Speed Kills wrote:
My sense is Asafa just didn't get out as well as the rest of the field, and he just bailed. It appears that he has a psychological thing with Gatlin, who beat him in Athens and also beat him in Pre this year.
That's it right there!
I have watched animals which specialize in pure speed and not once have I seen one start hopping in the air and come back with that affected toe walk that Mo Greene seems to favour.
Hawkeye wrote:
I have watched animals which specialize in pure speed and not once have I seen one start hopping in the air and come back with that affected toe walk that Mo Greene seems to favour.
How many of them were bipeds? Never seen a racehorse pull up lame or withdrawn from a race just before a race?
"The Mo-MJ thing in the 200 was largely expected to be caused by cramping due to creatine and brought on by dehydration. Multiple heats had been run in hot conditions (one reason NOT to hold the Oly Trials in Sacramento)"
It seems to me that conditions were largely the same in Athens. Also, consider LA, Atlanta, Barcelona, Rome, Seoul, Mexico City, and Beijing, all of which are hot and/or humid during their respective summer Olympic Games. I think Sac is the perfect place to hold trials that might simulate weather conditions in Olympic host countries.
Hawkeye wrote:
I have watched animals which specialize in pure speed and not once have I seen one start hopping in the air and come back with that affected toe walk that Mo Greene seems to favour.
are humans one of those animals designed to specialize in pure speed?
Hawkeye wrote:
I have watched animals which specialize in pure speed and not once have I seen one start hopping in the air and come back with that affected toe walk that Mo Greene seems to favour.
That's because lame animals either die of starvation or get eaten before you see them.
What's the deal? wrote:
I have been a dedicated track fan for a long time. I have noticed that it is pretty common to see world class sprinters pulling up in their races. If you are a world class sprinter specifically training to sprint all out and assuming that you warm up well before very competition I don't see why it happens so often. Just this weekend new world record holder Asafa Powell pulled up in his match up against Gatlin. Who could forget the match up between MO Greene and Michel Johnson in the 200m where they both pulled up in the race. (Michel Johnson still went on to win the Gold that year). Would I be mistaken to kinda suspect that there is some wimping out going on there? Granted it doesn't apply EVERY time of course. Or is it that the stress of sprinting is so great that the probability of pulling something is really high?
You mean pull out?
Hawkeye wrote:
I have watched animals which specialize in pure speed and not once have I seen one start hopping in the air and come back with that affected toe walk that Mo Greene seems to favour.
Michael Jackson?
did you name yourself after the record label?
they have tight asses with equates to tight hamstrings.
hansen wrote:
did you name yourself after the record label?
no, after history.
GATLIN has now beaten the Jamacian fold job at least 3 times in a row, including the BIG ONE.A " COW FIELD PERFORMER"?
not a sprinter but wrote:
Now if you pop a hammy it's like getting shot in your leg. So you think Dathan would finish if he got shot?
yes, yes he would...