Usain Bolt sets new 100m world record

[DiscoStu]

- Women's heptathlon is a minor event in comparison to the mens 100 metres.
- 95% of the population have never heard of Jessica Ennis
- He set a world record, she won an arbitrary event
- She should have got a mention near the end of the athletics bit.

Possibly, but she's well fit

[Moscow Mule]

Amazing. I've just been told why our gold medal winner is not worth even mentioning on BBC Radio news. You miserable tiny-minded pusillanimous gits, some of you deserve what you have made of this once great country.

Disgusted.......

Cheer up. She was on the telly.

[malvolio]

Guy I feel sorry for is Tyson Gay. You run your best ever race, you set your own all time personal best and a new national record, you've done the third fastest time in history over 100m - and you lost by two metres...

[BlackenedBiker]

Bolts training partner is under investigation but Jamaican WADA for drug abuse (with as yet uncategorised substance).

No smoke without fire.

Fact is a fair athlete on drugs will beat a very good athlete who is clean as improves performance by around 30%. Are we saying that Bolt is 2 meters better than a dirty athlete who is performing at 130% I think not.

Or are we saying all of the sprint athletes are clean, again I think not.

Therefore the likelihood is Bolt is dirty IMHO

[Cyberman]

The jury is still out as far as I am concerned. Drug testing in Jamaica is less stringent than elsewhere due to funding issues, and some of his team plus his actual trainer are under suspicion even with those tests.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009...tive-drug-test

[realityhack]

Is that good?

According to my guess-timation that's an average of 23.4mph!

[Cyberman]

According to my guess-timation that's an average of 23.4mph!

Allowing for acceleration from zero, his top speed is around 30mph. However, he could not maintain that for very much longer than 100 metres.

[Moscow Mule]

Bolts training partner is under investigation but Jamaican WADA for drug abuse (with as yet uncategorised substance).

No smoke without fire.

Fact is a fair athlete on drugs will beat a very good athlete who is clean as improves performance by around 30%. Are we saying that Bolt is 2 meters better than a dirty athlete who is performing at 130% I think not.

Or are we saying all of the sprint athletes are clean, again I think not.

Therefore the likelihood is Bolt is dirty IMHO

Are you saying Tyson Gay is on drugs? I've missed that on the news.

[BlackenedBiker]

Are you saying Tyson Gay is on drugs? I've missed that on the news.

No I am saying that to suppose that the ENTIRE field is drugs free is perhaps optimistic. Therefore Bolt is beating a dirty athlete by AT LEAST 30% and 2 metres.

Wow

[Moscow Mule]

No I am saying that to suppose that the ENTIRE field is drugs free is perhaps optimistic. Therefore Bolt is beating a dirty athlete by AT LEAST 30% and 2 metres.

Wow

All athletes are not created equal. That much is true.