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  • dangit...i'm doing the 100 in track and field....and our time is no where near that

  • @buzzcutrocks it shouldnt be

  • dude you can hear the spanish commentator going crazy but this guy is just boring and a little stupid

  • (continued) here in rieti, he could have ran a 0.86 for the last 10 instead of a 0.90. therefore had he not slowed he would have ran 9.70

  • @speedyslime93 I think his 80-90m split-time was affected by him easing down, it looked to have occured at like 87/88m where his arm drive looks to really shut off the intensity. I'd vouch to say that with that wind speed (+1.7) he could've maintained 0.85 + 0.85 for 80-90m & 90-100m like he did in Athens in 2005 in his first 9.77 (+1.6) for 9.68. This was more than his usual ease-off you'd agree? He looked like he walked over the line here haha

  • @bossofalltime *

    this isn't my account, but yo - for sure, I think he could have easily gone 9.68 to 9.6mid-low around there, if he had driven a bit harder over the line... as you said... he just freaking eased off! * at around 8.5 in the race him easing off is marked by him looking at the clock, and shut off the arm drive till the end... I really want to see him shine at The World's and in 2012!

  • Here are Asafa's (unofficial) 10m splits for this run, the first number is his reaction time, the 2nd his 20m time, and then every 10m.

    0.137 2.88 3.79 4.65 5.49 6.32 7.15 7.98 8.84 9.74

    here are his last 8 10m splits, they french guy who did it could not analyse the first 20m because of the camera angle

    0.91 0.86 0.84 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.86 0.90

    because asafa has recorded splits of 0.85 for both his 80-90m and 90-100m (both when he ran 9.77 in athens), one could assume had he not slowed

  • I havent done 100 meters , but in school i did 60 meters - 7.6 seconds .

  • i thnk 9.69 if he ran hard all the way

  • @trackstar801, yea atleast, he fell off for a minute but powell will be back and i think by the next olympics the 100m world record will be broken

  • yea but by the time the next olympics come i think gay and powell will be too old and compete with bolt who should be in his prime by then

  • you're probably right, but 4 the sake of competition I hope not, I even hope Gatlin comes back clean and get in there with the rest of the guys that are running 9.74 or less

  • yeaa.. i can't see that happening tho.. even if he came back idt he'd be in the 9.5-9.7 range to compete with these guys or could ever get back down there clean

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  • if he woulda sprinted all the way he could got in the 9.6's ... MAYBE even the 9.5's( I doubt it tho)

  • He cant run like this anymore... 9.6 yea he woulda ran about that fast but not 9.5....

  • what a boring commentator, spanish are awesome or african americans but this guy is shit took him another 9.74sec to realise what happened and even when he realised he sounded boring. and yeah good race.

  • 9:74.. and now its 9:58 lol

  • you though the same as me.. he could have reached 9,69 even before bolt!!!! of course I know tunder bold has lowered it even more.. but the point remains

  • WOW! HE GOT 9.74secs and HE SLOWED DOWN IN LIKE THE LAST 10m!!!! WOW!!!

  • I think Asafa could beat Bolt's record no problem if only he was in the right mindset.

    Not saying he's faster than Bolt, we all know Bolt's got more in the bag, but if Asafa could let go of his insecurities or whatever it is that's keeping him back, he'd bring the race to Bolt big time.

  • Looked effortless for the last 20-30 metres.

  • it looks like powell let up quite a bit

  • leachy is such a fag duh he doesnt care bout americans.he disrecpected gay. it wil be funny when those jamaicans test psoitive for steorids fucking fag.gay is one bit of agreat sprinter and why do u keep hoping around the question ur ass is a faggot as sbitch go fuck ur own family bithc.ur whole family cna burn in hell uu all piece of shit .

