Gatlin 9.80 (+0.1) Lausanne 2014

Whoopie! wrote:

Discuss.

Sure thing, will do.

Wow, Gatlin looked amazing on the slo-mo. Great range.

With max tailwind that would have been 9.70

So clearly juiced.

So fake.

Whatever he's doing, he's clearly the best this year, by a mile.

Gay 9.93, Rodgers 9.98

I wish that there had been some tailwind in that race. Wow, that's fast, an even 9.80, no fooling.

I think this will be his peak for the year, hard to imagine him going faster, or getting better conditions.

So he's basically as fast as he ever was, at age what? 32? That's crazy.

yeah, he's clearly the fastest.

Destroys Gay and Rodgers.

Powell just pulled out of whatever meet he was supposed to run, either Lausanne or Paris.

Blake sucks, Bolt MIA.

One of these guys is having THE BEST YEAR EVER!

Nice track.

Didn't Powell go 9.72 here? or was that Zurich?

For this reason, Bolt is going to run only relays this year.

I see all the of those guys running slightly faster. Garmin has one more do on him this year, this is tyson first race so he can get faster, and Rodgers still has commonwealth's.

I think Gatlin's body benefited from a couple of years off, less wear & tear.

This guy is amazing. This would already have been 9.75 with any puff of tailwind. If he gets good conditions and improves, ?????

W T F ?????

Is he raking in the bucks this year, or what? How much appearance fee + winning bonus does he get for these meets?

Actually, Gatlin's had a great 3-year run, 2012-2013-2014

On the whole, totally dominant but for a slight loss to Bolt and an edging by Blake in 2012.

I wonder what his average wind-adjusted time has been over that 3-year stretch.

I wonder what his average doping adjusted time was.

Marin wrote:

So he's basically as fast as he ever was, at age what? 32? That's crazy.

Faster

He's in the shape of his life

Doped at 22 winning Olympic golds he was slower

Well all of the sub-10 guys in the race are dirty...

Schweiz wrote:

Nice track.

Didn't Powell go 9.72 here? or was that Zurich?

You are correct. Powell destroyed most of the 2008 Olympic field a few weeks after the Olympics.

Used to love the 100m, had absolutely no interest in this and seeing the top 3 just left a sour taste in the mouth.

Kim Collins the actual winner?

Due to the proliferation of failed drugs tests among sub 10 guys, it's hard to believe anyone who goes sub 10.

Gatlin was always a killer. He may not have been doped at 22.