The next to last day of track action: 2016 Rio Olympics: Official Day 8 Live Discussion Thread

Taking The Bait wrote:

Viv C is a cute little rascal. No one ever mentions this.

This is true! I noticed she got some good juju from Bolt in the call room.

Sprinter Guy wrote:

Whomever allowed Bromell to run is an imbecile. Are they TRYING to see how big of an injury they can give him? He's already got a big Achilles problem. And, he's nowhere close to his best anyway. Would have been better served throwing Merritt or someone else in the relay.

Mitchell was expecting them to have dropped the baton by then, so Bromell would not have to actually run, but would get the experience for 2020.

External Testes wrote:

Mitchell was expecting them to have dropped the baton by then, so Bromell would not have to actually run, but would get the experience for 2020.

See? We have this great coach for his superior knowledge and master tactics, although it might ever so slightly undermine our strong fight against doping.

Gotta have priorities.

The 7 fastest times in history in the mens 4x100m are the 7 winning times from Jamaica in the WC/OG finals since 2008. For sure all with Usain Bolt.

The slowest of these winning times is 37.36. The Jamaican record before 2008 was 37.89 from 2007 (also with Bolt). Before that it was 38.20.

What has changed in 2008? It really seems ridiculous.

A similar situation is to observe on the womens side, also not as strong as on the mens side.

It's really boring since a few years. But how is it to explain?

said88 wrote:

The 7 fastest times in history in the mens 4x100m are the 7 winning times from Jamaica in the WC/OG finals since 2008. For sure all with Usain Bolt.

The slowest of these winning times is 37.36. The Jamaican record before 2008 was 37.89 from 2007 (also with Bolt). Before that it was 38.20.

What has changed in 2008? It really seems ridiculous.

What's ridiculous is how many times the US haven't got the stick around successfully. Is that Bolt's fault? Do you think the Jamaicans have some kind of voodoo going on that simultaneously speeds them up and makes Americans drop a baton (or similar)?

The doping programme began in 2008. Most obvious thing ever. Look at Bolt get dusted by Gay at 2007 WC. Fast forward one year later. Look at SAFP's improvement. Bunch of frauds.

wtfunny wrote:

said88 wrote:

The 7 fastest times in history in the mens 4x100m are the 7 winning times from Jamaica in the WC/OG finals since 2008. For sure all with Usain Bolt.

The slowest of these winning times is 37.36. The Jamaican record before 2008 was 37.89 from 2007 (also with Bolt). Before that it was 38.20.

What has changed in 2008? It really seems ridiculous.

What's ridiculous is how many times the US haven't got the stick around successfully. Is that Bolt's fault? Do you think the Jamaicans have some kind of voodoo going on that simultaneously speeds them up and makes Americans drop a baton (or similar)?

The USA have never ever run as fast as Jamaica did in all the 7 latest WC/OG finals. There also might be some sort of Bolt-effect which affected the US-sprinters in the last years (Gatlin).

But I have never seen some more obvious evidence for using - what ever kind of - illegal methods. No proof, for sure, but just look at those stats - its really ridiculous.