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Frank Wykoff on Track and Field Starting Blocks Controversy

When you hear the name Frank Wykoff, you immediately think of Jesse Owens in the 1936 Gold medal 4×100 meter relay, along with Ralph Metcalfe and the 2 Jewish athletes that didn’t run (Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller). Frank Wykoff ran the anchor leg in a World Record time of 39.8 seconds.

Frank Wykoff had […]

Koji Ito 10.00 - Still the Japanese National Record

A reader emailed me asking for the video for Koji Ito’s 10.00 or Shingo Suetsugu’s 10.03 100 meter personal bests. Koji Ito and Marian Woronin both had PBs of 10.00 seconds.

In this YouTube video, Ito runs a 10.00 in the semi-final of the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, easing up over the last few […]

Million Dollar Man Richard Thompson - Bigger than Ato Bolden?

I have to admit, it wasn’t until the 3rd or 4th slow motion replay of the Beijing 100 meter final that I noticed the 2nd place finisher raising his arms in triumph.

He was wearing the red and white colours of T&T - Trinidad and Tobago (sorry, Canada). That man was Richard Thompson. He […]

1996 Gold Medal 4×100m Relay Team Inducted to Sports Hall of Fame

1996 Gold Medal 4×100m Relay Team Inducted to Sports Hall of Fame in November 2008.

12 years after winning the Gold medal in Atlanta, the Gold Medal 4×100m Relay Team of Donovan Bailey, Carlton Chambers, Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert and Bruny Surin were inducted to the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame.

Also receiving the honours were David […]

Mondo Rubber Tracks and the Mondo Olympics

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.

We witnessed World Records […]

Is Bolt the Greatest Athlete Today?

Is Bolt the Greatest Athlete Today?

He may not be a decathlete, but Usain “Lightening” Bolt is hands-down the top male athlete in professional sports today. Yes I am talking about the best today - not five years ago, or last year or even potential for the future.

Why?

Besides the fact that the six foot, five inch […]

Dwain Chambers on Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Stride Length and Stride Frequency

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 change in thinking. […]

Comparing 100 meter Freestyle and 400 meter Sprinting

The 100 meter freestyle in swimming resembles the 400 sprint in running.

Their Elite times are in the mid 40’s second range and both events have similar energy systems: Alactic anerobic and Lactic anerobic.

Between 1968 and 2004, only 7 men has run under the magic 44 seconds barrier for the 400 meters (and two of them […]

Real Sports - Usain Bolt airs October 21 on HBO

Mark your calendars and set your PVRs (who still owns a VCR these days?)

From the Jamaica Gleaner:

Bolt to appear on top US sports show

Less than a month after appearing on “The David Letterman Show” and “Live with Regis and Kelly”, two popular television shows in the United States, Jamaican triple gold medalist, Usain Bolt will […]

Asafa Powell or Bob Hayes - World’s Fastest 100 meters?

POP QUIZ: Who has the World Record for the 4×100m fastest 100 meter relay split ?

This is not an official event, as timing consistency varies, but we all love stats, right?

Ever since I started watching the Olympics in 1972, historians always referred to “Bullet” Bob Hayes 8.5 second 4×100 meter anchor relay leg at […]

More Good Sportsmanship Stories

Here are 3 short snippets of Olympic History with a good sportsmanship story attached.

Lutz Long & Jesse Owens, Long Jump

One of the earliest recorded moments of a good sportsmanship story occurred in 1936 Berlin Olympics between Lutz (Luz) Long and Jesse Owens.

Carl Ludwig “Lutz” Long is famous for assisting Jesse Owens in the preliminary round […]

Paris Golden League under threat: French Athletics Federation

I was recently in France and I noticed SEAT was the official voiture for the French Athletics Federation (FFA).

I was so impressed that I had my photo taken with the car. You don’t see BC Athletics or Athletics Canada with a sponsor like that.

Now word has come out that the 2009 IAAF Golden League […]

Coach Says Bolt Could Have Run 9.52 in Olympics

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 or 9.64.

Even a […]

Jamaica Smashes 4×100m WR, Canada 6th

In June, I predicted Jamaica could go sub 37.

The next big question is, what will be the order?

Usain Bolt ran the 3rd leg, when everyone expected him to run 2nd, the “longest leg” with his long strides.

This is silly, as the 3rd leg can also be the “longest leg”!

But Bolt ran the 3rd leg, which […]

Beijing Men’s 4 x 100m Relays - Anything Goes!

The 4 x 100m Relay was going to be a showdown between USA, Jamaica, and Great Britain.

However, from my experience witnessed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, “Anything Goes” (the Irving Berlin song).

In Semi-Final 1, USA, Nigeria, Poland, South Africa all dropped or missed the baton and DNF’ed. Trinidad won in 38.26, followed by Japan […]

World’s Fastest Nation: USA or Jamaica?

Let the Bragging Rights begin!

Who is the World’s Fastest Nation: 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. We are halfway through the Track and Field program and it’s a very tight race between these […]

Usain Bolt 200m 19.30 Olympic World Record Video

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. […]

Shelly-Ann Fraser Gold, Jamaica Sweeps Olympic 100m Video

Shelly-Ann Fraser of Jamaica won the Olympic Gold in the Women’s 100 meters with a time of 10.78 seconds.

What is unusual is they gave a TIE for second place. Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart both tied for second place in 10.98. Even at the nearest thousandth (0.001) of a second, they still could […]

Usain Bolt 100m 9.69 Olympic World Record Video

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 4×100m relay? How […]

The Olympic Starting Gun and Starting Blocks Controversy

Every 4 years, the whole world focuses on the Olympics in particular Track and Field (or Athletics as it’s called everywhere else in the world)

Especially the 100 meters.

However, everyone including the media loves controversy!

On the eve of the 100 meters showdown between Asafa Powell, Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay, check out these three headlines in […]

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