Yohan Blake gets 19.26, Walter Dix wins Diamond - from Universal Sports

[lucasboden]

He looks like Semenya.

[vality1]

asafa need to stop playing around

[vality1]

next usain bolt

[db400mchp]

Dix's reaction to this bullshit is classic !

[Blactor]

Watching this makes me salivate for the Olympics this year

[zk92000]

All of the top guys can go faster. Blake im sure will brake Bolts record soon. Look at Bolts 2nd fastest time, (19.30) slower then Blakes best time. And from this race you can see Walter Dix could have done a (19.4). watch at the end, the last 10 meters Dix shuts down seeing that he cant win. If he didn't shut that down, your looking at a (19.4). But also several other guys as well could threaten Bolt in the 200 and the 100. I am eager to see if Bolt can improve too. He will have to.

[vality1]

@zk92000 blake starts off bad he can go way faster he broke is record over and over in practise your going to get a surprise olympics 2012

[jamrockingston]

@somelittleshoe y is it that all you comments are negative. ur such a fucking hater, fuck u faggot

[SomeLittleShoe]

Yohan + steroids = millions of dollars in endorsements 

[ImSomthingtoFly]

Dix ran PR and he slowed up at the line because he knew that he think about that.

[eamparbeng]

Bolt,Blake,and Dix are all having evolving speed while Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell aren't.If they does not improve on their 100m sprint technique,bye-bye Olympic gold in 2012.Dix is now 4th in the 200 and Gay is 5th. Yohan is 4th best while Bolt,Gay,and Powell are 1st,2nd,3rd. It's gonna be some tough competition in 2012

[3097thunder]

@eamparbeng maybe dix and blake has evolving speed. But bolt doesn't. he has not ran near his pb's since 2009.

[tmat04]

@3097thunder

Bolt doesn't have evolving speed?...Nonsense! He broke Asafa Powell's Record to set his own only after only his forth time running the 100 meters. He then set World Records in both the 100 and 200 meters at the Olympics in 2008. He again broke those records to set new ones at the 2009 World Championships. He also set the World Record in 150 meters. Simply put, no sprinter has ever accomplished what Bolt have in such short period of time!

[3097thunder]

@tmat04 but what im trying to say is that i have not seen that same speed since 2009.

[tmat04]

@3097thunder

I just realized i wrote the word "only" twice.

And, yes, I understand what your saying. But if you look at Bolt's performance time after time when set and broke World Records, perhaps with the exception of the 200m race in which he finished in a time of 19.19 seconds, he makes it look so effortless. This tells me he still has some Octane Booster left in his Fuel Tank. So, I have no doubt he can run at that same speed. The question really is how faster can he go beyond his WR times

[Vanderslut1119]

You could see the disappointment on Dix's face when they showed the replay. He was pissed as fuck!!! See how he exited the track IMMEDIATELY? He is a very soar loser!! But you can't blame him, he keeps getting 2nd and 3rd place behind the Jamaicans!

[Vanderslut1119]

Dix won "The Diamond League" because he was consistent in winning more races during the 2011 "Diamond League" season and Blake wasn't. Yohan was just fortunate to have this kind of speed but it came so late in the Competition.

[Diezel11o0]

You wishh.... You were one too.



[imanjamming]

Can someone please explain to me how the diamond winners are selecte? For example, how did Walter Dix win the diamond when Blake won the race?

[TaaastyBurger]

I like how they try so hard to be aerodynamic but they have to wear a piece of fucking paper with their name on it flapping in the wind like we don't know who they are lol

[jamrockingston]

dix looked pissed

[archy2frank2]

Dix was totally thinking that is some bullshit! Juiced up!

[SomeLittleShoe]

Jamaicans don't use steroids? The fuck they don't!!!

[JWiz]

@SomeLittleShoe

Prove it, or take off the tin hat.

[zk92000]

Damn that time he dragged Walter Dix to,....19.53,...DAMN!

