Merritt 12.80! The world record is gone!

I could tell from about the 4th hurdle that the WR had no chance of surviving. Crazy

Drugs. No question about it. His improvement this year was unbelievable (in the literal sense).

Most of his opponents are doping too, so I suppose that evens it out a bit.

Liu = clean and legit WR holder.

Definitely not surprised to see him break it, but I didn't think it would be 12.80, pretty unreal

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1 MERRITT Aries USA 12.80 WR 0.145

2 RICHARDSON Jason USA 13.05 0.147

3 PARCHMENT Hansle JAM 13.14 0.157

4 SHUBENKOV Sergey RUS 13.21 0.165

5 OLIVER David USA 13.21 0.171

6 FOURIE Lehann RSA 13.24 AR 0.133

7 WILSON Ryan USA 13.26 0.144

8 BRATHWAITE Ryan BAR 13.39 0.156

9 CLARKE Lawrence GBR 13.71 0.148

I do not normally draw anime wrote:

Drugs. No question about it. His improvement this year was unbelievable (in the literal sense).

Most of his opponents are doping too, so I suppose that evens it out a bit.

Liu = clean and legit WR holder.

Im certainly no expert in the hurdle events, but a lot has been made about Merritt switching from 8 steps to the first hurdle to 7 steps. Realistically, how much could that improve his times?

Merritt's progression:

2012 12.80

2011 13.12

2010 13.61

2009 13.15

2008 13.24

2007 13.09

2006 13.12

2005 13.38

2004 13.47

2003 13.85

I do not normally draw anime wrote:

Drugs. No question about it. His improvement this year was unbelievable (in the literal sense).

Who would be giving him drugs? The Texas A&M staff?

You can't discount what the 7 step approach has done dor hi hurdling. To do so would be like accusing a high jumper of drugs because he improved his beat by 30cm after switching from the Western Roll to the Fosbury Flop and not taking the significance of that change in technique into account.

LEtsRunnne wrote:

I could tell from about the 4th hurdle that the WR had no chance of surviving. Crazy

LEtsRunnne - the hipster of track and field!

Well, it's all downhill from here for Merritt. Best season of 110m hurdling ever. Incredible.

USA got it's record back!

LEtsRunnne wrote:

I could tell from about the 4th hurdle that the WR had no chance of surviving. Crazy

Thought the same and I don't know sh!t about hurdling. Man vs boys in that one.

Augusto E. Perez wrote:

Who would be giving him drugs? The Texas A&M staff?

Uh, he ran for Tennessee . . .

Hiya Folks wrote:

Augusto E. Perez wrote:

Who would be giving him drugs? The Texas A&M staff?

Uh, he ran for Tennessee . . .

But where has he been training for last few years?

Hiya Folks wrote:

Augusto E. Perez wrote:

Who would be giving him drugs? The Texas A&M staff?

Uh, he ran for Tennessee . . .

And he runs now under Anderson and Behm

I had assumed the poster's point was "Merritt has been running extremely well since college where he ran the second fastest collegiate time ever in the 110h." That would have been a more powerful statement than decrying the A&M staff specifically.

The point here is that Merritt has been a stud for a long long time.

Augusto E. Perez wrote:

And he runs now under Anderson and Behm

http://www.aggieathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27300&ATCLID=205573025

See my previous post for an explanation.

LEtsRunnne wrote:

I could tell from about the 4th hurdle that the WR had no chance of surviving. Crazy

I know right! Everything about that run was perfect. Everything came together: the reaction time, the acceleration, the technique over the hurdles, the lean at the end, the tailwind, the conditions, his peak form. Everything.

This record will stand for a very, very, long time.

NJ Possible wrote:

USA got it's record back!

USA got it is record back? This makes no sense.

Apostrophe Crime's wrote:

NJ Possible wrote:

USA got it's record back!

USA got it is record back? This makes no sense.

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