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Is Gay gonna be healthy by then (~2 weeks away)? I thought there was some talk about him getting surgery after these WC.
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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.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.
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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.
Dude is freak of nature among freaks of nature. Dude's sperm is probably worth millions.
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Originally Posted by bijald0331
Originally Posted by MisterP0315
Someone please tell me they saw that mascot run into that cart.
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funny as hell. could have ruined that chick's year right there
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son put his head down n accelerated, had no idea what was ahead
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lmfaoooo
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man these high jump chicks are pretty cute.
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what channel is this on in the US?
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its on versus right now.
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Man i think i'm in love with that croatian high jump chick.
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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.
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^ 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
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
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Actually the 4 was.
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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.
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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.
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^nah....He actually is working hard in his races this year lol
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SMH at all the current/future sprinters training for a whole year just for the 2nd place position.
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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.
Heat 1
Friday 21 August 2009 - 19:30
| 3 | Japan | 
| 38.33 | 38.03 |
| 4 | South Africa | 
| 39.34 | 38.47 |
| 5 | France | 
| 38.80 | 37.79 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 
| 39.29 | 38.99 |
| 7 | Trinidad and Tobago | 
| 38.37 | 38.00 |
| 8 | Brazil | 
| 38.91 | 37.90 |
Heat 2
Friday 21 August 2009 - 19:38
| 3 | Canada | 
| 38.62 | 37.69 |
| 4 | Ghana | 
| 40.02 | 38.12 |
| 5 | Portugal | 
| 39.02 | 39.02 |
| 6 | Great Britain & N.I. | 
| 38.44 | 37.73 |
| 7 | United States | 
| 37.85 | 37.40 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 
| 39.04 | 38.63 |
Heat 3
Friday 21 August 2009 - 19:46
| 3 | Jamaica | 
| 38.10 | 37.10 |
| 4 | Australia | 
| 38.96 | 38.17 |
| 5 | Thailand | 
| 39.48 | 38.80 |
| 7 | Italy | 
| 38.77 | 38.37 |
| 8 | Germany | 
| 38.40 | 38.30 |
Also today will be the Men's 400m Final & Women's 200 Final.
200 Metres - W Final
21 August 2009 - 21:00
| 1 | 277 | Eleni Artymata | 
| 22.64 | 22.64 |
| 2 | 388 | Emily Freeman |
| 22.64 | 22.64 |
| 3 | 1008 | Muna Lee |
| 22.30 | 22.01 |
| 4 | 126 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | 
| 22.23 | 22.19 |
| 5 | 522 | Veronica Campbell-Brown |
| 22.29 | 21.74 |
| 6 | 986 | Allyson Felix |
| 21.88 | 21.81 |
| 7 | 526 | Simone Facey |
| 22.58 | 22.25 |
| 8 | 540 | Anneisha McLaughlin |
| 22.55 | 22.55 |
400 Metres - M Final
21 August 2009 - 21:20
| 1 | 448 | Leslie Djhone |
| 44.80 | 44.46 |
| 2 | 619 | David Gillick | 
| 44.77 | 44.77 |
| 3 | 1113 | Renny Quow |
| 44.53 | 44.53 |
| 4 | 1206 | LaShawn Merritt |
| 44.37 | 43.75 |
| 5 | 160 | Chris Brown |
| 44.81 | 44.40 |
| 6 | 1242 | Jeremy Wariner |
| 44.66 | 43.45 |
| 7 | 629 | Tabarie Henry | 
| 44.77 | 44.77 |
| 8 | 490 | Michael Bingham |
| 44.74 | 44.74 |
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.
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I thought MJ was more of an Agent than an advisor for Wariner.
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are the championships not playing? on the sched it said it is.
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are the championships not playing? on the sched it said it is.
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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.
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no tyson...ahh man....ah ok...i thought teams had to stay the same through out rounds unless there was an injury
