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On July 20 2012 07:55 L_Master wrote:
100m - Same matchup. Bolt has run much faster than Blake in this event, but Blake hasn't been in peak 100m form since his stellar 200m breakthrough. He also has a slightly higher absolutely top end speed than Bolt. Thrown in the added pressure of Bolt messing up and false starting to get DQed from the 100m WC final last year in Daegu and things get VERY interesting.
There are a few more storylines here too :D
Jamaca: Fastest sprinters at the moment
Bolt: World record holder arguably the favourite has been said that if hes on form he cant be beaten.
Blake: Has beaten bolt TWICE, is looking on form and is brimming with confidence
Asafa powell: Always a great athelete former world record holder. Possibly injured at the jamacan trials.
USA: Long legacy of dominating the 100m.
Tyson gay: Just coming back to athletics after 2 surgerys very competative and currently holds the record as the fastest american.
Justin Gatlin: Won the USA trials, former olympic gold medalist but served a 4 year ban from the sport for a positive drug test. How will he perform with that big of a gap.
Other notable mentions:
Christophe lemaitre: Europes fastest sprinter from france, who has the title of the first ever white sprinter to go sub 10 seconds.
Adam Gemili (probabaly shouldnt be in this list but i like the guy lol): New guy 18 years old, has been reported as only participating in top level junior sprinting for 6 months. A youth footballer that decided to try out for sprinting. Ended up coming out of nowhere and setting a time of 10:05 to qualify for team GB at the olympics. Also won the world junior championships. So a total Unknown at this point but someone that has come out of nowhere and impressed also seems to be going faster and faster with every single race.
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Go Sally Pearson! White Lightning!!
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for some reason that video had me crying it was so funny lol
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Nailed.
Former (and obviously current) drug cheat Mariem Selsouli tests positive for diuretic furosemide. She is out of the Olympics and will likely receive a lifetime ban. Glad they caught her to as she was very much a top contender being in possession of this years world leading 1500m time of 3:56.15.
http://www.letsrun.com/2012/selsouli-0723.php
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Blake's progress in this past year is pretty shady... dropping more than a second I believe off his 200m time to near world record. If it looks like PEDs.... I'm pretty skeptical.
Will be interesting to see how the Bolt & Blake runs will pan out though along with Powell and US runners. Looks like it could be a stacked final for 100m
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I don't know much about the running scene as much as I do about SC2 Esports but hell I seriously can't wait to see these Elite runners duke it out. There's something about sharing the same activity as the pro athletes that really get you excited to watch them do the best the world has ever seen.
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I am so incredibly excited for high jump this year!
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On July 25 2012 10:00 eshlow wrote:
Blake's progress in this past year is pretty shady... dropping more than a second I believe off his 200m time to near world record. If it looks like PEDs.... I'm pretty skeptical.
Will be interesting to see how the Bolt & Blake runs will pan out though along with Powell and US runners. Looks like it could be a stacked final for 100m
Yea, he has had some pretty crazy progress. At the same time he and Bolt are training partners, share the same club, coach, etc. If one of them is up to no good...
To his credit literally ANYTHING you ready about Blake talks about how hard he works. Doesn't party, perfect diet, proper rest, constant training...there is no doubt this is a dude that wants it. Even his nickname stems from that.
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On July 25 2012 11:53 Juddas wrote:
I am so incredibly excited for high jump this year!
What's your call?
on a side note - i'm counting hard on women's pole vault jump for Isinbaeva to set her last (number 29!) WR. She's finishing her career next year. Would be epic.
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I have to wait until Friday for T&F? Damn. I'm looking forward to all the track events and the decathlon. USA looks pretty good.
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I want to try playing this game. LOL
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On July 30 2012 06:10 Mortality wrote:I want to try playing this game. LOL
Just search for QWOP on google, have fun ^^
On July 25 2012 11:53 Juddas wrote:
I am so incredibly excited for high jump this year!
As is the whole of our Belgian nation :p
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LOOOL epicness! This is one of those games that can work on excel right...had a game that was very similar... played a lot in office
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On July 30 2012 06:17 Dust14 wrote:Just search for QWOP on google, have fun ^^
Thank you.
You'll be delighted to know that so far I've been able to run further going backwards than forwards.
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On July 29 2012 16:00 AirbladeOrange wrote:
I have to wait until Friday for T&F? Damn. I'm looking forward to all the track events and the decathlon. USA looks pretty good.
Ashton Eaton. That is all.
I feel like I would be willing to bet my life savings on both him and Rudisha.
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On July 30 2012 12:43 Mortality wrote:Show nested quote +On July 30 2012 06:17 Dust14 wrote:On July 30 2012 06:10 Mortality wrote:I want to try playing this game. LOL Just search for QWOP on google, have fun ^^ Thank you. You'll be delighted to know that so far I've been able to run further going backwards than forwards.
The trick is to spread the guy's legs out and just shuffle your way to the end. The hurdle will be annoying but try to just get that 0.1 m jump or whatever 
Hm, interesting to see the short-distance finals. I'm very interested in particular in whether or not Bolt can win again, since he hasn't looked up to form lately.
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love track and field, really looking forward to it, we only have 1 free to air olympics channel, hope theres lots of track and field on
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On July 25 2012 13:29 L_Master wrote:Show nested quote +On July 25 2012 10:00 eshlow wrote:
Blake's progress in this past year is pretty shady... dropping more than a second I believe off his 200m time to near world record. If it looks like PEDs.... I'm pretty skeptical.
Will be interesting to see how the Bolt & Blake runs will pan out though along with Powell and US runners. Looks like it could be a stacked final for 100m Yea, he has had some pretty crazy progress. At the same time he and Bolt are training partners, share the same club, coach, etc. If one of them is up to no good... To his credit literally ANYTHING you ready about Blake talks about how hard he works. Doesn't party, perfect diet, proper rest, constant training...there is no doubt this is a dude that wants it. Even his nickname stems from that.
Blake tested positive for a stimulant a couple years ago before his breakthrough so it shows that he's capable of taking PEDs. That being said, his rivalry with Bolt is one of the main attractions of track and field and would hurt track and the Olympics if one of them were caught.
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I would say that this 'he works harder than anyone else' usually doesn't work, especially not at the 100m. How hard you work has nothing to do with it for these elite athletes. They are all willing mentally to go much further than what their bodies can handle. That's why 100 sprint has such a long history with doping. Steroids and HGH help you to recover from training much faster, giving you the ability to get much more volume in practice.
You may be willing to practice harder than Bolt or Gay or Powell, you aren't going to be able to.
Not partying, perfect rest and diet is something else of course.
But if you are going to accuse some sprinter of doping without any evidence, I'd say they are all doped. Maybe not all equally doped, but still doped.
It's kinda 'funny' that Tameka Williams, a Saint Kitts and Nevis(last time you will ever hear about this country) admitted to doping after being pressured. Apparently, she didn't realize she was not supposed to admit it or was forced into a doping program and didn't have the heart to lie about it because she really didn't agree with it.
Typical doping shapegoat we all need to think the our favourites that are gonna win gold are indeed clean. Well at least for a few years since the story will usually come out later. But then that generation is clean. And the cycle continues.
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