Gatlin 9.87 in Doha 2012

I kinda got the impression Powell eased up, even his "lean" wasnt all that commited imo looked like he ran 90m like he always do, dude's a beast though tremendous talent if he was just a little "thougher" and "agressive" he could beat a fully fit, 100% Bolt.

Gatlin looks impressive he can def go 9.77 again (clean?/doped, I dont care) sounds like good news for USA's relay team.

I hope Gay returns 100%, the 100m field is looking ridiculous fast this year.

Sprintgeezer wrote:

1) Powell's finish SUCKS compared to the best. Sure, he was blowing away Carter, but if Gatlin can catch him, Bolt and Blake will blow him away like he's standing still. Same old Powell.

I'm not so sure about that. I hope that this can be some kind of breakthrough for Powell. In a perfect world, you might say to Asafa to hold back a bit more in the drive phase in the first 40, maybe stay down a bit longer and conserve energy, so he has more for the finish, but Asafa tends to panic and change form/shut down when someone gets ahead of him. Maybe the thing for him to do with the psychological problems is just go out really hard and try to hold on.

Powell has huge power, and doesn't really have the SE for the finish it appears. It's certainly not that MVP doesn't do overdistance work.

Asafa and Justin I think have every reason to be happy with the results.

As for Asafa....whatever works.

Now that we have an honest-to-goodness anti-doping agency in Jamaica, Bolt's dominance doesn't seem to be what it used to be. We'll see who has the most training leverage left before the OG, but right now, even without Gay, the 100m gold looks like a real horse race. It's going to sell a lot of tickets.

very interesting race from gatlin very strong looked great for so early in the season. i expect him to be at least 9.7s by the olympics. i think he is a favorite to medal in london. it will be so satisfying to see his medal get taken away.

[quote]Sprintgeezer wrote:

Old news by now, Gatlin 9.87 (+0.4)

Vid is up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=463y6tEbBsQ

A bunch of us exactly correctly predicted this on this board, myself and TrackCoach specifically, so it was no big surprise.

What was it that you "exactly correctly predicted"? Did you predict Gatlin would win in Doha with a 9.87 time?

Surely Gatlin is clean now?

A clean 9.87? Wow!

A clean 9.87s in his first run for 2012? At 30 y.o. this is almost certainly his last chance at running competitively at an Olympics. He did not make the 100M final last year in Daegu. What would he lose by juicing but being a bit more careful this time around. Just do the math.

If Gatlin medals and then has it taken away so will all of the other medalists and finalists. Why so much hate on these boards for Gatlin?

I hate this guy, Every time I see him race it just points out everything that's wrong with track and field. A two time cheater is allowed to come back and make a mockory of the sport. I hope for the sake of track and field he doesn't make the US team. What an embarrassment for the sport, and for the US if he makes the team. Why isn't Marion Jones allowed to come back as well, in fact where is Tim Montgomery, and kelli White. Bring them all back if you're going to allow proven cheaters to run.Can't stand this trash. Jesse Owens is rolling in his grave.

Tommy Boy wrote:

What was it that you "exactly correctly predicted"? Did you predict Gatlin would win in Doha with a 9.87 time?

Of course not, he's just trolling as usual.

Sprintgeezer wrote:Gatlin needs to improve his RT. He was at .171, basically tied with Clarke and Vicaut for the worst in the field. Compared to Powell's .134, Gatlin left almost .04 on the table! Jamaica would have crapped its pants had Gatlin dropped a 9.83 (+0.4) in Doha, in early May

moron

his 60i was = 6.43i with better start

that =

9.86 basic

he ran shit race today against the guy who was the big dog in mid/late '00s

justin had shit start against a top guy

he'll round into 9.80 basic by trials, which will get him 3rd spot

HAAA my nigga Gatlin gon smash ya'll haterzz. He's back nigga, and he aint gon settle for anything less than tha gold bithces! Dis nigga ready for Insane Bolt, shit gon go down!

i woud give some credence to the possibility proferred by the eminent gentleman of esteem aforementioned...

I did not know his reaction time was that bad! He would have equaled his personal best 9.85 with an average reaction of .15!

I don't think you saw clearly how fast Gatlin was coming for Powell. It's not that Asafa's finish is bad, it's just that the top dawgs usually have subpar starts and make up for it with incredible closing speed.

Tyson Gay, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt, and even Justin Gatlin most of the time have all proven to have incredible top end speed. You have to remember at one point in the game Gatlin was talked of as having the best top end speed in the world. Go look at any of his races and look at how well he finishes, staying patient in his drive and accelerating out of it.

I HIGHLY doubt Yohan Blake has a better finish than Gatlin. If Gatlin's in front out of the drive phase (by 40m) then Blake won't catch him. Only Tyson Gay and Usain Bolt have that kind of speed endurance to reel basically anyone in.

yes tanks real homies real recognize real niggas. Gatlin put in work doe. he goin ta work on Usain Bolt write it up playa haterzz. cuz it gon happen. Gatlin's got da gats out he fillin arenas and he gots da gats like gilbert arenas!

I know a lot of you are thinking back at Yohan Blake moved away from the field to win the World Championships. But that was a terrible field. Walter Dix with zero wind wouldn't have even went under 10 seconds.

Remember Justin Gatlin's 2005 World Championships win against a similar field of no other sub 10 finishes? He was in the mix of the field and blew them away in the middle much like Blake.

They just have different strategies of achieving this allusion of speed. Gatlin is patient in his drive and uses big, long steps to cover ground while saving energy to turnover later in the race. Blake just has a TON of speed endurance.

BTW, Sprint geezer what do you think of Walter Dix 20.02 in Doha? It looks like he's changed his form AGAIN. More like Justin Gatlin it seems.

Anyways, it didn't look good.

body master wrote:Gatlin is patient in his drive and uses big, long steps to cover ground while saving energy to turnover later in the race

no

clueless

they wanna drive like a shot bullet from the gun

he in no way wants to be laggin' at any stage

it's just his poor drive - not as pathetic as Carl/tyson, but it's still shit

I appreciate the aspect of sprinting analysis that sprintgeezer and track coach have brought to these boards. Having been a miler throughout my career, true sprinting analysis is something that I admittedly know nothing about. Much appreciated...and certainly has made watching these races more interesting for me. A world class sprinter in full flight, like a race horse, is something beautiful to behold.

Fvck the haters and Fvck letsrun, he deserves everything he's worked for, it's no wonder anybody who reads this stupid sh!t hates this website..[quote]s.mouse wrote: