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Share I’ve been sitting on this article for months with hesitation. Here is the preamble on why I never posted it (until today). The problem with doing splits is you need extremely good video, preferably non-compressed HD quality, as well as the video of the starting gun showing the smoke coming out to start the [...]
Share If you liked yesterday’s daily routine of Tiger Woods, then you’ll enjoy this daily life of Jessica Ennis. This article is guest blogged by Louise Hudson, co-founder of Sportsister.com Interview date: July 15, 2008 (pre-Beijing Olympics) Jessica Ennis: I’m 22 and have been specializing in the Heptathlon since the age of 13, I run [...]
Share On the eve before Usain Bolt’s 9.58 WR in Berlin 2009, the St. Kitts and Nevis newspaper The Labour Spokesman wrote about the showdown between Bolt and Tyson Gay. It was written by Peter Adrian and can be found here. Eventually, Tyson Gay did run 9.69, the exact same time Usain Bolt ran in [...]
Share It wasn’t long ago when Puma signed Usain Bolt back in 2003 as a 17 year old. Puma tried to capitalize on the success after his famous 9.69 and 19.30 in Beijing 2008, but the only “Usain Bolt” merchandise available was his famous signature Bolt Arms lightning bolt pose. Even after Berlin 2009, he [...]
Share Like Victor Conte, Ben Johnson news won’t go away. No matter how much of an anti-drug person you are (i.e. LetsRun.com) every time they make a media presence, they make noise. And that noise may be irritating to you. Who can forget Ben Johnson’s 9.79 in Seoul 1988? I’ll bet a lot of you [...]
Share It appears Coach Mills was right, based on extreme-value theory. Last year when Usain Bolt’s coach Glen Mills claimed Bolt could run 9.52, I bashed him say it was impossible. I analyzed Usain Bolt’s 10 meter splits from his 9.69 Beijing Olympic victory and extrapolated his last 10 meter segment, without the chest thumping. [...]
Share The IAAF article can be found here. Click here to download the PDF file. How were these splits recorded? Transponder antennas were laid under the track at the 0m, 100m, 200m and 300m. Athletes wore chips on the inside of their front bib numbers, so when they crossed the transponder threshold, a time was [...]
Share With all the hype about Usain Bolt’s 10 meter splits and speculation on what he could have run, I forgot to analyze the 200 meters! Shame on me! I touched the topic of Speed Reserve in Part 1 and Part 2. Usian Bolt’s 200m splits were clocked at 9.98 + 9.32 splits for his [...]
Share If you want to relive the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremonies, you have a couple of choices. You can ask a friend who recorded it on their TiVo or PVR… if they still have it. You can buy the 2008 Beijing Opening Ceremony 2-Volume DVD from NBCDVD for $29.99 Or you can watch it [...]
Share What would Bob Hayes or Ben Johnson run on today’s new artificial track surfaces? Mondo has been around since the 1976 Montreal Olympics for Track and Field (Athletics), but Beijing 2008 was the first time using the new Mondotrack. Like the Speedo LZR swimsuits, the new Mondotrack from Mondo gives sprinters a technological advantage. [...]
Share Commercialism. Isn’t that what the Olympics are all about? On the day before Usain Bolt set his record breaking 9.69 100 meter win in Beijing, PUMA announced the exclusive release of 180 pairs of Usain Bolt‘s Puma Cell Mio on August 19th. An updated version of Puma‘s Cell cushioning and energy retention technology were [...]
Share It didn’t take long before the academic world analyzed and dissected the amazing 100 meter run by Usain Bolt at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. After I posted his splits, followed by his coach’s extrapolation of running 9.52, here is a scientific paper by H. K. Eriksen, J. R. Kristiansen, O. Langangen and I. K. [...]
Share I don’t think so. I analyzed Usain Bolt’s 10 meter splits from his 9.69 Beijing Olympic victory in a previous article. If you extrapolate Usain Bolt‘s last 10 meter segment, without the chest thumping, it would be fair to say he would have ran 0.84 or 0.85 seconds, making his 100m World Record 9.63 [...]
Share Who was the World’s Fastest Nation at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games? USA or Jamaica? Jamaica had introduced the Fastest Nation Jamaica T-shirt before the Olympic Games! Let’s take a look at the 7 sprint events that require starting blocks: Here are a few random thoughts that come to mind: USA owns the Men’s [...]
Share In the Corporate Olympics, who won the world’s fastest spikes? Like the Sports drinks and cola beverage industry, the sports shoes market is a highly competitive one, even more competitive than the Men’s 100 meters! My first recollection of the Corporate Olympics was in 1972. Lasse Viren won the 5000 and 10000 meter double, [...]
Share One has to feel sorry for Olympic favorite Blanka Vlasic. She hasn’t lost a high jump competition in 35 meets, and was heavily favored to win the Gold medal. After jumping cleanly through 2.03m, only Anna Chicherova and Tia Hellabaut cleared the same height, but with a total of 3 missed attempts each. The [...]
Share Usain Bolt won the 100 meters because of his speed endurance. I’ve said this all along, unless you are running a 40 yard dash or 50 meter sprint, sprinting the 100, 200, or 400 meters is all about speed endurance… reach your top speed, and maintain it. The winner of two athletes with the [...]
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Armin Hary and the Famous 10.0 sec 100m World Record
Share Here is a great article from Läufer des Jahrhunderts – Die atemberaubende Karriere des Armin Hary – 14) 1960 – Hary, strahlende Nummer 1 – GIPFELTĂ„NZE II. It’s in German, so I translated the article with Google translate (as bad as it may be sometimes) and put the English version side-by-side. You can download [...]