  • but it doesnt matter your just to ignorant. you already said you didnt give afuck so it would be hard for me to actually talk to you since your just a dumb animal and dont even care. so i just out did you again damn you sure a re dumb hhaha

  • exactly are you that dumb i just proved you twice already how dumb you are.first you cant even get gays times right.rememeber i posted a opnion sayin gay is a top sprinter and has the potnetial to hang with them. your the one who started attacking back backing up ur guys now i dont know if ur just riding their dick becuz first u calim that gay is humble and what not.

  • Firstly, to all those tossers who write ' I am 10 years old and run the 100m in 10.03 and bollocks like that. Get a life - nobody gives a shit. Second - Powell vs Bolt in the Olympics could be classic. I don't think Gays' top end is quick enough to take those two.

  • lmfao i dont know if ur being bias toward gay but gay has already proven to beat asafa and i could care less about all the excuses they used so im sure he can comptete with these 2 guys lets respect and not hate.

  • Ok numpty - I'm not being biased towards Gay - I actually think he seems like a nice enough bloke, very humble - which is a rarity in sport nowdays and quite clearly is a superb sprinter. My point is that 'if' (and I mean IF) Asafa and Bolt are running low 9.7s then I don't THINK that Gay can stay with them. It's called an opinion - much like the one of your own you just expressed. Ta

  • yes gay is a humble guy but he has ran a9.77 so it doesnt matter if asafa or bolt are running low 9.7's thats still enough for him to compete rmeber they dont always have agood race.Gay already proved he could beat asafa so there you have it.

  • Concede the point, check your facts, and stop arguing. I'm bored now. Simian

  • not arguin just givin my opinion as u are.

  • No. You're wrong. 9.86 is fastest legal time. Check wikipedia or something. Get a life. Accept your wrong. Accept USA does not have the fastest sprinter at present. Accept other peoples opinion. Stop being a penis. Night

  • wikipedia is not a reliable source.gat a life?? why are you getting mad i never said i didnt accept that U.S doesnt have the fasets guy ur taking it farther cuz ur fustrated and u just want to argue.Powell and bolt are great runners. but dont direspect gay or me by sayin he cant compete when he is one of the top sprinters in the world.I see u keep attackin me with persoal stuff. grow up.

  • actually, wikipedia is a reliable source, its not just some website where you can edit anything, its got administrators, and you have to provide sources from your information, and you've gotta be stupid to buy a website for the sake of putting up fake information.

  • lol its not too reliable, i mean its ok but theres allways chances, and those chances cant really be taken if ur doing something important

  • Fuck did it again. I meant 9.84. Jesus.

  • just to show how ignorant you are go to his website his fastest time is 9.79 stop denying that his not agreat sprinter im sure u could beat him right?? haha u wish

  • Ha ha what a cunt you Americans are. I will take a millisecond of joy when he is beaten by the faster men in Beijing and think about you, and the clearly extremely intelligent sportdude, with a contented smile on my face. I'm actually not very fast at all anymore - I prefer a pint and to take the piss out of fat down syndrome American chimp rapists like yourself. Oh the joy. Now no doubt I will get some more very clever and scary threats via email....Ace.

  • this is why ppl dont like you.you disrespect americans when i havnt said anything just cuz sum dumb idiot decides to pin point you deosnt mean you have to target averyone else. I wouldnt be surprised if he shocks the jamaicans. i have total respect for jamaica as for you i already proved im better then u i have yet to insult you or jamaica. so you can take your problems else where hahahah.

  • 'Thats why ppl dont like you...' haha Are you trying to hurt my feelings? :( This simply started from me expressing an opinion regarding Gay not being as quick as the other two if they all performed 100%. You thought otherwise - I dont really give a shit...And by 'you Americans' I refer to present company not Americans as a whole - I know some very nice ones indeed, my mrs for one. Bet then you are better than me apparently....:)

  • lmfao ur a fuckin dick rider.u can go burnb in hellk u fuckin faggot tyson gay is as bit as good as any sprinte rout there stop bein a dick.go fuck urslef and learn track im sure u could beat tyson my ass u slow pice of shit die faggot.

  • Wow - I bet you are very highly educated.