Looks like Bolt will have ALOT more competition..........

[bgee4]

Blake did not run 19.26. The clock was set for Dix to run that time. They did not count on Blake winning the race.

[phebeharris]

@choochiXluvzXMakeup Flo Jo didn't run 10.49 not even with steroids. The IAAF is in charged and watch keeper of the clock. Dix isn't the superstar but the bet is Blake is the next superstar. Whether IAAF determines this to be short term is up for grabs. Manipulation of time is done for so many different reasons. The most common are for spectacular times during worlds and olympics but those aren't the only reason. It happens in swimming too.

[daRipper14]

You can hear the crowd gasp when they clock stopped.

[phebeharris]

@3097thunder I'm dead serious. You believe they ran 19.53 and 19.26 so stick to it. It doesn't change anything.

[phebeharris]

@astrolifter I'm RIGHT! I've been watching Athletics and sports for too long and I know how timing works, and I know the scoop about world leading time, fastest time of the year, world record, national record and any other so-called time breaker. It happens in swimming too. Trust me. Dix didn't run 19.53 and Blake didn't run 19.26. Those time are placed there for a purpose, and it's not because it's sincere.

[3097thunder]

@phebeharris r u serious? tell me then what did blake and dix run?

[mamowolde]

dix has the same pissed off reaction as gay did in 09 berlin 100m finale

[phebeharris]

19.26 Yeah Right! This is a manipulation of the clock (like most times are) or doping. There is no way I will believe Dix ran 19.53 unless he is doping. No 19.26 took place in this race without the manipulation of time or doping.

[astrolifter]

@phebeharris You're may be right, but its just as likely that you're not.

[choochiXluvzXMakeup]

@phebeharris and flo jo didnt run 10.49 either thats also a manipulation of the clock. I don't get my IAAF would want to manipulate the clock for them its not like blake and dix are the superstars of the track world and dont get do some form of checks to make sure the time is official.

[MrFutureOlympian]

who could possibly dislike this??? they probably just hating lol

[ryankevlar]

Dix's face at 2:31 says is all!!!

[Catchheemifyoucan]

Jumpers add me on twitter @jumptil_idie 24+ long jumper

[db400mchp]

Dirty !

[mraims2plez]

Dix ran a 19.5! He knows he can't run much faster than that. He should be more gracious in losing. He should be happy that Blake had 2 run 19.2 to beat him. I think he may be able to get faster if he streamlined his body. I've never seen any elite sprinter as bulked up as he is. (no homo)

[dirtychickens]

i just am speechless i didn't know Blake had it in him like this! wow!

[beebeechitown]

I must say...I have watched this race numerous times...That was one incredible finish!!!

No one would have beaten Blake in that race.

[kimbaptise]

Jamaican Dope Boy Magic

[YungAr21]

yohan ah beast

[Antoniotapia19]

one word steroids how do you gain 39 pounds of muscle then have a false positive negative doping test then run 19.26 just after a year ago you ran 19.78? ahah iaaf is on him.

[10shutt]

@Antoniotapia19  I said the same thing about Carmalita Jeter.

[CHEETAH69]

@10shutt Except Carmelita never failed a drug test. Blake has. 

[sign05]

@CHEETAH69

Blake was suspended for 3 months for something that was in a energy drink which was not on the IAAF ban list so he is no cheat . I am glad Blake demolished Dix. Dix at the USA trials statement was speedy Jamaicans don't worry him and how he run them down all the time and how he not given the respect due, well he got humbled he needs learn from Tyson Gay attitude, no doubt the greatest American runner very humble and a great competitor who let his feet do the talking.

[3097thunder]

@sign05 exactly. i like dix but he needs learn to fix his attitude.

[choochiXluvzXMakeup]

@Antoniotapia19 whatever.... hard evidence...

[1onlythetrue]

@Antoniotapia19 There is more to come!

So this "third world country" Which doesn't have best technology, and facility that other country, found a secret to manufacture perform enhance . And also concea it. Jamaicans thank you for the comment.

