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Men's 100 meter press conference with Bolt, Gay, Powell Berlin World Champs

IAAF World Championships in Athletics 2009

Berlin, DE  ⋅  Aug, 15 2009 - Aug 23 2009   |   Coverage created by Ryan From Flotrack


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Usain Bolt lit the world on fire at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games as he set the world record in the 100 meters (9.69), 200 meters (19.30), and the 4x100 meters (37.10). He followed up that performance…
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#26
Anonyaaron   November 9 at 8:54pm
TRackfan said:
“Usain is legit!!! What about Fraser? Can we do the same for her? She came a very LOOONG WAY in 3years??? Can anyone explain Fraser's natural progression without dropping into a hole?”
Cmon track fan just look at her ass dude. are glutes one of the major muscles of sprinting ;-)
  
#25
Anonymousfaksjflgk   August 22 at 3:33pm
Littlenukebo said:
“Usains a freaking beast man. as sad it may sound i dont think i can go 23.34 downhill on a bike. ;)

Usains a running phenomenon. I get giddy just thinking about what potential
other things Usain could accomplish.
Long Jump?? High Jump?? Shot Put?? Its absolute Crazy thinking, but never say never!”
Long jump, High Jump yeah. Shot put, that's silly, he can't use his running ability for that. I doubt the shot put but it's possible. The long jump, he has the speed, high jump he has speed and height, technique will be the main determining factor if he attempts these.
  
#24
TRackfan   August 19 at 10:49am
Usain is legit!!! What about Fraser? Can we do the same for her? She came a very LOOONG WAY in 3years??? Can anyone explain Fraser's natural progression without dropping into a hole?
  
#23
Anonymous Coward   August 18 at 11:42pm
I'm a swim coach and currently coach some of the fastest swimmers in USA. I love Phelps and believe he is one of the greatest athletes ever. However, I don't think that there is an athlete out there that can perform at the caliber of Bolt. Truely amazing and congrats. And oh by the way, loved the 100 finish this time around but loved the olympic finish better!
  
#22
Anonymous Coward   August 18 at 4:48pm
is usain clean? said:
“I can't claim to be positive that he's clean, but I have 3 reasons I think he is:

1. Age group phenom - 45.2 and 19.93 as a 16/17 year old. It makes sense that the fastest teenager ever ends up the fastest human ever.
2. He's a new style of runner. His combination of height and turnover has never been seen
3. I bet he has literally been tested 50 times in the last two years. What sort of drug makes him run 9.58 and evades detection time after time?”
no freakin way this guy passes a drug test in the usa...
  
#21
Zedo   August 18 at 11:58am
is usain clean? said:
“I can't claim to be positive that he's clean, but I have 3 reasons I think he is:

1. Age group phenom - 45.2 and 19.93 as a 16/17 year old. It makes sense that the fastest teenager ever ends up the fastest human ever.
2. He's a new style of runner. His combination of height and turnover has never been seen
3. I bet he has literally been tested 50 times in the last two years. What sort of drug makes him run 9.58 and evades detection time after time?”
i like your reasons,especially the first one.here in jamaica we have been watching usain from he was a phenom in Boys' Champs-our secondary athletic championships;his times from then had us annointing him as the Chosen One, the heir finally to the throne of herb mckinley,donald quarrie and bertland cameron.logics always suggested that he, if his path remained true and progressive,would one day conquer the world;eagerly and impatiently we expected too much in 2004- we forgot he was merely 17, and prone to injuries like everyone else. What He has become is due to hard work, discipline, humility and purity of heart.Understand this,We are as shocked and awed as you are, but, we were never surprised.
  
#20
Aaron Reeves   August 18 at 12:12am
Taylor Whiteside said:
“Hey Pepe Pearson, I really like your loser attitude but that's something Tyson doesn't have. After a bad Olympics Tyson was man enough to say that nothing had prevented him from running his best. If he had a losers attitude he would have blamed it on some other factor, but he didn't. He could have quit right there and then but he came back and set a personal record. He never whines or complains when things don't go his way and to me that's a true champion. A guy who can hold himself together even when he is losing. If nobody can beat Bolt we might as well just give up right? Bolt is fast that's for sure but I don't think he is unbeatable. True champions can make great comebacks, but that's something Bolt hasn't experienced yet and I'm waiting to see.”
WELL SAID!!!
  
#19
Aaron Reeves   August 18 at 12:10am
Pepe Pearson said:
“Ok, Tyson needs to quit.”
What the heck are u talking about... he just became the second fastest man in history, and fastest USA 100m sprinter ever... Just cause he cant beat usain bold does not mean that he need to quit... If what your saying is true than everybody except bolt should quit and let him run all the races by himself...
  
