ilmaestro wrote: Exactly my point. I mean, Kenya came second, without a single sprinter or field star in site. I'm shocked Uk:Athletics are "proud" of the achievement. I'm not suprised though, I know first hand how crap the infrastructure is. Do they honestly believe GB is gonna dominate during 2012? LOL. |
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The-Bodybuilder 17,871 posts
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Coe also attacked his captaincy of the British athletics team, saying: "I sat in one team meeting when (Christie) made himself deliberately unintelligible to all but those who had a passing knowledge of jive."
Probably very old, but i had to LOL when I read this on BBC sport just now.
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The-Bodybuilder 17,871 posts
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Registered 17 years agoLOL. Gotta love Seb Coe.
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Dougs 100,414 posts
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Coming home to roost? -
The-Bodybuilder 17,871 posts
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Registered 17 years agoInteresting... -
The-Bodybuilder 17,871 posts
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Registered 17 years agoSo no one saw Bolt absolutely destroy the competition? -
Dougs 100,414 posts
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Registered 18 years agoSaw it on the news this morning. Awesome stuff. Assuming he's not part of the controversy above! -
The-Bodybuilder 17,871 posts
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Registered 17 years agoNah, he aint part of it.
I'm quite amazed at how people don't realize how much Bolt is going against the grain of the prototypical elite sprinter.
I remember sprint coaches always putting emphasis on stocky/mesomorphic athletes with a low centre of gravity, who are capable of generating huge amount of forces, and they always said stride length was overhyped and it was all about stride frequency.
With bolt, he's tall, gangly, high Centre Of Gravity, doesn't generate huge amount of power (he utilizes elastic energy much more than previous champs) and is generally dominant due to his 8 feet stride length. -
The-Bodybuilder 17,871 posts
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Registered 17 years agoApparently the jamaican athletes where using.......weed. -
MrWorf 64,187 posts
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Registered 20 years agoHello from parliament hill! -
The-Bodybuilder 17,871 posts
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Registered 17 years agoRight, I know no one gives a damn about athletics here bar olympics, but this World Championships is gonna be huge.
Bolt Vs Gay. Can't wait. -
JuanKerr 37,710 posts
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Registered 15 years agoNew WR for Usain Bolt in the 100m final. -
wobbler147 5,255 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI bet Gay must be gutted, 9.71 and only second 0_o -
Ginger 7,256 posts
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Registered 19 years agoawesome race, but has no-one else been watching the heptathlon? Bloody brilliant. -
JuanKerr 37,710 posts
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Registered 15 years agoYeah, I saw the Heptathlon - good stuff. I also thought both the British ladies were quite tasty .gif)
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Bolt's a true phenomenon
Simply mind-boggling - he reckon's 9.4 is his limit
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JuanKerr 37,710 posts
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Registered 15 years agoSnakehips76 wrote:
Wish Top Gear had done a 100m drag race Bolt vs. Porsche when he was on the other month...
Yeah, that would be a close one ...
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MrWorf 64,187 posts
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Dougs 100,414 posts
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Registered 18 years agoJust heard. That is insane -
JuanKerr 37,710 posts
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Registered 15 years agoIs it now the 'in thing' for all 100m runners to do something wacky when the camera pans down the line-up? They're all bloody at it these days. -
We got back from the pub and turned on the television just before the race.
I don't watch athletics normally but feel kind of lucky that I saw that. -
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No doubt on drugs that they can't test for...yet. -
Duffking 16,964 posts
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Registered 15 years agoecureuil wrote:
Shit, I missed it. Video anywhere?
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The-Bodybuilder 17,871 posts
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Registered 17 years agoheyyo! wrote:
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No doubt on drugs that they can't test for...yet.
Bollocks.
They keep blood samples and test it vor the next 8 years. It's about the best idea the IOC have ever made and is almost certain to catch any drug user (sooner than later).
IMO, I expect people to be more suspicious of Gay. The american system is known for its doping (duh) and I've always found Gay's arrogance very suspicious. I mean, everyone can see Bolt is genetically very different from all previous champions and has been a teenage phenom for a while now. Yet Gay is confident that he himself can run 9.4? How so? He's never done sub 9.7, but thinks he can do 9.4?
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Nexus_6 6,168 posts
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Registered 17 years agoNever mind new world time records - this little hottie sets new sexy records
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Anyone else noticed how most of the world records for most field events are very long standing? I wonder why this is the case?
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