Bolt will not win the 2012 Olympic 100m

I know someone who saw him training at Brunel who said he was not working as hard in training as the other Jamaican's. Still injured?

I hope Gatlin binks it.

Wrong geezer, Bolt wins the 100m but loses the 200m to Blake.

Bolt should win the 100m in roughly 9.7 just ahead of Blake.

Blake will come back and probably set the Olympic Record in the 200m running down a tired and sore Bolt.

The 4x100m is a toss up, despite what you think about the U.S team they are better than they look, and the Jamaican team is worse than they look.

If he's "already lost" you should be able to muster better than even odds, assuming the emailme guy is you, SG.

I have enough to lose just being torn to pieces on this board if Bolt wins the 100.

However, I thought I would go out on a limb and make my prediction very specific this time, and well in advance.

I still feel it. James, Bolt is screwed. You remember running the 100, right? "If I lose" means "When I lose".

Has anybody heard Blake saying anything like this? I haven't. You know why?

Because Blake is trying to win, while Bolt is trying not to lose.

Game over.

So much in the relay depends on the exchanges.

Assuming that the exchanges go well for both the USA and Jamaica, I still think Jamaica will win, somewhat comfortably.

Although Carter hasn't been spectacular this year, he is every bit the equal of anybody the USA can put on leadoff.

Bolt and Blake are faster than Gatlin and as fast as Gay on a relay leg.

And whomever else runs for Jamaica, be it Powell or Frater, is at least as good as Bailey, Demps, or Patton on second leg or anchor. Frater can be really good on that second leg.

I agree that the USA is better than they showed in Monaco--Gat to Gay will be better when Gay decides to employ a start, and Gat can go a bit faster than he did IMO. But with everyone at their very fastest, the Jamaicans are a faster team.

Are you suggesting that the Jamaicans are not at their fastest? Powell wonky? Bolt still injured? We'll see, the only top guys I have full faith in are Gatlin and Blake--and possibly coincidentally, they are the only 2 big guys who have served PED suspensions.

The Americans have a good chance of upsetting the Jamaicans in the 100m final, I dont think Bolt and Asafa are 100 % and will play a role. Blake, Bolt, and Gay, their starts can doomed them. Asafa and Gatlin will most likely get out the blocks fast, If Gatlin gets a (Athens) start on the field , he can really win it, I thin k he has enough Top End to hold on. I would have picked Gay but his start has been terrible.

I'll go with Bolt 4 the win. If he drops the 100m he drops the 200m as well. You can't read into comments out of context. He is fired hundreds of questions every day.

Are you really that ignorant to be adamant bolts doping. He ran 19.93 at 17. How much did your 200 improve from 17 to 23

In an article linked on the letsrun homepage, it is said that on Friday (presumably the Friday one week before the 100m), Bolt said that he was 95% healthy.

He's already preparing his excuses.

Sprintgeezer wrote:

Bolt was quoted on July 27 as having said that:

"I don't think it will be the end of the world if I lose."

Up until this moment, if I had been forced to choose between Bolt and Blake, I would have picked Bolt.

But no longer.

Bolt has already lost.

All hail the 2012 Olympic 100m champion, Yohan Blake.

In the 200m, unlike the 100m, Bolt will have enough time to decide that he wants to win, so he might actually win that race.

All hail Sprintgeezer for being a complete idiot. It wasn't even close.

Sprintgeezer loses all credibity with this.

It's one thing to predict a loss but another to start a thread to draw attention to yourself and fail in such an epic way.

Huge margin of victory for Bolt.

Sprintgeezer wrote:

In an article linked on the letsrun homepage, it is said that on Friday (presumably the Friday one week before the 100m), Bolt said that he was 95% healthy.

He's already preparing his excuses.

Some people run more relaxed, and typically better, if they have an excuse beforehand so they can run poorly without losing too much face.

What is your excuse for predicting this so wrongly while claiming to be an authority on sprinting?

In fairness to SG, we THOUGHT that Bolt was off the drugs and off his previous performance level because he didn't appear to race at all after the Jamaican trials and, obviously, he lost twice to Blake at those trials.

But after 6/29, Bolt diaappeared from the scene, while Blake, Gay, and Gatlin raced in DL meets. And that's when the drugs came in, away from the DL Drug tests, and presumably with no out of competition testers to surprise him in Jamaica.

Them SARMS are great stuff, aren't they?

coach d wrote:

In fairness to SG, we THOUGHT that Bolt was off the drugs and off his previous performance level because he didn't appear to race at all after the Jamaican trials and, obviously, he lost twice to Blake at those trials.

But after 6/29, Bolt diaappeared from the scene, while Blake, Gay, and Gatlin raced in DL meets. And that's when the drugs came in, away from the DL Drug tests, and presumably with no out of competition testers to surprise him in Jamaica.

Them SARMS are great stuff, aren't they?

I really hate your posts.

coach d wrote:

In fairness to SG, we THOUGHT that Bolt was off the drugs and off his previous performance level because he didn't appear to race at all after the Jamaican trials and, obviously, he lost twice to Blake at those trials.

But after 6/29, Bolt diaappeared from the scene, while Blake, Gay, and Gatlin raced in DL meets. And that's when the drugs came in, away from the DL Drug tests, and presumably with no out of competition testers to surprise him in Jamaica.

Them SARMS are great stuff, aren't they?

So, you're saying that Gatlin is clean and Bolt is dirty?

coach d wrote:

In fairness to SG, we THOUGHT that Bolt was off the drugs and off his previous performance level because he didn't appear to race at all after the Jamaican trials and, obviously, he lost twice to Blake at those trials.

But after 6/29, Bolt diaappeared from the scene, while Blake, Gay, and Gatlin raced in DL meets. And that's when the drugs came in, away from the DL Drug tests, and presumably with no out of competition testers to surprise him in Jamaica.

Them SARMS are great stuff, aren't they?

How can no one else see this?? Obviously this is true as I am sure he was not tested during this time period!

You're young, still understanding your sport, we forgive your innocence.

Prove it, or shut it, pinhead.