☆☆☆ Official Track&Field Thread ☆☆☆

[1stand15th]

Is Gay gonna be healthy by then (~2 weeks away)? I thought there was some talk about him getting surgery after these WC.

 

[dr spaceman]

Originally Posted by NikeKid6

Originally Posted by brrraptors

almost dropped my plate of food on what exactly is it about the caribbean countries that produce such amazing track n field athletes, especially jamaica in particular. does anyone have any idea of their t&f infrastructure in the country. clearly they're finding the talent and more importantly nurturing them at a world class level.

also the gene pool. in the us there are soooo many ppl. so the chance of two fast people mating isnt as high as the carribean. islands are obviously small so it is more likely that fast people will mate and produce more fast people.

Track and field is our thing, we're doing sprints from nursery stages. Pretty much every school level has an intramural track and field day,so with damn near a majority of the country participating, it's highly likely you scout the fast ones from early and nurture it. Other nations i guesswill have other sports they focus on early. Maybe some genetics, i've got 70+ farmer uncles built just like those sprinters. I was pretty damn fast myselfas a kid, i'd prolly have a heart attack 5m in nowadays though.

 

[north dade represent]

I honestly thought Bolt would run 19 flat. But I can't say he disappointed. 19.19 is still absolutely insane.

Dude is freak of nature among freaks of nature. Dude's sperm is probably worth millions.

 

[perriesthlm]

Originally Posted by bijald0331

Originally Posted by MisterP0315

Someone please tell me they saw that mascot run into that cart.

.gif NOW!

funny as hell. could have ruined that chick's year right there

 

[brrraptors]

^

son put his head down n accelerated, had no idea what was ahead

 

[notoriuswes]

lmfaoooo

 

[Sam Darnold Heisman #8]

man these high jump chicks are pretty cute.

 

[waystinthyme]

what channel is this on in the US?

-waystinthyme

 

[Sam Darnold Heisman #8]

its on versus right now.

 

[dr spaceman]

Man i think i'm in love with that croatian high jump chick.

 

[wawaweewa]

Originally Posted by 40inchBoost

Damn, just watched the race

Bolt is untouchable, and will be for a while.

After hes done, I dont see his records being even sniffed in my lifetime, specially if he breaks sub 9.5 & 19 which seems likely now.

In all honesty though, I really cant decide if hes clean or not. Insane times since 15 makes me think he is, but its such a dirty sport and scientists/chemists will always be ahead of the testing curve because there is too much money to be made.

Incredible though none the less

I disagree and here's my reasoning.

Prior to Bolt, track coaches disregarded excessively tall athletes when it concerned sprinting. Many thought that being excessively tall was highlydisadvantageous.
Not only has Bolt shown that it's not disadvantageous but being that tall coupled with sprinting abilities might actually be highly advantageous.
That is why Bolt is breaking records left and right. He is the first of his kind in terms of his size.
I'll venture to say that we'll see a lot more taller athletes being selected for sprinting. That is unless they're not taken by Bball or Football.

 

[brrraptors]

^ but what're the chances another track athlete has the turnover and fast twitch that Bolt does?

i know that it'll eventually be broken, as almost all records are, but it might be a very very longtime before that happens. perhaps not in our lifetime

 

[kix4kix]

Originally Posted by DiPlOmAt TDOt

People forget that the 200m is Usain's Specialty, this has always been his event he only started messing with the 100 last Summer.

Actually the 4 was.

 

[wawaweewa]

Originally Posted by brrraptors

^ but what're the chances another track athlete has the turnover and fast twitch that Bolt does?

i know that it'll eventually be broken, as almost all records are, but it might be a very very longtime before that happens. perhaps not in our lifetime

Chances are great that there are/will be athletes similar to Bolt.
The difficult part is finding and developing them for track.

There are plenty of athletes in the NFL right now who could be world class track athletes with some specialization.
Bball and the NFL usually take thebest athletes away from other sports.

 

[nyrapisback]

Why even watch? This is like a scrimmage to him. He just shatters %+@$ in his sleep. Like I said before, light work.

@ the celebration with the mascot.

 

[notoriuswes]

^nah....He actually is working hard in his races this year lol

 

[nostrandave68]

SMH at all the current/future sprinters training for a whole year just for the 2nd place position.

 

[gunna get it]

Is Michael Johnson still Jermy Wariner's coach?

