I think he has a case of not being able to perform to his best in big races, by big I mean World Champs and Olympics.
I suspect that Powell is just a fraction faster than than Tyson but Tyson will have his number whenever they race because he handles the pressure better than Powell.
and I dont think he is any more or less likely to be doping than any of the other top guys.
i'm utterly in awe
Asafa Powell is the best sprinter of all time. Not the greatest competitor by any stretch of the imagination, but the best in terms of raw ability. As Ato Boldon said, he's a Ferrari among Porches.
I can't believe that a guy is now a full tenth faster than Donovan Bailey. Remeber when 9.84 was fast?
I don't even want to know what he would have run if he hadn't shut down like that.
F***ing sick.
Yeah, committed Christian who prefers his quiet native land because he doesn't get tested there. Sounds like all the other Christians I know.
And when he is getting tested there is probably a billboard announcing "WADA testers arrive today on Flight ??? at 3:00. Everybody come out and do a meet and greet!"
whatever....puh-lease wrote:
Yeah, committed Christian who prefers his quiet native land because he doesn't get tested there. Sounds like all the other Christians I know.
And when he is getting tested there is probably a billboard announcing "WADA testers arrive today on Flight ??? at 3:00. Everybody come out and do a meet and greet!"
You shit head. Didn't you just see how Ohuruogu missed a year because she missed three tests last year. Powell gets tested plenty.
marijuologist wrote:
i'm utterly in awe
Asafa Powell is the best sprinter of all time. Not the greatest competitor by any stretch of the imagination, but the best in terms of raw ability. As Ato Boldon said, he's a Ferrari among Porches.
I can't believe that a guy is now a full tenth faster than Donovan Bailey. Remeber when 9.84 was fast?
I don't even want to know what he would have run if he hadn't shut down like that.
F***ing sick.
Ok. And Dan Marino was a better QB than Joe Montana because he threw more TD's.
Asafa Powell is a time-trialist. He isn't a racer.
His 9.74 is the WR, but his 9.78 run in the finals with no wind is now the all-time fastest adjusted 100m time ever run, topping Maurice Greene's 9.79 from Athens. Check out the links above.
When I look at the video of Powell, I flash back to watching Ben Johnson in 1988 in Seoul. Very similar explosiveness. Just doesn't look natural.
I'm sorry, folks, that track looks short. The video is strange, it really appears short to me. That's so friggin fast, it just seems way to easy.
First, that track has been measured again and again by the iaaf since so many distance records were being set there in the 90s. It always came up correct.
Second, did you see just how far ahead Asafa was in that race. He was FLYING.
Third, all timing and wind systems must be checked per iaaf rules to affirm WRs.
The time is legit. Argue away all you want on his hormonal "balance."
rieti=altitude
lol@tards wrote:
rieti=altitude
lower than Zürich.
Coelacanth wrote:
lower than Zürich.
Beat me to it!
Tony Soprano wrote:
I'm sorry, folks, that track looks short. The video is strange, it really appears short to me. That's so friggin fast, it just seems way to easy.
The track LOOKS short? Even if the track is 2.6 metres short and Powell really would've run 10 flat, don't tell me that you can spot the difference of 8 feet on a track from a tiny video.
What if it was only 80 meters?
if a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it still make a noise?
call me when he wins something wrote:
if a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it still make a noise?
The rain is Tess,the fire is called Joe, the wind is called Mariah and that sound goes by Kabalah
The Italians have it right.
Rieti track is 100m.
All the other tracks on the planet are too long.
If you are so smart then please explain to me what illegal substance would make a sprinter improve 0.3 of a second on 100 meters in two weeks.
wawawiwa wrote:
First of all i guarantee im smarter and know more about doping. Secondly, To suggest that one of the fastest guys of all time drop .2 after a world championship where he got out of the blocks great in 2 weeks isnt a sign he is doping is ridiculous. I do know exactly how doping works and doping would produce very uneven times just as Asafa is showing now. There is no way, no chance he can improve his top end speed that much in 2 weeks. He got out great at Osaka, im sure he did here too but they said he eased up at the finish. that alone should say he is doping. But to ease up at the finish 2 weeks after one of the biggest races of your life and run .2 faster?!?!?!?!? Ina semi!?!?!?! Kinda sounds like Flo-jo huh.