HSer Matthew Boling runs 10.11w, garners headline in Italian press of "The fastest white ever?"

He's not at a high body weight. You would know, you seem pretty obsessed with how big you are...

Funtalian wrote:

That's pretty funny since the Italians themselves have a sub-10 Italian (not an African import)and is supposedly big news in Italy...I don't see any reason right now as to why Boling would end up having a better PR than Tortu, who himself is a rising star and getting better by the minute.

I thought the same thing. Tortu was barely 20 when he broke 10 last season. Something is fishy with the headline. lol

Goatse is the fastest white man ever. Look him up

Ummmm, I'm pretty sure that Matt London is faster.

Swamp gas wrote:

Armin Hary ran 10.0 on a cinder track (twice). Pre-dope era.

When was the so-called pre-doping era? I believe you meant to state: Amphetamine Era.

This kid is legit. Stop the racism and let him compete.

I think I know everything about Mennea’ s career. From 1970 to 1984 he was as clean as pure water. He was living like a monk. It can be confirmed by every sprinter, coach or simple track and field fan who ever happened to meet him or to speak with his colleagues. His only moment of weakness happened in 1984 , after the LA Olympics, when (he wrote it in his autobiography) he understood that his opponents were not playing an honest game. He met Dr. Kerr to know more about hormonal doping, but he was so shocked about this mistake, that he quit athletics.

(He made a comeback 2 years after, but his engine was too old to be fast as before)

epic fail stadium wrote:

NASA Challenger Stadium? Why would you name an athletic venue after an epic failure?

Stadium is in the community where the Astronauts were from and is located at the Memorial park. The name was to honor the Astronauts not the challenger spaceship. Should be pretty obvious.

its a memorial wrote:

epic fail stadium wrote:

NASA Challenger Stadium? Why would you name an athletic venue after an epic failure?

Stadium is in the community where the Astronauts were from and is located at the Memorial park. The name was to honor the Astronauts not the challenger spaceship. Should be pretty obvious.

I prefer astronauts who didn't get blown up.

The article is click-bait. What is that in Italian? It suggests Boling, after running 10.2, has the potential to be the fastest of his "race." Well, at any rate, besides ruining any sense of enjoyment in hearing about developing multi-talented American track athletes, this discourse is completely wrong-headed, with multiple athletes of non-African descent having broken ten in recent years, suggesting if not clearly proving the lie that any race as any general physical advantages over any other. As for Filippo Tortu, he is still just 20 (turning 21 in mid June) and just ran 9.99 with 0.2 m/s wind last year. It's still all about large numbers of athletes competing seriously from a fairly young age with good coaching and opportunities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Tortu

He's already sub 10 if you convert his time to account for the shorts over tights.

Pietro Mennea from Italy broke 20 seconds by a large margin decades ago for a new WR at the time

Apparently no one in this thread can read that it says "Fastest white American ever?" not "fastest white ever"

Our Doug is a white...