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Remember when 9.79 was the Holy Grail of the 100m Sprint?

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 [...]

Justin Gatlin 2006 NIKE Commercial

Share Remember when Justin Gatlin was a household name? Why not?  He won the 100 meter gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games when Asafa Powell was considered the favourite. This NIKE commercial was shot in the spring of 2006 prior to the announcement of his eight-year ban from track and field.  That didn’t stop [...]

PODCAST – Vince Anderson – Technical Aspects of Sprinting and Technique

Share If you enjoyed Vince Anderson’s Sprint Acceleration and Maximum Velocity article, you are sure to enjoy this podcast. Vince Anderson, the assistant coach at Texas A&M University, is a world class sprint, hurdle and relay coach. He has coached a number of athletes to NCAA and US national titles, including Leonard Scott, Jabari Greer, [...]

Fast, Faster and Fastest – Complete Guide to Improve your 40 Yard Dash

Share Here is a collection of 40 yard dash workouts and videos from Speedendurance.com’s archives. This collection’s last update was June 2008, so I thought it was time to update it. Improving your 40 Yard Dash Instructional Videos How to Run a Fast 40 Yard Dash by J.R. Redmond – J.R. Redmond presents one of [...]

Speed Linking – Complete Guide to the 40 Yard Dash

Share “Speed-linking” is a term to define a collection (or handful) of good posts on a particular topic, very similar to a Blog Carnival. Here is a collection of 40 yard dash workouts and videos from Speedendurance.com’s archives: Improving your 40 Yard Dash Instructional Videos Draftguys TV: The Secrets of the 40-Yard Dash – Coach [...]

Justin Gatlin Files Suit to Compete at US Trials

Share Here we go again. I hope this court order doesn’t cause the 100 meters US Trials to be delayed by several days. If history repeats itself, you may remember the incident at the 1992 US Trials. In 1990, Butch Reynolds was banned two years by the IAAF. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) cleared [...]

Photo Finish: How to Read a Finish Line Photo

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Share 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 [...]

Justin Gatlin 4-year Ban Upheld

Share Court of Arbitration for Sport panel upholds 4-year ban for Justin Gatlin LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -There will be no Olympics this year for sprinter Justin Gatlin. His appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on doping charges was rejected Friday, three weeks before the United States holds its track trials. The three-man CAS [...]

Can Great Britain Repeat Gold in Men’s 4x100m?

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Share In 1996, when the USA were too busy worrying about where to fit in Carl Lewis for the 4×100 meter relay, Canada stayed focus to win the Gold medal. But the Americans bounced back with a vengence with Maurice Green and won the Gold medal back in 2000. However, in 2004, the Americans bobbled [...]

Justin Gatlin 4.42 40 Yard Dash

Share This just in from NFL Pro day Updates: WR Justin Gatlin (5-11 7/8, 195): Ran a 4.45 and a 4.42 in the 40. Had a 40 ½-inch vertical jump, 11-foot long jump, 4.4 short shuttle and 7.36 cone drill and 12 reps in the bench press. The former Olympic sprinter faces long odds of [...]

HSI John Smith Drills Session with Jon Drummond

Share These are some of the highlights from the USATF National Podium Education Project in Las Vegas from Dec 11-15, 2007. Anytime you have John Smith presenting, you can feel the passion in his voice. This man loves Track and Field. Add ex-athlete turned coach Jon Drummond to the mix, and you have an educational [...]

Why is Vitamin B12 the Scapegoat?

Share Vitamin B12 has been the subject of controversy lately. More of a scapegoat, to be exact. From the article Injecting B-12 into athletic controversies, they quote: “Sprinter thought injection was B-12.” That sprinter is Justin Gatlin, whose assistant coach gave the world record-sharing athlete a shot two weeks before he tested positive for steroids. [...]

9.77 seconds – 100 Meter World Record revisited

Asafa Powell 9.77 100 Meter World Record photo finish

Share I want to post this before Asafa Powell or Tyson Gay breaks the World Record! Click on this image to zoom in on Asafa Powell’s 9.77 100 Meter World Record photo finish. This image is Justin Gatlin’s 9.77 100 Meter World Record photo finish in Doha, Qatar. Both were amazing runs, despite the questionable [...]

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