Can Gatlin Beat Bolt?

[Top Shelf Audio]

Let's just let Lance Armstrong come back to the Tour de France then. 

[oldtimer]

Not until Charles Manson gets released on parole first.

[oldtimer]

coming soon----fast guys on track.

[Travis In Austin]

An 86 at about, what, 75% effort.

 

 

[wvu80]

Semis tonight (Sun) finals at 925p tonight.

 

I missed the semis, did both get through?

EDIT:

Both are in.  Bolt seems to have dogged it at both the start AND finish and still set the fastest time!

 

I'm picking him. 

[Jeff Matthews]

18 minutes ago, wvu80 said:

Semis tonight (Sun) finals at 925p tonight.

 

I missed the semis, did both get through?

EDIT:

Both are in.  Bolt seems to have dogged it at both the start AND finish and still set the fastest time!

 

I'm picking him. 

Me, too.

[Travis In Austin]

He crushed them all.

[Ceptorman]

Bolt makes it look easy.

[Jeff Matthews]

7 minutes ago, Ceptorman said:

Bolt makes it look easy.

He has a helluva 2nd gear.

[Travis In Austin]

The broadcasters were saying that he actually doesn't accelerate at the end, me "maintains his speed" while the others slow down.

 

Apparently the shorter guys reach their peak speed at 50 meters, Bolt closer to 60, and they slow down towards the end while he continues.

 

Whatever it is, he's fast.

[richieb]

To quote KC Royals Jarod Dyson -- That's what speed do --

[JL Sargent]

[BusaDude]

Usain Bolt has also run some 150 meter races and holds the current world record (see video link) at that distance as well... He covered the final 100 meters in 8.72 secs.

[JJkizak]

It's uncanny how Bolt pulls away from the pack with that long stride. Josh Gordon of the Browns has the same stride as Bolt.

JJK

[Ceptorman]

Bolt had a few offers from NFL teams to try out, but he wasn't crazy about football. It would be interesting to see if his speed translated well into football speed.

He would be a huge WR in the  NFL.

 

[wvu80]

Typical NFL speed is sought after in the 40 yard dash.  A receiver would rarely run 100 yards.

 

Still, fast is fast. 

[richieb]

47 minutes ago, JJKIZAK said:

It's uncanny how Bolt pulls away from the pack with that long stride. Josh Gordon of the Browns has the same stride as Bolt.

JJK

 

Looking at Gordon's history he may have more going for him than just his stride -- ?

[fuzzydog]

It takes him a bit to get them long legs spun up, but once they're rolling he's got a huge advantage.  Kinda reminds me of Phelp's arms being longer than everyone else's.

[JJkizak]

Makes you think that one day there will be classifications based on arm length, keg length, height, and weight just like in boxing to make things more fair.

JJK

[Travis In Austin]

3 hours ago, Ceptorman said:

Bolt had a few offers from NFL teams to try out, but he wasn't crazy about football. It would be interesting to see if his speed translated well into football speed.

He would be a huge WR in the  NFL.

 

You would think, but there is no rhyme or reason to speed equating to football success. 

 

In the 100 and 110 hurdles there were some with world class speed that went into NFL.  There was the big debacle with the 49ers going after Renaldo Nehemiah, a world record holder sprinter/hurdler.  After 3 years he was bumped from the team to make room to draft a guy who only ran a 4.7 40 (and ended up in the hall of fame).  

 

Bob Haynes is probably the most successful gold medal sprinter in the NFL.  Cowboys, HOF.

 

Willie Gault HD a good career with Bears and Raiders.

 

Cliff Branch had a type of speed where in counted, start, accelerate,  stop, and back to full speed in shortest distance.  I think he was probably the quickest player in NFL, ever.

 

For 40 speeds, Bo Jackson is NFL record holder, from when they started actually keeping track and recording those times like at the combines.

 

Two of the NFL's fastest times in the 40, Sanders and Green, we're primarily defensive players.  

 

What you have to find is a guy like Dickerson who was actually faster in pads than without.