#18
Littlenukebo   August 17 at 9:04pm
Usains a freaking beast man. as sad it may sound i dont think i can go 23.34 downhill on a bike. ;)

Usains a running phenomenon. I get giddy just thinking about what potential
other things Usain could accomplish.
Long Jump?? High Jump?? Shot Put?? Its absolute Crazy thinking, but never say never!
  
#17
Matt   August 17 at 6:23pm
23.34mile/hr
  
#16
Andrew Pitts   August 17 at 6:03pm
does anyone know at about what MPH a 9.58 is
  
#15
Taylor Whiteside   August 17 at 4:14pm
Hey Pepe Pearson, I really like your loser attitude but that's something Tyson doesn't have. After a bad Olympics Tyson was man enough to say that nothing had prevented him from running his best. If he had a losers attitude he would have blamed it on some other factor, but he didn't. He could have quit right there and then but he came back and set a personal record. He never whines or complains when things don't go his way and to me that's a true champion. A guy who can hold himself together even when he is losing. If nobody can beat Bolt we might as well just give up right? Bolt is fast that's for sure but I don't think he is unbeatable. True champions can make great comebacks, but that's something Bolt hasn't experienced yet and I'm waiting to see.
  
#14
Is Usain Clean?   August 17 at 1:31pm
I can't claim to be positive that he's clean, but I have 3 reasons I think he is:

1. Age group phenom - 45.2 and 19.93 as a 16/17 year old. It makes sense that the fastest teenager ever ends up the fastest human ever.
2. He's a new style of runner. His combination of height and turnover has never been seen
3. I bet he has literally been tested 50 times in the last two years. What sort of drug makes him run 9.58 and evades detection time after time?
  
#13
Simone   August 17 at 7:54am
Jamaicans to the world. Asafa u did your best we are so proud of you. Yam ,banana and dumpling no enhancement drugs
  
#12
Gary   August 17 at 7:05am
I enjoy watching the total respect all three have for each other, no in your face crap or crazy antics of the 90's, track sorely needs these three to continue.
  
#11
Pepe Pearson   August 16 at 11:59pm
Ok, Tyson needs to quit.
  
#10
Anonymous Coward   August 16 at 11:38pm
does flotrack have rights for to put videos? up I missed the race.
  
#9
Anonymous Coward   August 16 at 10:20pm
no doubt this was a race that will be talked about for years to come. lol bolt is a genetic freak!
  
#8
Fergie   August 16 at 10:15pm
Asafa Powell is so 2000 and late!
  
#7
Anonymous Coward   August 16 at 8:30pm
eye of the tiger!
  
#6
MPS   August 16 at 7:52pm
yeah, Gay looks like he's hurting. They say in the crack recap that Gay may not run the 200 because of the hammy. I hope he's ok and put on a good race in the 200, too. If not...well....he just ran a NR and became #2 performer all-time. Not a bad day's work.
  
#5
Shawn Simon   August 16 at 7:44pm
Gay is going to be the Jan Ullrich of the track world for the next five years. Chasing the man who can't or won't be beat. Bolt is his Armstrong.
  
#4
Redraider   August 16 at 7:03pm
probably just sore
  
#3
Anonymous Coward   August 16 at 6:55pm
gay looks like he's hobbling a bit?
  
#2
Mike Mather   August 16 at 6:14pm
TV picked up on this race very well. It was billed to be exactly as run. All three were nervous as hell in the blocks. Jamaica on either side of Gay. These guys are huge. Bolt and Andrew Wheating (Oregon) are the same height, 6'5"! I can see Wheating running record 800's, but I'm still trying to grasp a 6'5" guy running the 100 in 9.58! After Gay's hammy pulling at the Trials last year I think everyone was sitting there with their fingers crossed. Once I saw him go into his ritualistic set into the blocks I calmed down a little. It always calms him down. Kind of a zen thing. But it worked for me too. Tyson bit a big chunk out of the American record.
The three fastest men in the world, side by side. As below, Staggering!
  
#1
Rohan Nugent   August 16 at 5:36pm
Staggering! Usain Bolt & Asafa Powell awesome!!
Good run for Tyson Gay He has the American record for his won again!
Hope the critics will see that these men are all class act
wonder if Powell was fully fit how would he have challenge Gay... None the less I hope Carl Lewis shuts his mouth up!
  

 

Men's 100 meter press conference with Bolt, Gay, Powell Berlin World Champs


August 16, 2009
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