  • Gat ran 9.77 wind assisted. Not legal.. Legal he has run 9.86. I'm aware that Gay has beaten Asafa BUT reiterating my point...If Powell and Bolt run to their potential low 9.7s, they are too quick for Gay who has not shown he can run that quick. So my muppety friend from across the pond....

  • Apologies - I mistyped there. meant to put 9.84 as Gays PB.

  • actually ur wrong. Gay ran a 9.76 with over 2.o wind aided which was illegal his offcial time was 9.77 not 9.86 look it up.Gay can hang with both of those guys.Like i said not everyone has ther day so if gay potentially works on his start then his gona b right there with bolt he already proved to beat asafa thats not even a worry for gay.

  • it looked like he slowed down at the end too! imagine if he went 100% to the finish line, might be a 9.72!

  • wow hes fast

  • Does anybody know what the best way and most proper way to start out of the blocks in the 100 Meters? My son runs an 11.10 electronic, he's 16 and weighs 195, and 6 Feet tall. He makes up his speed on the last 50 meters. If he could improve his start, he would be in the ten's. Thanks everybody, I appreciate your advice.

  • practice practice practice. is your son a freshman or soph? our fastest freshman runs an 11.35 auto and his starts are almost perfect.

    keep on working and he'll break into 10's very soon

  • He's a Sophomore. He just ran an 11.05 electronic in the State Meet Preliminaries. His start looked much better. He's the starting running back at Basha High School in Chandler, Arizona. His name is Taylor Walstad, check him out on Youtube by typing in Taylor Walstad in the search box. Thanks for the reply :o)

  • tracywalstad, I'm pretty sure that your son isn't the starting running back for Basha High School. Just to clarify.

  • I can run a 100 in 11.14 seconds

  • rayden85. I don't know why I am entertaining your response but me being from the streets of brooklyn forces me break my foot in your ass. Watch how you come at me or anyone else for that matter. People online talk a lot of shit. If you were in front of me you would show A LOT more respect. Now behave and relax yourself tough guy!

  • KeeLoo, Who says it is humanly impossible? I can tell you this, Whatever the mind can conceive, man can accomplish. It's called evolution. Everything that has come into existance started from a thought. Everything! From human to human, don't hold yourself back by self defeating thoughts. One more thing, Michael Johnsons 19.32 seconds in the 200M is a 9.66 on average of each 100M. "Great spirits have often encounted violent opposition from Medeocore minds" -Ablert Einstein

  • Oh please leave Michael Johnson and that "9.66 average" out of this. You're not that stupid, are you.

  • Oh please leave Michael Johnson and that "9.66 average" out of this. You're not that stupid, are you.

  • how fast was he running

  • it said 37km/h in the vid, that converts to 22.990734 mph

  • lol that wouldn't have been 9.49... he just relaxed but kept his speed, that could've broken 9.70 i'd believe though... but i don't think anyone will ever break 9.60, it's said that it is not humanly possible for the body to move any faster than that without breaking down

  • Look out for the bahamians B***S**T you cuz dont run no 12 and hes only 12 wat was he born in a leap year... post a video on him

  • Dang dude and he was just jogging at the end if he went all out it would be like 9.49

  • shame he bottles it on the big stage

  • my cuz was 12 wen he ran 12.00..........look out for the bahamians in the next couple years/........he is 13 now and runnin well below 12.00........

  • hey guys i need some help on 4 events

    100m - 12.82 secs

    400m - 1.03 secs

    triple jump - 10.82m

    long jump - 5.65m

    I know i can do better in all of them but i want to know a few better tachniques to get 11secs, 11m, 6m and 59 secs.

    I really need some tpis on my sprint start aswell and btw im 13

  • try running a 300 from the 300 meter spot and walk the curve on the 400 meter and start all over do that 3 times in 2 sets for the 400 meter. After that you should take a 3 min rest then do 30 meter runs from the 100 meter mark 6 times in 3 sets. Do this for a month and you will see and feel the results.

  • hmm ok i will, but if would be better if my over seas champioship was in less than a month, but ill get it done somehow...