[nagasakiPiru]

LOL @ the commentator calling this race 6.7 seconds in.."Dix has got this one in the bag.."

[splackavellie]

BLake has a chance to beat Usain bolts Record. If you train with the best you will be the best.

[splackavellie]

Dix needs to take off them glasses smh lol.

[superspliffstar]

LOLOL! "Dix" is the perfect name for the guy. What a f*ckin' sore loser--storming off the track like a little brat. Have some class and be gracious in defeat. I'm glad you lost.

[R0b0mammal]

@superspliffstar well idk because i've seen Walter Dix leave the track like that even when he wins sometimes...

[1yd311]

wow 19.26 he is going to take usain record in the 200 a few years from now

[CHEETAH69]

and let me just say, as an American, Dix is a jerk. He's fat. He's ugly. And his sense of entitlement makes my head hurt. I get maybe being shocked that you lost. but why not rejoice in the fact that you pulled out a huge PR during a season where you were trying to basically come back from injury? I'm kinda glad he got beat. Perhaps in his next race, he'll show a bit more humility.

[choochiXluvzXMakeup]

@CHEETAH69 (putting my own twist to what ato said) dix have all reason to be pissed in away. look at it, he was in the two races where bolt broke the world records in beijing, he was beaten by blake in 100m at worlds and bolt in 200m where he made a seasons best and then to come in race in which he thought he would have won and was given a severe lashing by blake. now he doesnt have bolt and tyson to worry about but blake also.feel sorry 4 the dude cause he will be playing second fiddle again

[CHEETAH69]

@choochiXluvzXMakeup I don't see any justification in acting like a spoiled brat. for everyone who has competed, we've tasted defeat. how we behave in those instances is how our sportsmanship is tested and then defined. it sucks to lose (and to lose THIS bad). but to storm off the track like a petulant toddler is inexcusable.

[smoothnubian]

@CHEETAH69 Dix is dissapointed because he is competing clean and he knows that blake is a drug cheat

[CHEETAH69]

@smoothnubian You might be right. but until blake is found guilty of wrongdoing, it's probably best for Dix to keep his petulant outbursts to himself. Or change professions.

[classicfe]

Holy shit!

[nagasakiPiru]

Please..it seems to be a fast track(Walter Dix will never run 19.5 again nor will blake see 19.2)..if Bolt had participated he wud have gone sub 19.2..that being said we are fastly approaching the times of video game realms...

[choochiXluvzXMakeup]

@nagasakiPiru they might not run those times again(which i doubt because blake is still young and dix needs to lose some weight etc), however that track isnt a fast track and is not known to be one. The track in eugene is a fast track but not this one. That means that the track in China and Thessaloniki are fast tracks too because after jeter and tyson tran 10.64 and 9.69 they havent run those times again.

[nagasakiPiru]

@choochiXluvzXMakeup Points taken

[3097thunder]

@nagasakiPiru no bolt wudn't have won. blake would have destroyed him in the 200. Bolt ran at that meet 9.76 with a 1.3 tailwind. While blake last week ran 9.82 with zero wind. so add the 1.3 to blake's time and blake wudve ran 9.72-9.75 beating bolt.

[nagasakiPiru]

@3097thunder Point taken but the only way to know for sure is to wait for the 2012 Olympics..let the countdown begin

[kjackson2k1]

Ato Bolton said it best: "Usain Bolt, objects in your rear-view mirror are closer than they appear" Lol Man, even with a two 19.5s in the 200, U.S. STILL aint got a shot to win if Bolt and Blake are healthy. They may even break 36.5 in the 4x1 next year. This is gonna be interesting preview if they run at Penn Relays this upcoming April.

