Mike Marsh Casually Drops 19.73 (-0.2w) in Barca Semi

Mike Marsh runs 1/100th of a second out of the then WR of 19.72 while easing up meters before the line...he could have easily taken the record in the semi but apparently had no idea how fast he was going...

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[TheAngeltoDemon]

@10yble Your english is better than my Italian, I understood what you wrote and I agree it would have been an amazing time.

[10yble]

@TheAngeltoDemon Really, I think if he had run to the end he could have gone even below the 9.70.

PS: I'm italian, if I do some mistake well tell me.

[TheAngeltoDemon]

@10yble thanks, amazing time run so effortlessly.

[10yble]

@TheAngeltoDemon Asafa Powell's world record to be exact was 9.74.

[conticlaudia78]

@cantor0305 hi mate. I remember as it was yesterday: He did not realised how fast he was running and said in an interview that had to save energy for the final due just hours later! Thank God he did not crush our Mennea's record :)))

[TheAngeltoDemon]

This is like Asafa Powell's world record, i think the 9.76 he ran during a semi and let up. But this record was a stubborn one to be broken, i remember how big of a deal it was when Johnson broke it in 96 trials, i didn't know Marsh was this close to it. He could have easily ran a 19.6X had he went through the line. Crazy race.

[freddyfredfreddd]

If he dipped hes head at the line and didnt slow down he would have had a great time

[dovespin1]

@rcaddict72 yes i agree, but its advantage is marginal compared to the disadvantage of not seeing your competition in lane 8. I speak from experience running in all lanes in competition. that's why top seeds are given 4-5, the best balance of seeing the competition and the radius of the curve not being too extreme. do the math for me, i'm curious to see your analysis.

[rcaddict72]

@dovespin1 rubbish. lane 8 has the largest radius therefore the least force AND it has the least amount of distance on the curve. it is the fastest lane without question. do i have to do the math for you?..

[cantor0305]

i remember, he should break the old menea's record and became a legend... that a great lesson for the "badass attitude" of the sprinter of the 90's...