Top 10 adjusted 100m rankings 2014

It might not matter to you, but you apparently don't want to face reality. How many altitude-assisted marks were there in 2010? Do you accept altitude-assisted marks? If so, why? Do you want to include wind-assisted marks as well?

All of my points stand. You still don't get it--once again, you have supported, rather than challenged, my essential point. EVEN IF 2010 was lesser than 2014, the fact that it is one of the only ones, or the only such year. PROVES my point. Do you understand this?

Flo'da, remember, the point is to travel down the track. Eat up ground, but don't overstride. Concentrate on front arm action, and long stride when you pivot. Use a bounding sort of motion, driving the leg rearward and down from its apex. Keep your hips low to the ground, so that you don't end up dancing on your toes and applying little force to the ground.

Ryan Bailey: he's off the juice. I was the first to voice suspicions about him on this board, you can search the threads. A big, blocky guy like that going 9.8? No way. He had every incentive to juice, he was at the end of his rope.

Again, make no mistake: he's a great sprinter. If everybody goes off the juice, and if Bailey stays healthy and trains well, he may again do some damage in terms of medals, but not with 9.8 times. Nice to see this stuff shaking out.

He's still at 10.12 (-0.1) which is super-fast. That time is competitive in any clean race.

Thanks I enjoy the sprints, the field events and distances.

I'm a fan of the event track meet. This board is made up of a lot of folks who are fans of the event they tried when running for school and often are not fans of the whole sport.

Room for everyone in the electronic grandstand- sadly in the real onsite stands too many seats go unused.

vid is up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REEfCUrzqqE

Gay probably would have gone around the same as Carter, if he hadn't given up. That would be right around the time that Ryan Bailey posted in Linz, so Bailey is still in good stead this year.

Look at Gay's start--terrible, even worse than it used to be. 10.15 would have been an excellent time with that disaster of a start.

Also, lol the complete Powell collapse. Beautiful first 50m, 9.8 stuff had he not tied up.

Flo'da, also remember to keep your foot cocked during all of this. Keep a stiff ankle joint, don't try to get too much push by using your calves. Because of the twisting motion induced, you can do a number on your achilles if you have a loose foot.

Looks like Powell will run Rieti! He under-performed in Zurich, hopping across the ocean, no doubt fatigued, and was still within about .10 of his alleged 9.87 (+1.6) He may still do some serious damage this year, if Zurich was the result of fatigue, I can see him going mid-9.8 with not much wind, if his first half is any indication.

I hope he will compete against Gatlin at some point. I wonder if Gatlin has gotten rusty from his long layoff, maybe he should have already ended his 2014 season.

Next week Powell in Zagreb, then Gatlin, Gay, Rodgers, and Collins in Brussels, then Powell in Rieti.

I want to see the Brussels competitors all run in Rieti against Powell.

Interesting sprint week coming up, hopefully KBC will be in some of these last meets, as he rounds into form and his confidence grows. I want to see him consistently beat everybody but Gatlin, and I think it's possible.

Koffi: what can I say. He's a good guy, but not 10.05 good. The times from that Marrakech meet are very suspect, everybody there set SB's by a large amount, with almost no wind: Koffi 10.05, Jelks 10.07, Edwards 10.16, Dix 10.27, Ouhadi 10.29 All of those guys appear on the IAAF list exactly once. It was also a big PR for Koffi, who was at 10.21 previously. Those results have to be thrown out along with such notorieties as Clermont, Eugene, Rieti, etc. Marrakech 2014, bogus. Koffi is IMO not a threat to anybody at or near the top of the sprint world, and will not make any waves.

You're right, he isn't likely to be a threat.

Not because he's not good enough, but mainly coz' he's basically a part time athlete...

He lives and trains alone in China, where he is a student in Shanghai. His coach is based in Germany and trains him through e-mails and SMS texts. And since he's debuting a PhD programme there soon, he might not even continue the sport.

Sprintgeezer, what's your take on women's 100m hurdles this season?

Ogunode! Like I said, huge native ability, the real deal.

Gets bronze at Continental Cup 100m in a PR of 10.04 (-0.1), which is a fantastic time, same time as Rodgers in 2nd, and .01 behind Dasaolu in 1st. Essentially a 3-way tie between them. That's some good company right there!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LePEzrfKrYU

I will try to find a better vid, and see if he had any kind of a start or drive phase, and if his arm action/knee lift were any better at speed.

Ogunode! Very nice.

The 100m needs an asterisk. No Gatlin, no Powell...just another training run.

Point is, Ogunode looks to be getting better, and is moving up in the sprinting world.

Continental cup link is useless, here's a better version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4VLsHXp-Yk&t=52

Dasaolu lane 6, Ogunode in 7 & Rodgers 9.

Good slo-mo on Dasaolu & Ogunode, plus a replay of the race in full speed.

ALRIGHT, BRO.

LEAST IM NOT HIDING UNDER SOME ALLIS NAME

CHECK THE SSN, DUDE!!!!!

Great vid, talk about a close finish!

Ogunode still had some visible problems, but I like what I see, what appears to be a naturally fast guy with room for technical improvement. Good race!

Yeah. I like Dasaolu muttering "shit man" at 2:45 - he's one of the few who enjoy victories with some surprise & modesty.

Do you think Rodgers loses time with his relatively high recovery in block clearance? If you've already talked about this, overlook it.