  • hey boy, you are still very young! train hard with a professionel coach! than you can make big improvements!!! be carefully that you do not too much!!! i train track and field since a few years, so train hard and you will see good results!!!

  • ok, will do

  • i need help on 100 - 200 meter sprint techniques... i can run them fast enough but i think i could do much better if i knew the proper techniques. any help?

  • for the 200 meter practice running the curve by leaning in the curve and shorten the steps a little.  Then once you are on the straight away lift the knees and keep a straight posture while you run.

  • yeh so true i can run the bend like 1 or 2 seconds faster than i can run the straight, im really good at it

  • thank you!

  • this will help:

    On the curve, run the first 50 metres at about 85%, not slow at all but not 100%. This will include not using your arms so much. After you've covered the first 50m, start pumping your arms in sync with your stride and go all out. By the time you begin the straight, you most likely wont be in first place. However, you WILL catch everyone at about the 140m mark. Just hold your form right through the finish line. The 200m is won on the last 50m.

  • what does it matter they are all roid heads

  • he didn't slow down. he increased his stride.

  • he slowed down like right before th finish line it woukldn't have been that much better. like maybe a 9.72 or 9.71

  • The fastest man alive. If he ran the full 100m I he would have been in the 9.6 range. The only thing wrong with him is he gets to tense in pleasure situations here he was able to relax because it was a smaller meet. I hope he works on relaxing and I can't wait to see him take gold in the Olympics.

  • noone runs the full 100m

  • il é dopé ce mec.

  • Home boy is fast holy shit

  • i think he still can break it again....cos u can c b4 aproching the finish line...he oledi slow down....

  • Well he would have to find the same fantastic conditions! But he is the only one than can beat his time..He will have to improve his resistence to spead though

  • That was fast...but horrible commentating.They should have had a few rednecks from the southern USA shouting racial slurs and waving shotguns from the back of a pickup truck chasing them to spice things up a bit...just a thought.

  • if Tyson Gay would have run in that meet, he would have that record

  • why does it look like he stops trying 10 meters before the line?

    :P

  • It was a semi-final. He was takin' it easy before the final.

    Probably had no idea how fast he was going.

  • imagine how fast he could run if he actually ran the 100m, instead of 90m. sub 9.7?? for sure!

  • JJ lin jun jie is my HERO !!!!

  • ohhhhh but the cat was leakin dam sweat when he was racing gay. when he ain't under pressure he can really run but when sumbody eles jus as fast him step uo he act like he can't run no mo. well i would be nervous to against tyson gay. i say gay top speed might be the best i dunno do.

  • Good running. It looked liked he slowed-down towards end, but still won and set a new world record.

  • That is appauling commentary. No passion no flare. He sounded like he was about to be killed via euthenasic methods. Its a disgrace to the art of commentating. Everyone involved should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves.

  • it was bad but i dont blame the guy, it wasnt close and powell was holding up for about 8 yards. the record is never usually broken in a slow heat especially like that.

  • Powell is basiclly a choke artist win it come to real important race

  • is it true that u run a lot faster when u run using ur toes more instead of your heels?

  • hahahaha! ofcourse it is

  • The dude slowed down at the end and still set a world record!

  • wtf? He looked bored omg what a beast

  • Powell can't run when the BIG men are in the race. He side step gay until the worlds. WHAT!

  • hes a beast

  • the different between tyson n asafa...when tyson gay is runnin he look like is runnin for his life compare to asafa(runnin just to get paid)now can u imagin how fast asafa would be if he's runnin4 his life...just put a gay dude behind a jamaican u see how fast they run, how yea tyson would be a good candidate..lol

  • he let up with like 10meters to go

  • man the bejing olympics is gonna be crazy....POWELL VS. GAY.....HOLY KRAP

  • Powells obviously faster than Gay when the pressures off but Gay is the better competitor and I think he will beat Powell next year in China unless Powell can get his head sorted.

