Gatlin Pulls Up Lame in Zagreb

If he is healthy again, I'd like to see Kenny Bednarek (a guy who ran well under 20) on the 4x1, but it's likely he is recovering and waiting for next year.

Bednarek ran 19.82 with a -0.6 wind and 19.49 with a huge 6.1 wind.

Yep - genetic abnormality resulting in myostatin deficiency. He's always been huge, keeping his weight down is a challenge when doing normal elite sprints weight training.

https://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/harry-aikines-aryeetey-potential-locked-in-muscles-52851/

Whatley wrote:

Opinionated guy wrote:

More importantlty is who will fill in for the 4 X 100? With Gatlin out, that at least gives the U.S. relay a better chance of any success being wiped away down the road.

This will work....

Mike Rodgers......ton of 4x1 experience on this leg

Christian Coleman.....on that long second leg if done right.

Chris Belcher .....who is a stud 200m cat

Noah Lyles......I can't see anyone in the world right now he can;t run down within reason.

We'll be fine.

Rather see Norman

I still say something is wrong. Even though he was ahead of the field out of the block, his leg turnover just didn't look right, same thing in the championship DL race.

That hamstring pull hit him like he got shot in the leg.....that was real.. Where you just almost stop, and not those fake ones, where you start hobbling around.

Scorpion_runner wrote:

Gatlin was about to run away with that race with a 9.9 something clearly. Damn he was about 10-15 meters away from the finish and pulled something. Damn you could see his acceleration just come to a halt.

He looked really weird in Zurich as well . His leg didn’t look right.

This. It wasn't just that he didn't have it the last bit. You could tell the leg was a bit off.

Gatlin is 37 he needs to move to the roads and start focusing on the marathon. The 100m/200m is for young studs. I would be willing to bet if he can slow his 9.7 100m speed to a realistic 11.0 per 100m for the marathon he should be able to run 1:25ish give or take.

TimeToMoveUp wrote:

Gatlin is 37 he needs to move to the roads and start focusing on the marathon. The 100m/200m is for young studs. I would be willing to bet if he can slow his 9.7 100m speed to a realistic 11.0 per 100m for the marathon he should be able to run 1:25ish give or take.

You may not be old enough to know, but Florence Griffith-Joyner, 100 WR holder retired. After a few years she publically said she was training for the marathon and didn't think running a world class time would be too hard.

PerformanceEnhancer wrote:

1776 wrote:

Just found his Instagram, Jesus Christ, he is built.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B1rEgAapeo-/https://www.instagram.com/p/B19HTNJpFbb/https://www.instagram.com/p/ByVhz3vpnvD/

Looks like Linford Christie's legacy lives on. Not talking about his sprint times.

I hate when people on this site throw out steroid accusations at anybody who is built, when there have been skinny guys doping in the past.

But jeez, either this guy has a serious alcohol problem, or that gut bloat is from steroids.

Drainthefecesswamp wrote:

PerformanceEnhancer wrote:

Looks like Linford Christie's legacy lives on. Not talking about his sprint times.

I hate when people on this site throw out steroid accusations at anybody who is built, when there have been skinny guys doping in the past.

But jeez, either this guy has a serious alcohol problem, or that gut bloat is from steroids.

There's more roids in him than a Mr Olympia contest.

Guys, read about him. He has a disorder that distorts his muscular frame.

Subway Surfers wrote:

Drainthefecesswamp wrote:

I hate when people on this site throw out steroid accusations at anybody who is built, when there have been skinny guys doping in the past.

But jeez, either this guy has a serious alcohol problem, or that gut bloat is from steroids.

There's more roids in him than a Mr Olympia contest.