Take a trip back down memory lane.
Here is video from NBC
https://youtu.be/jiQ-4TFeeO8
and some BBC highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PH0SV4j1Es
Two guys closely associated with Bolt remember that special day in article in the Jamaican Gleaner today.
Glen Mills talks about the highlight of his coaching career:
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20190816/berlin-was-crowning-moment-my-career-mills
Daniel Bailey, Bolt's training partner and one of two men in the lane next to Bolt in Berlin 10 years ago, talks about the race here:
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20190816/958-not-joke-time-he-had-best-seat-house-now-daniel-bailey-relives-bolts
10 years ago - on August 16, 2009 - Usain Bolt ran 9.58 for 100 meters
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What were the full results? 2-4 weren't as far behind as I expected to see. Gay was surprisingly close.
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semi_pro wrote:
What were the full results? 2-4 weren't as far behind as I expected to see. Gay was surprisingly close.
Here are the results.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes React
1 Usain Bolt Jamaica (JAM) 9.58 WR 0.146
2 Tyson Gay United States (USA) 9.71 NR 0.144
3 Asafa Powell Jamaica (JAM) 9.84 SB 0.134
4 Daniel Bailey Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) 9.93 0.129
5 Richard Thompson Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 9.93 SB 0.119
6 Dwain Chambers Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.00 SB 0.121
7 Marc Burns Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 10.00 SB 0.165
8 Darvis Patton United States (USA) 10.34 0.149
Wind +.9 m/s (Ato Boldon incorrectly said it was a headwind)
What people forget is how the race featured the 3 fastest men in history at the time. So of course it wasn't a cakewalk. I just found an article where Bolt talks about the race. He was extra motivated to win as some had pointed out that Tyson Gay wasn't in the Olympic final the year before.
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20190816/10-years-later-proud-my-legacy-bolt-looks-back-his-berlin-brilliance-wishes -
Tyson Gay ran at almost world record speed and got beat by over a tenth of a second. Insane
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How long is the video?
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Yep. Bolt ran 9.69 in Beijing the year prior and everyone thought it was revolutionary. I was always proud of Gay's belief that he could still beat Bolt, and he ran 9.71 and got obliterated. Later in the year he ran 9.69 and equaled the previous WR, and was still .11 off the new one.
I always admired Gay STILL believing he could break 9.6 as well. He really, truly thought he could get there. -
Impressive performance
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I saw the race trackside while volunteering as a drug testing chaperone. After the race I saw Tyson Gay shake his head in disbelief - it was just otherworldly from Bolt and Gay at his best wasn’t close.
I also went on a run with Wejo and Wilson Kipketer that week. Fun times. -
Boots on the ground! 10 years ago
Drug tester assistant wrote:
I saw the race trackside while volunteering as a drug testing chaperone. After the race I saw Tyson Gay shake his head in disbelief - it was just otherworldly from Bolt and Gay at his best wasn’t close.
I also went on a run with Wejo and Wilson Kipketer that week. Fun times. -
9.5 still looks really weird. but given that bolt had an injury setback, humans can run 9.4 without too much a stretch.
and minus all the rounds and no accident you have the 18.8 200m
same dude could have run 42.5 400m
in the 800m if you ever got 5 141 guys lining up in monaco there is our 139
and if you had half a dozen 202 marathoners, on the right race and breeze, and pacing you got sub 2
this is where humans can go now. -
longjack wrote:
9.5 still looks really weird. but given that bolt had an injury setback, humans can run 9.4 without too much a stretch.
and minus all the rounds and no accident you have the 18.8 200m
same dude could have run 42.5 400m
in the 800m if you ever got 5 141 guys lining up in monaco there is our 139
and if you had half a dozen 202 marathoners, on the right race and breeze, and pacing you got sub 2
this is where humans can go now.
T&F went from guys doing what they could do for bookies in saloons in 18th & 19th Centuries, low mileage and workouts.
1950's was the first time guys combined 100 miles per week, fartlek and track workouts.
1960's, T&F became global as the former colonized had self-determination.
Cross-training and science in 1980's.
Very light weight shoes and fast tracks in the 00's.
I just walked you through how the one mile went from 4:18 to 3:43 over the past 150 years or so and improvent on other listed events.
Sub-1:40 800m may occur with faster shoes and tracks that return energy to runners. Only other way: a bunch of sub-45 second 400m runners move up to 800m. There is no way with current shoes and current tracks will a (46 to 48.5) second 400m runner break 1:40. -
Funny how it's been 10 years and nobody has been even close to 9.58.
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v678 wrote:
Yep. Bolt ran 9.69 in Beijing the year prior and everyone thought it was revolutionary. I was always proud of Gay's belief that he could still beat Bolt, and he ran 9.71 and got obliterated. Later in the year he ran 9.69 and equaled the previous WR, and was still .11 off the new one.
I always admired Gay STILL believing he could break 9.6 as well. He really, truly thought he could get there.
Bolt looked like he had more than .11 in him when he started high stepping in the Olympic final with 15 meters to go in the race. That said who truly believes that his time is legitimate, It's Koch like....... -
v678 wrote:
Yep. Bolt ran 9.69 in Beijing the year prior and everyone thought it was revolutionary. I was always proud of Gay's belief that he could still beat Bolt, and he ran 9.71 and got obliterated. Later in the year he ran 9.69 and equaled the previous WR, and was still .11 off the new one.
I always admired Gay STILL believing he could break 9.6 as well. He really, truly thought he could get there.
Lets not forget Gay got caught doping. He probably figured Bolt and others weren't doping like he was. -
rojo wrote:
Take a trip back down memory lane.
Here is video from NBC
https://youtu.be/jiQ-4TFeeO8
and some BBC highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PH0SV4j1Es
Two guys closely associated with Bolt remember that special day in article in the Jamaican Gleaner today.
Glen Mills talks about the highlight of his coaching career:
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20190816/berlin-was-crowning-moment-my-career-mills
Daniel Bailey, Bolt's training partner and one of two men in the lane next to Bolt in Berlin 10 years ago, talks about the race here:
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20190816/958-not-joke-time-he-had-best-seat-house-now-daniel-bailey-relives-bolts
In 10 years, nobody else has come within a 1/10s of this mark.
If he could have incrementally shaved this record, he could have had fat pay days, but he was right to put it up in this peak.
Bolt's fastest Season Best after this was 9.63 .
How long until this thread sidetracks into genetic reasons for Jamaican sprint dominance... -
Which day did U. Bolt (Jamaica) pass the PED test?
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Ernest wrote:
rojo wrote:
Take a trip back down memory lane.
Here is video from NBC
https://youtu.be/jiQ-4TFeeO8
and some BBC highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PH0SV4j1Es
Two guys closely associated with Bolt remember that special day in article in the Jamaican Gleaner today.
Glen Mills talks about the highlight of his coaching career:
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20190816/berlin-was-crowning-moment-my-career-mills
Daniel Bailey, Bolt's training partner and one of two men in the lane next to Bolt in Berlin 10 years ago, talks about the race here:
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20190816/958-not-joke-time-he-had-best-seat-house-now-daniel-bailey-relives-bolts
In 10 years, nobody else has come within a 1/10s of this mark.
If he could have incrementally shaved this record, he could have had fat pay days, but he was right to put it up in this peak.
Bolt's fastest Season Best after this was 9.63 .
How long until this thread sidetracks into genetic reasons for Jamaican sprint dominance...
Alt Right posters and Black nationalists will hijack this thread.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZDLqbCjads
