stupidness. he was the youngest ever junior world champ in the 200 and you say his ride to superstardom is quite rapid:
2001 age 15 - 21.73
2002 age 16 - 20.58
2003 age 17 - 20.13
2004 age 18 - 19.93
2005 age 19 - 19.99
2006 age 20 - 19.88
2007 age 21 - 19.75
Can you do math? Where is the rapid progression?
Uh, maybe in 2008 where he dropped from 19.75 to 19.30 (into a headwind).
What the table does not show is his history of injuries and when he began serious strength training. His history of coaching changes. His natural physical growth. Come on. Are you a track fan? Do you have any idea when sprinters typically hit their peak? (Hint: Generally well before long distance runners.)
nbc announcers suck wrote:
I'd love to believe that Bolt was clean, but I just can't see how that's possible. The ease with which he ran a 9.69 was questionable, and then to come back in the same Games and break probably the strongest WR out there? He's gotta be on something--he should be tested and tested consistently out of competition. My friend asked me how I can think Phelps is clean and Bolt dirty when Phelps completely dominated the swimming events--but the bottom line is Phelps has been consistent over the years, 8 golds was believable for him based on the last Olympics and he has been dominant his entire career. Bolt's rise to superstardom was quite rapid, he dropped huge chunks of time fast and dropped over three tenths of a second to break an untouchable WR--people simply do not make that big of an improvement in a 200 meter race that quickly without some type of help.
Additionally, based on how shitty the NBC announcers are, how have they not questioned whether or not Bolt is clean? They can rip on American athletes when they're down, but an obviously questionable performance gets no recognition?
As shown by Bolt's time progression, he was not that big of a surprise on the track seen (albeit in the 100 he was)..
regardless if tyson gay ran the times bolt did the question of his cleanliness would not come up because he is a Nike American athlete...hell carl lewis will not talk about usain bolt purely because of his sponsership
either way MJ made a huge drop in 96 when he broke the WR twice in the 200, i mean lets assume he's clean when he did that, wouldn't u agree over the course of man it would be possible for someone else like him to come along? I enjoyed watching Bolt run because he is AMAZING
Bolts thighs do not appear natural. He is naturally very skinny, from looking at photographs when he was younger. At 6'5" he should be much leaner than he looks. The reason his thighs are so large is because of unnatural testosterone and HGH.
If anyone can believe that a man, any man for that matter, in one year could come and destroy the 100, the 200 into a headwind, and a 4x1, 9 races all ahead of the previous thousands and thousands of human performances by every other human, then they are an idiot.
These idiots are the same that believe you'd get 74 virgins for blowing yourself up. I say, no, you don't get 74 virgins, you just get blown up, dumbass. Bolt is not natural. If you think he is, I have a 400 million I need you to hold for me if you just give me your bank account number. Its for Nigerian Royalty.
Ohh my God, letsrun has the most knowledgeable people in the world. There guys can look at a guy's thigh and determine what is normal.
I guess you have eaten so much thighs in your life you can tell what is normal or better yet what tastes good.
Stay out of KFC for a while and you will be surprised what you can achieve.
USA - The land of the obese.
i agree above...if this was some american sprinter, we wouldnt question his potential doping nearly as much
Frankly though, i dont really care who dopes in track because the vast audiences didnt care about the sport before the scandal started and probably wont start caring now during the olympics...
pwned n00bs wrote:
I don't believe it.
Of course I didn't think MJ's record was legit either.
Just seems too incredible.
Do you not believe the timing system? It happened, believe it.
mathisfundamental wrote:
stupidness. he was the youngest ever junior world champ in the 200 and you say his ride to superstardom is quite rapid:
2001 age 15 - 21.73
2002 age 16 - 20.58
2003 age 17 - 20.13
2004 age 18 - 19.93
2005 age 19 - 19.99
2006 age 20 - 19.88
2007 age 21 - 19.75
Can you do math? Where is the rapid progression?
2003 age 17 - 20.13
2004 age 18 - 19.93 (-.20)
2005 age 19 - 19.99 (+.06)
2006 age 20 - 19.88 (-.11)
2007 age 21 - 19.75 (-.13)
2008 age 22 - 19.30 (-.45)
sooo you wouldn't be surprised if next year he ran
2009 age 23 - 18.80 (-.50)
because he just ripped a HUGE chunk of time off compared to the year before.
faked it I swear wrote:
notdoped wrote:I've just figured it out: drugs are just a way for the short sprinters like Johnson, Greene, Mitchell, Cason etc. to compete with the tall ones like Bolt, Lewis, Tommie Smith, Powell etc. It all make sense now. Lewis is 6'2" by the way.
Ummmmm yeaaa, that'll help us make a good excuse as to why our guys are way ahead of everyone else. SCIENCE? Who needs that, we can just make stuff up.
Of course I'm making stuff up. Did you think I was being serious? This is letsrun for f***s sake. I was refering to Ben Johnson and not MJ, by the way.