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Share This is Part 1 of a 2 part series. Click here for Part 2 with 10 meter splits . Honestly, I didn’t expect Usain Bolt to run sub 9.60. I felt a WR was imminent after watching his SF, and I knew his chest thumping slowdown in Beijing showed me he could run low [...]
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 Many Thanks to Puma for providing this training video of Usain Bolt, shot prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympics in his hometown of Jamaica. In the video, I love the casualness of Usain Bolt wearing Basketball pants over his training tights. After the Olympics, his coach tells everyone his secret to success was a [...]
Share This is the 4th article on Valeri Borzov. In cased you missed the other three, please refer to Video of Sprinter Valeri Borzov 100 meters, Olympic Champion Valeri Borzov – A Clinic on Sprinting from Starting Blocks – First 3 Steps Valeri Borzov – An Hour Before the Start. Here is another great article [...]
Share Here are some quotes from the original article on timesonline.co.uk, and some commentary and analysis that follows it. On Extrapolating 60 meters performances to 100 meters Charles van Commenee, the new head coach at UKA, has said that Chambers is welcome back and the sprinter is hoping that this message will lead to a [...]
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 [...]
Share Who said Michael Johnson’s 19.32 World Record would last 50 years? Try 12 years. Usain Bolt shocked the world today with his 200m Olympic Gold Medal and World Record with a 19.30 performance. This time, there was no show boating, no pre-celebration BEFORE the finish line. 8 races. 6 days. 2 Olympic Gold medals. [...]
Share Utterly, amazing! And he slowed down. Imagine if he ran right through? Take my 100 meter to 200 meter conversion equation of doubled and add or subtract +/- 0.2 seconds = 19.38 (+/- 0.2). The next question is, “Can he bring down Micheal Johnson’s 19.32?” Will he win 3 Golds with Jamaica winning the [...]
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LetsRun.com asks How is Bolt’s 200m WR almost exactly twice his 100m WR?
Share LRC Brain Teaser asks: How is Bolt’s 200m WR almost exactly twice his 100m WR? Wejo and Rojo, you might think just doubling your 100m PB is the quick answer, but there’s more behind the story. Usain Bolt’s PB for the 100 and 200 meters is 9.58 and 19.19 respectively. In the 200 meters, [...]