[kjackson2k1]

@ 2:46, unreal...a NEW NATIONAL RECORD for Lithuania Lol I kinda feel for Dix, as a track fan and former runner. With these times If he had come along 10 years ago, at the tail-end of MJ's career, he'd have been What Mo Greene was, the PREMIERE sprinter is the U.S. and in the world. Unfortunately, sometimes you are just in an era where something extra special is happening and you are in the rear-view. Now, something special is happening in track and the entire U.S. men's team is in the rear-view

[ARTaken007]

JADCO would find the doping if Yohan was doing it. Tests are random, for eg Mullings was found positive.. American athletes are synonymous for doping, dont try to put the same blame on Jamaicans. Blake knows that if he is found guilty of any such discrepancy he would be finished.. disgraced.. no doping here.

[CHEETAH69]

@ARTaken007 "american athletes are synonymous with doping?" who stated this as fact? americans have certainly had their fair share of drug cheats. but our last infraction seems to have been with Justin Gatlin back in 04. Meanwhile several jamaicans from Fraser-Pryce to Mullings have had issues. To say nothing of the "issues" Blake has already had. You should probably not be so cocky considering the history. (and for the record, I'm not saying blake is dirty. I hope to hell he's not)

[choochiXluvzXMakeup]

@CHEETAH69 wasnt lashawn merritt and michael rodgers busted in 09 and in about 2 months ago? 

[splackavellie]

@ARTaken007 disgraced, chastise, beating over the head by his mother, tump by his father, konk by his grandmother lol. He would be more than the laughing stock of Jamaica. So he knows what he has on the line to loose if he was doping.

[smsprints3]

Comprehensive summary of the race:

"Dix is up on him already"

"His bend wasn't good but Dix put pressure"

"Dix came right alongside him"

"He absolutely buried Dix"

You laugh at any of these, you lose.

[Kiilion]

Where can i get what he's on?

[db400mchp]

Drugs are fucking amazing....He runs a time Faster then MJ and it took him about 2 years of running pro...MJ about 5-6

[busysignal876]

@db400mchp I guess he borrowe dit from MJ..he did it at 30 and didnt run CLOSE to those time again before quickly retiring. If Yohan is a fraud he wont repeat or come close to that time again.

[CHEETAH69]

That came outta nowhere. But it's still probably not a good idea to say the man is doping because of it. It looked unreal. But fast times usually do. good for him. I sure hope he's clean.

[GDZcuba1]

.....IS DOPINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.........­.

[jaimhias]

how come they first 3 all destroyed their personal best times ?? plus it didnt look that fast...something smells bad to me

[PoliticalMastermind0]

@jaimhias Yeah it did, Blake was miles away from everyone besides Dix and beat some of em by more than half a second and then some.

[choochiXluvzXMakeup]

dix is just pissed that he as someone else to worry about. think about it, he already as UB, TG, and now YB? but yeah he should be happy for his PB, no one is saying he should train to get silver or bronze but you should still be happy. look at lemaitre and thompson.

[DismalyetHopeful]

Gotta remember, bolt did the WR into a head wind with no pressure on him like whats pushing blake here. When he hears someones breath and foot step behind him and with +1. tail wind he would get a sub 19. Blake or anyone else for they matter, i'm uncertain of, but hey if u bet me 2000 bucks that blake would run 19.26 or even sub 19.5 in this race, i would have but $2000.00 shorter. Anything can happen.

[dkblade27]

that shit was more like 19.46

[Darkdante44]

@dkblade27 i know it didnt seem like it was that fast

[Solnyne]

@politicalminded0 lol we are watching the meet on TV now and just was telling everyone here how Did be tripping... we teach our US athletes that second best is losing... you're right, Did don't know when you will be on it again... something to think about. Rejoice in any accomplishment in this life.

[PoliticalMastermind0]

Walter Dix needs to stop being a grumpy faggat. Seriously, just cause you don't win doesn't mean we don't wanna see your ass. Celebrate when you get on the track cause you never know when you'll be on it next. Represent the U.S with a smile nigga!

[Solnyne]

Blake need to work on running the turn... Blake or Bolt will run under the 19 seconds next year... Dix is going to be a factor....