Bolt -- world record...again.

Did he look like he was trying this time? Because he sure didn't at the Olympics.

 

Awesome, awesome, awesome. I can't wait to see how fair this guy continues to push the limits.

He is a freak.

 

I know that he doesn't run the 400 because he doesn't want to put the work in. But I would really like to see what he could do in the 400 if he even decided to concentrate on it for a year. I think with his body type, he could run times in the 400 that make his 100 and 200 times look pedestrian.

 

Agree. With those long strides, I'd think he could completely destroy the 400 record. Of course, there's not much money in being the fastest 400 man in the world.

 

We're a tab, and I'm putting on my front.

 

His last 3 strides were a jog.

What next; 9.5; 9.0?

 

Why aren't there more skeptics on this thread?

Last person I saw make the 100m look that easy was Marion Jones.

 

I heard a story on NPR the other day where a physicist calculated his Olympic time would've been 9.55 had he not showboated.

 

You know something was incredible if it earned a holy crap from spnited, the board's foremost cynic. Bolt may be the single freakiest freak athlete we've ever seen.

And, as a side note, how much do you think Tyson Gay resents Bolt's rising out of nowhere to become the greatest sprinter ever right when he was about to seize dominance of the sprinting world. Bolt just TOTALLY stole Gay's thunder. He's now Alydar to Bolt's Affirmed.

 

I suppose I'm not skeptical because I'm not allowing myself to be.

There's a part of me that believes he has to be cheating to suddenly be destroying the record and the competition the way he is, but dammit I just love watching him go. Plus, I bet he's been tested 100 times since the Olympics, not that that guarantees he's clean.

I guess I'm like a baseball fan back the McGwire-Sosa summer.

 

Yes, he did start as a 400 runner. But I believe he switched to the 100/200 because he didn't want to put in the work to be great at the 400.