CHRISTIAN MF COLEMAN - COLEMAN OPENS 2018 WITH 6.37 WR!!!

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Hermes link ice blue mink

2 years ago 01/19/2018 5:47pm CST

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decent opener.

[i] Editor's note. Unfortunately, we believe it won't count as a world record as start reaction times were not recorded.

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2018/01/spoiler-alert-christian-colemans-6-37-60m-mark-definitely-wont-count-world-record/

Below you will find 3 different videos of the phenomenal race which basically took place in a practice like environment - just a few fans. The 2nd and 3rd offer you the best vantage point of the race but the 1st goes on the longest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzHnyK9r9t0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7c5J536yDo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfL3a6PiDlw
Peak too soon?

2 years ago 01/19/2018 5:53pm CST
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It's a long season. Hope he didn't just shoot his wad.
Don’t blink, too quick

2 years ago 01/19/2018 5:57pm CST
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Who cares if he peaked, that’s an insane result. Congrats to Coleman.
YMMV

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2 years ago 01/19/2018 6:05pm CST
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Former record was 20 years old, set by Maurice Greene 6.39.

Second place at Clemson was 6.57 Tevin Hester.

Massive
fortune teller

2 years ago 01/19/2018 6:26pm CST
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I said this in London, and I'm saying it again... he'll end up at 6.33 by the first week of March.
NOP Skeptic

2 years ago 01/19/2018 6:41pm CST
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Wow

vivalarepublica

2 years ago 01/19/2018 6:48pm CST
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To run that time in whatever Mickey Mouse meet that was is pretty amazing.

Bigger news: Walter Dix is still racing!
calculo

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2 years ago 01/19/2018 7:20pm CST
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like i'se all told ya, that boy is quick !!!

https://deadspin.com/christian-coleman-breaks-20-year-old-world-record-in-th-1822250991
tik tock

2 years ago 01/19/2018 7:40pm CST
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How long before he tests positive?
won't be ratified

2 years ago 01/19/2018 7:42pm CST
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won't be ratified, that straightaway is not legit and i doubt there's even drug testing at that meet
oldmanbythesea

2 years ago 01/19/2018 7:43pm CST
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Why isn't the runway legit?
crumpet

2 years ago 01/19/2018 7:49pm CST
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won't be ratified wrote:

won't be ratified, that straightaway is not legit and i doubt there's even drug testing at that meet

I wondered about the drug testing bit.

However if a DT has to be at every meet, it will certainly cut down record achievement. If it proves to be fact, why have any drug testing at all. Just wait and do it at a meet if they run fast. And test everyone at an international competition.

short attention span

2 years ago 01/19/2018 7:51pm CST
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Good to know, that 60m qualifies at a distance running site.
ThatAverageRunner

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2 years ago 01/19/2018 7:59pm CST
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~3.88 seconds for the 40yd dash
zxcvxcvxc

2 years ago 01/19/2018 8:05pm CST
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not longer before he will be the best ever at this distance in terms of quality depth and this likely not being ratified will be a moot point soon enough. that was actually quite the field.
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2 years ago 01/19/2018 8:08pm CST
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crumpet wrote:

won't be ratified wrote:

won't be ratified, that straightaway is not legit and i doubt there's even drug testing at that meet

I wondered about the drug testing bit.

However if a DT has to be at every meet, it will certainly cut down record achievement. If it proves to be fact, why have any drug testing at all. Just wait and do it at a meet if they run fast. And test everyone at an international competition.

The IAAF requires doping control to be at the meet for a record to be ratifiable. They want "the first passing of urine."

For a National Record, USATF just requires a test within 24 hours, which is much more reasonable. So his record may end up getting ratified as a USR but not a World Record... he can join the club with Jenn Suhr and Mondo Duplantis.

I doubt USADA was there. You have to pay $$$ to get them to your meet, and I doubt anyone seriously thought that he was ready to break it. I'd love to be wrong though.

He should go run at LSU, they'll have testers there for Mondo!
D.Katz

2 years ago 01/19/2018 8:21pm CST
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A world record also requires:
1. Zero gun test (could have been done by the timing company)
2. Electronic blocks (were not there)
3. Measurement report (easily available)

Unlikely it could be ratified as a WR but there is a chance it could as an AR.
PrZ

2 years ago 01/19/2018 8:52pm CST
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Eh, screw the iaaf. It’s a world record either way. Nobody has ever run faster.
sprinter guy

2 years ago 01/19/2018 8:57pm CST
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9.7x this year for sure. If he can find any kind of finish in his career he will go under 9.70 at some point in time with legal wind. That start is electric.
Old movie reference

2 years ago 01/19/2018 9:05pm CST
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I'm having whatever he's having.