100 meters sprinting

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luckyabc  #340  Mon, 30 Jun 08 07:07 PM

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World champion Tyson Gay has insisted that he is not the favourite for the Olympic 100m title despite recording the fastest time ever in history.

Gay dominated the final of the US Olympic trials, posting 9.68 seconds at Hayward Field - 0.04s faster than Usain Bolt's world record.

The record time will not stand, though, as the tailwind of 4.1 miles-per-second in Oregon was way above the permissible legal limit of 2.0.

And Gay, who set a legal national record of 9.77 in the trial quarter-finals, believes that Bolt is still the man to beat in Beijing.

"I still don't think I'm going to have a lot of pressure on me, even though I ran that time," he said.

"Regardless, it was wind aided so when we go to the next big race, he (Bolt) is still going to be the world record holder."

  
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taniapo  #341  Mon, 30 Jun 08 07:10 PM
I remember 15 years or so ago, athletes who broke the 10 second barrier were considered to be legends. Nowadays you need to run sub 9.80 to be considered one of the best. In 15 years time will the best male sprinters be running 100 meters in 9.40? Where is the line drawn on what is humanly possible?
  
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peter  #361  Sat, 05 Jul 08 01:24 AM
For me it should be a record. How can athletes possibly control wind levels??
  
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