  • Powell is not a chicken and in China he will win with a new,incredible,extraordinary 100m world record!

    I believe in Asafa! He's the best because is a very good guy!

  • facism? fashism! haha of course its not clean. it just seems the americans above all love to cheat.

  • Fuck you bitch. Your comment was ridiculously stupid.

  • ok lol

  • He let up to.

  • Err. That commentator was a dickweed. So excited.

  • Druggy.

  • The commentator.. is so boring. Listen to the italin one... That is a real sport pasion.

  • i think that he wasnt expecting anything from asafa powell on that race expecially after his loss. but his reaction change when he cross the line n see the time lol.

  • poor commentary

  • What do you mean?

  • It's a WORLD FREAKING RECORD!! Most sports broadcasters would dream of the chance to call a moment like that. This guy didn't sound very interested.

  • I was watching this on TV when it really happened, the guy broadcasting it there was about to cream his jeans. just thought you'd enjoy that =)

  • this explains why tysaon gay is nothing compared to asafa..everybody on tyson dick because he won the fuckin world championships...who gives a fuck

  • it was easy.

  • what a crap commentator

  • good running man! - too bad you didn't show up in the worlds against Gay

  • the running technique of asafa is similar to michael johnson.

    he run with his back straight up.

    this is unique.

  • I think Powell is very similar to Jesse Owens and very different to Michael Johnson. Johnson had a great frequency of strides,Powell has a great RATIO lenght /frequency. Powell is very good to see,not Johnson! Powell's back is not so straight as Johnson's. However,in my opinion!

  • KNEYANS

  • they go so fast!go jamica!

  • You're an idiot.

    This guy's clearly fast.

  • Wow this didnt look fast at all

    His legs were moving so slow! I bet he has the longes legs of them all.

  • good for him......you people down americans so much, but a sign of how good a country is.....how many people want out....and how many people want in....enough said

  • Back to athletics? :-D

  • In Brasil Asafa is famous. Great sportist. Big honor for us latinos.

  • too easy... :P

  • Jamaican or not - its nice to see someone that is not cocky after winning (i.e Americans) You know that if it was a US member most of you posters would be singing a different story.

  • well said. hate cocky athletes and people, and americans are among the cockiest. not to mention the biggest dopers.

  • Americans are big dopers,but what do you think about Bekele & Co.? Track and field is not clean,no mention about race or nation or political ideology!

    Money rules! So said,stop fashism WORLDWIDE!!!!!

  • Hey pals,I'm sorry if my thoughts about african runners dislike you,but I don't believe it's possible to run a 10000m in 26,17"53,with a last lap in 53!!!Maybe do you believe performances like that are based on talent,workout and nothing else???!!

    Uhm....I can't believe it!

  • asafa powell is a somebody in this world now..

  • you break the world record 4 times and still you have people questioning his graetness.WOW.

  • Yeah because he can't win a damn race when there are other people going sub 10 with him

  • Let Jamaicans brag on him..........he's the ONLY thing (and I mean the ONLY thing) they have!!!!!!!!!!!

  • your a fuckin moron. Jamaica has much more when population is taken into consideration! Believe me you cocky ass... you shouldnt take pride of other athletes, what have you done? i hate it when people start bragging about nations.... Asafa and Tysons root originated in the same continent!!!!

  • Right! "Asafa and Tyson root originated in the same continent". Not America,Jamaica or USA,but AFRICA! They are two african wonders! Can I say another word? Only Asafa is the eighth wonder of the world! I don't believe in Tyson Gay! He's not a phenom and he's not clean!Green and Gatlin were much better than him! Obviously I'm talking about 100m,'cause 200m are evidently another story!

  • very nice!

  • are u stupid??? asafa powell already beat gay in zurich when he run his third time world record. asafa just cant work under preasure which he admit already n he is preparing for olympic. oo yah dumb ass justin gatlin blaming his coach for the steroid. all the top athlete got to lose sometimes put that in ur head

  • shut the fuck up asafa is the bust

  • Hmm he didnt race to the finish.. Looks fishy to me, but what the hell do i know..