 

[DYNAMICS]

Originally Posted by kix4kix

Originally Posted by DiPlOmAt TDOt

People forget that the 200m is Usain's Specialty, this has always been his event he only started messing with the 100 last Summer.

Actually the 4 was.

Anyways....


Men's 4 x 100 is starting in a bit depending on this Rain.

4x100 Metres Relay - M Heats
first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

37.10 Jamaica (JAM) - Beijing (National Stadium), 22/08/2008

Heat 1

Friday 21 August 2009 - 19:30

3	Japan	JPN	38.33	38.03
4	South Africa	RSA	39.34	38.47
5	France	FRA	38.80	37.79
6	Switzerland	SUI	39.29	38.99
7	Trinidad and Tobago	TRI	38.37	38.00
8	Brazil	BRA	38.91	37.90

[th=""]Lane[/th] [th=""]Team[/th] [th=""]Country[/th] [th=""]2009[/th] [th=""]PB[/th]

Heat 2

Friday 21 August 2009 - 19:38

3	Canada	CAN	38.62	37.69
4	Ghana	GHA	40.02	38.12
5	Portugal	POR	39.02	39.02
6	Great Britain & N.I.	GBR	38.44	37.73
7	United States	USA	37.85	37.40
8	Netherlands	NED	39.04	38.63

[th=""]Lane[/th] [th=""]Team[/th] [th=""]Country[/th] [th=""]2009[/th] [th=""]PB[/th]

Heat 3

Friday 21 August 2009 - 19:46

3	Jamaica	JAM	38.10	37.10
4	Australia	AUS	38.96	38.17
5	Thailand	THA	39.48	38.80
7	Italy	ITA	38.77	38.37
8	Germany	GER	38.40	38.30

[th=""]Lane[/th] [th=""]Team[/th] [th=""]Country[/th] [th=""]2009[/th] [th=""]PB[/th]

Also today will be the Men's 400m Final & Women's 200 Final.





200 Metres - W Final

21.34 Griffith-Joyner Florence (USA) - Seoul, 29/09/1988

21 August 2009 - 21:00

1	277	Eleni Artymata	CYP	22.64	22.64
2	388	Emily Freeman	GBR	22.64	22.64
3	1008	Muna Lee	USA	22.30	22.01
4	126	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	BAH	22.23	22.19
5	522	Veronica Campbell-Brown	JAM	22.29	21.74
6	986	Allyson Felix	USA	21.88	21.81
7	526	Simone Facey	JAM	22.58	22.25
8	540	Anneisha McLaughlin	JAM	22.55	22.55

[th=""]Lane[/th] [th=""]Bib[/th] [th=""]Athlete[/th] [th=""]Country[/th] [th=""]2009[/th] [th=""]PB[/th]

400 Metres - M Final

43.18 Johnson Michael (USA) - Sevilla, 26/08/1999

21 August 2009 - 21:20

1	448	Leslie Djhone	FRA	44.80	44.46
2	619	David Gillick	IRL	44.77	44.77
3	1113	Renny Quow	TRI	44.53	44.53
4	1206	LaShawn Merritt	USA	44.37	43.75
5	160	Chris Brown	BAH	44.81	44.40
6	1242	Jeremy Wariner	USA	44.66	43.45
7	629	Tabarie Henry	ISV	44.77	44.77
8	490	Michael Bingham	GBR	44.74	44.74

[th=""]Lane[/th] [th=""]Bib[/th] [th=""]Athlete[/th] [th=""]Country[/th] [th=""]2009[/th] [th=""]PB[/th]

Gunna - Clyde Hart is Warriner's Coach (Michael Johnson's Former Coash, also coaches Sanya Richards), MJ is an"advisor".


Events have been delayed 40mins because of the Heavy Rain.

 

[southzeztpdot]

I thought MJ was more of an Agent than an advisor for Wariner.

 

[1stand15th]

Originally Posted by 1stand15th

So Tyson's definitely gonna run in the relay? If he and Asafa both pull out nh than it's going to be very interesting.

 

[nikekid6]

are the championships not playing? on the sched it said it is.

 

[nikekid6]

are the championships not playing? on the sched it said it is.

 

[DYNAMICS]

I'm watching it, nothing has been going on the past 30 mins because of the Heavy Rain, it's about to start back up in 10-15 mins.

 

[notoriuswes]

no tyson...ahh man....ah ok...i thought teams had to stay the same through out rounds unless there was an injury