Originally posted by Jericho
Ben Johnson was 15 when he moved here from Jamaica, so I don\'t claim any national ownership of his being stripped of medals/records. The rules for who can perform for what country seem kinda broken to me, but that\'s another discussion. I saw Bolt both times and it was pretty nuts... I think I ran 100m in like 12 seconds once and I thought it was pretty good at the time.
thats because you dont realise a major majority of our top track athletes are all from the carribean
Ben johnson still lives around toronto, its not like he jumped in to canada then jumped away, he stayed...not to mention the rest of those sprinters have been busted with drug use over the years...everyone was doing it to get to that level...its dumb to do, but its not like taking drugs makes you faster, he still had to do all the work
as for not running full out, thats important as you actually run faster at about 95% than at 100% balls out because running, just like hurdling and dancing, is all about rhythm
the reason bolt runs so fast is most sprinters have that turnover but are under 6 feet, bolt is 6\'5 getting the same turnover rate and massive leavers for unbelievable torque per stride
his splits are ridiculous, they are like 0.82s for 10m at his fastest and was hitting 44kmph....that was beijing
he did this AFTER 50m, thats incredible speed endurance, your average athlete dies around 60m to give you an idea
