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6 years ago 04/09/2019 2:25pm EDT

Jesse Owens today could have given Usain Bolt a run for his money. Thoughts?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/02/18/lets-all-appreciate-how-fast-jesse-owens/80523426/

"Consider that Usain Bolt started by propelling himself out of blocks down a specially fabricated carpet designed to allow him to travel as fast as humanly possible. Jesse Owens, on the other hand, ran on cinders, the ash from burnt wood, and that soft surface stole far more energy from his legs as he ran."

"Biomechanical analysis of the speed of Owens' joints shows that had been running on the same surface as Bolt, he wouldn't have been 14 feet behind, he would have been within one stride," said Epstein.

6 years ago 04/09/2019 3:12pm EDT

re: Jesse Bolt

And in other breaking news, Roger Bannister has broken four minutes for the mile.

6 years ago 04/09/2019 3:18pm EDT

re: Jesse Bolt

2016 olympic 100m final:

1.Usain Bolt 9.78

2. justin gatlin 9.89

3. andre de grasse 9.91

4. yohan blake 9.93

5. akani simbine 9.94

6. ben youssef meite 9.96

7. jimmy vicaut 10.04

8. trayvon bromell 10.06

9. jesse owens 10.3x

6 years ago 04/09/2019 3:22pm EDT

re: the_truth_

the_truth_ wrote:
2016 olympic 100m final:
1.Usain Bolt 9.78
2. justin gatlin 9.89
3. andre de grasse 9.91
4. yohan blake 9.93
5. akani simbine 9.94
6. ben youssef meite 9.96
7. jimmy vicaut 10.04
8. trayvon bromell 10.06
9. jesse owens 10.3x

Jesse's PR of 10.3 would not have gotten him to the final....or the olympics that year.

6 years ago 04/09/2019 3:45pm EDT

re: nothing special

nothing special wrote:
the_truth_ wrote:
2016 olympic 100m final:
1.Usain Bolt 9.78
2. justin gatlin 9.89
3. andre de grasse 9.91
4. yohan blake 9.93
5. akani simbine 9.94
6. ben youssef meite 9.96
7. jimmy vicaut 10.04
8. trayvon bromell 10.06
9. jesse owens 10.3x
Jesse's PR of 10.3 would not have gotten him to the final....or the olympics that year.

Did you guys not read the article? Seriously? so dumb

6 years ago 04/09/2019 3:47pm EDT

re: Jesse Bolt

Jesse Bolt wrote:
. . . Jesse Owens, on the other hand, ran on cinders, the ash from burnt wood, . . .

Cinder tracks are fine crushed lava rock, not "the ash from burnt wood".

6 years ago 04/09/2019 3:55pm EDT

re: If he can't get this right . . .

If he can't get this right . . . wrote:
Jesse Bolt wrote:
. . . Jesse Owens, on the other hand, ran on cinders, the ash from burnt wood, . . .
Cinder tracks are fine crushed lava rock, not "the ash from burnt wood".

No. It was ash. Just like they use in composites for asphalt. Its a mix of ash and crusher fines.

6 years ago 04/09/2019 4:00pm EDT

re: Jesse Bolt

Jesse Bolt wrote:
nothing special wrote:
Jesse's PR of 10.3 would not have gotten him to the final....or the olympics that year.
Did you guys not read the article? Seriously? so dumb

Will reading the article somehow drop Jesse's PR in the 100m from 10.3x to a 9.7x?

6 years ago 04/09/2019 5:42pm EDT

re: seriously bro?

seriously bro? wrote:
Jesse Bolt wrote:
Did you guys not read the article? Seriously? so dumb
Will reading the article somehow drop Jesse's PR in the 100m from 10.3x to a 9.7x?

Usain bolt would run a 10.25 on the track in 1936. Dear god you dont understand

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