, is faster by 0.06 than last year. He has a very high top speed. At the Olympics he reached 43.3 km/h, fastest over Andre, and hit his top speed farther than anyone in the race, around 83m. So, when you combine a very high top end with the best 60m, you get someone who will be the favorite for World's. Of course, Coleman has run in the 9.7s, so whatever you think of him, he has a shot at the title as well. Check out the video about Jacobs, which has good information about his training and consistency last year, as well as how they train his top end speed and form by having him run on the track behind a car with a wind screen for him.
Jacobs ran 6.41, #4 all-time. Noah Lyles was right that if it was close Coleman would freeze up. Still, he came back well from his whereabouts suspension after avoiding the previous one. The 60m can tell you a lot about the summer 100m for each individual athlete. Here Jacobs, after a great outdoor season and 9.8, is faster by 0.06 than last year. He has a very high top speed. At the Olympics he reached 43.3 km/h, fastest over Andre, and hit his top speed farther than anyone in the race, around 83m. So, when you combine a very high top end with the best 60m, you get someone who will be the favorite for World's. Of course, Coleman has run in the 9.7s, so whatever you think of him, he has a shot at the title as well. Check out the video about Jacobs, which has good information about his training and consistency last year, as well as how they train his top end speed and form by having him run on the track behind a car with a wind screen for him.
Indoor 60's mean nothing at all. I've seen this so many times, trust me on this one, ok?
The 60 has no "speed endurance" attached to it, that is HUGE in the 100m. Really doesn't matter where you're at the 60m mark. The race starts after that.
Indoor 60's mean nothing at all. I've seen this so many times, trust me on this one, ok?
Come on. At a minimum you can say that he is faster indoors this season than last season. That's a straight up fact. And it's pretty reasonable to assume that this is a good sign going into outdoors.
Slow start, especially compared to Coleman, but his last 10-20 meters was so powerful.
can he carry this momentum into World Outdoors in Eugene?
Discus.
That's what makes it so impressive. He overhauled Coleman in a 60m(!). Coleman whose main strength is his explosive start. Given he showed in Tokyo that he has and sustained acceleration, I don't think Coleman, or anyone else, stands a chance in Eugene.
One year ago today Jacobs had never broken 10 in the 100m. After 4 years of being a 100m runner and not long jumping outdoors at all. And before last indoor season, he had never broken 6.60 either (and he has only long jumped TWICE since the 2016-17 season. So anyone saying he was a long jumper and only got good before he changed focus, wrong.
I mean, I’d call 3 thousandths of a second super close.
It was super close of course but from the video and replay, it was clear to the eye that Jacobs most likely won even though the official announcement took almost 2 minutes.
This commentator also seemed to give it to Jacobs right away:
Dino, the point is that it is relative to the athlete. Jacobs has outstanding speed endurance in the 100m. Note that point I made about his maintaining his acceleration all the way to 83m, best/latest in the field, at the Olympics. So, if you take the same athlete who can hold his speed remarkably well, and you add, after a breakthrough year, that he now is starting faster and faster by that much at 60m, which is a lot at this level, you have a guy who is going to run 9.75-76 this year.