  • Hey, I know what you mean, but I timed it, and I get the same time, sometimes faster.

  • he said so himself that he didn't race to the end so he said he can probably run a 9.68

  • AWESOME!

  • GO JAMROCKIANS!

  • he juiced up. but gatlin was for real, gatlin ran in 8.34 in practice once

  • 8.34 u having a laugh

  • no I heard that too...

  • tyson even havent run in 70's.. as u can see asafa made WR jogging last 10 metres.. asafa is a better sprinter, but i dont say that he will win tyson in Being

  • dude is fast tho.

  • asafa cud go under 9.7 if her ran through the line its lke hes holding back. still the best in the world for me

  • why are you all saying Tyson Gay who? and he will smoke Tyson Gay?? DUMBASSES take a history lesson because Tyson Gay already ran by him after asafa had an early lead and beat him, and this happened all of about 2 weeks ago!!! get real!!!

  • see we all know this bastard can run, now hes gotta perform in a big event ie. the olympics. go son!

  • Asafa's the man! 9.74 and he eased up!!! Tyson Gay who?????

  • lol tyson gay who. bih the man who ran a 9.75. don't think this nigga all that cause he ran a 7.74 its possible for gay too do it. cause too me gay dosen't have a good start but his top speed is amazing

  • MAD MIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • lol my bad 9.74

  • everyone eases up. top speed for any sprinter is reached at about 70 meters. if he didn't ease up, he would have tightened up, and would have slowed down faster, and would have had a slower time.

  • I think Asafa Powell is the best talent ever seen on the track! He perfectly resume the start of Ben Johnson and the finish of Carl Lewis! In one word,he's perfect! However,one question must be put clearly: it's possible running so fast and so easily without an illegal addition?? I don't think so! I'm a great fan of Asafa,but,in the same time,I'm not a kid!

    W Asafa Powell!!!!!!

  • hes probably druged up

  • Well if you look at Asafa's build he isn't all swole up in the upper body like Gatlin, Crawford, Greene, etc. he doesn't look like a traditional juicer.

  • I agree with you.However,Asafa is a real giant:190cm x 88 kg! We are talking about a very strong and powerful sprinter! He's not Kim Collins! Ok,he dosn't look like a traditional juicer.And then? I want to repeat my opinion:Asafa is the greatest sprinter in history,even more than Ben Johnson in Seul! But I don't believe is possible running in that way! Carl Lewis was a tremendous sprinter,but he would have been ridiculus comparared to Asafa!

    I can't believe it!

  • Carl Lewis tested positive for steroids twice in the late 80s in case you weren't aware.

  • I know,I know,but is it really important? Do you really think Greene,Gay,Powell and Bolt are clean??? Wake up pal,athletics is a business,like every other sport now! In that world,every mean is good to win,'cause money don't growth on the trees!!! Until we focus all our attenion on the athletes,avoiding to consider the system,that is evidentely rotten,we are like blindmen walking in the dark!

  • if he is the prefect 100m sprinter, then tell me why doesn't Asafa hold any championship beside his name. Why Asafa has no gold medals? I mean he got the prefect start as you said and the finish like Carl Lewis. So why in the major championship he can't be like both Johnson and Lewis to win the title!

  • Dear friend,onestly I don't know why! Why Wells is an olympic champion and Powell not? Why Remigino is an olympic champion and Powell not? Why Kim Collins is a world champion and Powell not? I don't know! The only thing I know is that: one day Powell will win all that is to win! Because he's REALLY the best sprinter ever! It's only a matter of time! Believe me!

  • Powell doesn't have a finish like Carl Lewis, his finish is the weakest part of his race. If he would actually train, and run some 200s seriously it would improve his last phase of his race.

  • What???????? Do you really think that?????Have you ever seen Powell in action? Believe me,the real Powell is not that who lost in Osaka! Powell is tremenduos from the gunshot to the to finish!

    He has only one enemy in the track:himself!