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Olympic 100 meter Sprint Videos

This YouTube video is called Break the limit - Tribute to Sprinters with the background music “Desert Rose” by Sting.

It starts off with the first electronic recorded 100 meters under 10 seconds by Jim Hines in the 1968 Olympics. I love this video because Lennox Lewis of Jamaica is wearing a simple short sleeve […]

History of Jamaican Sprinting 1948-2002 Video

Here is an interesting 15 minute history lesson on Jamaican sprinting from the Olympic appearance of Herb McKenley in 1948 up to 2002 when this film was produced.

This video includes interviews from Jamaica’s Head Coach Dennis Johnson, and athletes Lennox Miller, Michael Blackwood, Ray Stewart, Donald Quarrie and more. None of these men won […]

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. […]

Asafa Powell Coach Stephen Francis Coaching Seminar

If you enjoyed my casual and candid live coaching videos of John Smith with Jon Drummond demonstrating a drills session or Clyde Hart Drill’s session, you might find this series of videos informative from YouTube.

In these videos, we have Coach Stephen Francis explaining how to prepare for sprinting at a session. This was organized […]

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 […]

Who Won the Shoes War? PUMA, NIKE or ADIDAS?

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, and immediately […]

Usain Bolt 100m 10 meter Splits and Speed Endurance

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 same […]

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 […]

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 […]

Questions Heading into the 2008 Olympic Men’s 100m Showdown

Running Mechanics is a new site dedicated to improving your running technique in a very short time. Derek Hansen’s “Running Mechanics” program can guide you through the steps needed to achieve proper posture, stride mechanics and general strength to achieve efficient running technique.

The 2008 Olympic men’s 100m appears to be one of the […]

Asafa Powell Debuts Nike Zoom Aerofly at Beijing

Sprinter Asafa Powell Debuts Leading-Edge Nike Zoom Aerofly He’ll Wear In Beijing

From NIKE Press release:

Nike’s deep focus on innovation for the Beijing includes work with one of the world’s fastest human beings sprinter Asafa Powell. In his bid to reclaim dominance in the 100 meters, Powell today debuted the sleek and aerodynamically efficient Zoom Aerofly […]

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 […]

Jeremy Wariner’s Adidas Lone Star Spikes

The Olympics isn’t about the athletes or countries competing for gold, silver and bronze.

Pierre de Coubertin quoted “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well”

The Olympics is also about corporate sponsors winning market share. Gatorade vs. Powerade […]

Asafa Powell Zoom Aerofly NIKE Spikes

Asafa Powell Unveils Zoom Aerofly, the First Power Sprint Spike to Feature Nike Flywire Technology

From NIKE Press release:

Imagine a paper-thin shoe whose only support comes from threads. This is Flywire. A revolutionary technology, its high-strength threads work like cables on a suspension bridge with support engineered precisely where a foot needs it. Flywire allowed Nike […]

Jeremy Wariner New Adidas Track Spikes

I’ve been waiting for this article to come out.

There was a lot of news with Michael Johnson’s Golden Track spikes back in 1996.

And we are still waiting for the Asafa Powell spikes expected to make an appearance at Beijing. We’ll see if he wins a gold after Usain Bolts 9.72 World Record and Tyson […]

Remember when France had the 4×100m WR?

In response to Usain Bolt 9.72 and Asafa Powell 9.74 in the same fantasy 4×100m relay, here is proof you don’t need 4 superstars to break the World Record (but it certainly helps) - just 3 perfect baton exchanges!

The old record was 37.83 set by the United States at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics with […]

Photo Finish: How to Read a Finish Line Photo

With my extensive Information Technology background, I used to volunteer as a Photo Finish timer or reader. The days were long, and the number of interruptions were tremendous from all the athletes peeking over your shoulder looking for their official electronic time! Who can blame them?

Gone are the days of hand times at […]

Jamaica 4×100m Relay Potential - A Sub 37 Second WR?

In April, I wrote Predicting 4×100 meter Relay Potential.

So with Usain Bolt’s recent 9.76 and 9.72 World Record, you have to wonder what the Jamaican team can run for the 4×100 meter relay.

Imagine with perfect baton exchanges what they can run.

Here is the fantasy line up with Marvin Anderson and Dwight Thomas as alternates:

Nester Carter […]

Usain Bolt 9.76 100m Video

UPDATE: Usain Bolt 100m 9.72 World Record Video
Asafa Powell, step aside. With his world record at 9.74, it good to see his fellow countryman step up to the plate.

Usain Bolt ran a 9.76 100 meters (wind +1.8) at the 2008 Jamaican Invitational.

Here is the video from YouTube (Usain Bolt is in Lane 4):

Second […]

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