Trinidad & Tobago National T&F Championship Mens 100m Final

Richard Thompson 9.85 PB / NR Credit goes to (WI Sports TRINIDAD)

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[tonylongman]

Never in broadcast history have broadcasters made this many guesses...and been wrong on every one. #fail

[EPizits]

@rico2hot Yea but I did. That's when you said I was putting a limit on his abilities. Which I did not. I know he can go sub 9.5. But I think he's saving it for London. Which is what I've been saying this whole time.

[rico2hot]

@EPizits He will run sub 9.5 nxt year i did not say this year...smh

[EPizits]

@rico2hot Im not putting a limit on Bolt or Thompson. All I'm saying is I don't think we'll see sub 9.6 this year. And I've been following track for 12 years so don't come at me with that nonsense. BOLT himself even said he won't break the world record this year. What do you have to say about that? Bolt knows better than anyone else how fast he can run. And if you would have read carefully, you would have saw that I said I think he's more focused on the olympics next year.

[rico2hot]

@EPizits Bolt will break the world record nxt year and thompson will run a sub 9.8 nxt year watch and see i'm done talking cuz u guys dnt follow track as I do so stop puttin limit on bolt even expert says u dnt kno how fast bolt or anyone can really go

[EPizits]

@curtiss744 Fair enough. All I can say is, I'll be surprised if we see another sub 9.6 anytime soon. I don't think Thompson will beat Bolt, but I won't be shocked if Bolt doesn't repeat in Daegu. In the 100m at least. He still has a great chance of winning, but I believe he's more focused on the olympics next year.

[curtiss744]

@rico2hot I agree with that based on past performances a Jamaican sweep of the 100M finals is possible with Bolt, Powell and Carter finishing in the top 3 , Walter dix or Thompson fighting for 4th , the best I think Thompson would do is maybe 3rd , I do believe the T&T mens 4x100 relay will place in the top 3 with Jamaica winning with USA and T&T battling it out for 2nd and 3rd

[curtiss744]

@EPizits A 9.7 will make Thompson one of the all time greats, but his performances have to be more consistent something that thompson has not been since 2008, Ato never broke the record , but Ato was consistently running under 10 sec at 1 point he was # 3 on the all time list of number of times under 10 sec after powell and Greene as for Bolt running 9.5 again who knows he may or may not do it again, but I will say good luck to Thompson.

[EPizits]

@curtiss744 That's not completly true. You can still be a legend and never break the world record. Ato Boldon never broke the 100m world record but he's one of the all time greats. No woman seems to be anywhere near breaking the womens wr but there have still been several greats. Bolt himself will have a hard time running 9.5 again. Records are great, but they can be broken. If Bolt won the next olympic final in 10 flat would he still not be considered one of the greatest of all time?

[rico2hot]

Thompson will finish 5th in the finals