Allez Christophe, Renaud et Teddy!!
Showing posts with label Usain Bolt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Usain Bolt. Show all posts
Sunday, 18 July 2010
Les Trois Mousquetaires
Pas Athos, Aramis et Porthos, mais Christophe, Renaud et Teddy. The latter 3 are beginning to create waves in the world of athletics. While Teddy's performance may have been the most impressive, when he triple jumped 17.90m to go sixth on the all-time list ( he bettered his PB in New York with a jump of 17.98m to go third on the all-time list - WR = 18.43m) and Renaud leads the Diamond League pole vault standings, it was Christophe's 100m run of 9.98s that garnered the most headlines as he became the first white man to break the mythical 10 second barrier. Christophe is 20 so by the time London 2012 comes around, he should no longer be fazed by running in the lane next to Usain Bolt as he may have been on Friday night in Paris where he finished 5th in a time of 10.08s - mind you, Christophe will have his work cut out if Usain Bolt decides to defend his Beijing title as he made his winning time of 9.84s look like the proverbial walk in the park.
Monday, 14 June 2010
New kid on the block
With this leap, TT (or should that be T2?!) has announced himself to the world, in the same stadium where Usain Bolt first broke the 100m world record in May 2008. It remains a very real possibility that the world record of 18.43m won't be around for that much longer if T2 (way cooler than TT), Christian Olsson and Phillips Idowu continue to push one another.
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
UN-FLIPPIN-BELIEVABLE!!
Usain Bolt was in the middle of a press conference in Beijing when he was informed that he would be doubling up - his coach had given him the green light to compete in the 100m & 200m. When asked which event he would prefer to win, he said that he really wanted to win the 200m because it would mean so much more. Well tonight we witnessed just how much it meant to him.
He ran 19.30s with eight races in his legs so how much faster could he have gone if he was fresh? And if he decides to take up the 400m, we can probably expect to see the first sub 43s run.
He turns 22 tomorrow and I'm sure he'll celebrate with the youthful exuberance that we saw in the aftermath of his wins.
Wishing you a very happy 22nd birthday and I hope you'll continue to light up the track for many years to come.
He ran 19.30s with eight races in his legs so how much faster could he have gone if he was fresh? And if he decides to take up the 400m, we can probably expect to see the first sub 43s run.
He turns 22 tomorrow and I'm sure he'll celebrate with the youthful exuberance that we saw in the aftermath of his wins.
Wishing you a very happy 22nd birthday and I hope you'll continue to light up the track for many years to come.
Saturday, 16 August 2008
10.32 m/s
speed = Distance/time acceleration = speed/time.
With the second slowest reaction time, 0.165s, of the eight man field, Usain Bolt uncoiled his 1.93m frame and ambled (he ran for 80m and jogged for 20m) to a world record of 9.69s at an average speed of 10.32 m/s, but the word average should never appear in the same sentence as Usain Bolt. And what of his acceleration to 80m? How many Newtons did his 76kg mass generate to propel himself forward from his starting blocks as he transformed potential energy into kinetic? His run makes for a very interesting mechanics study.
Usain Bolt is a 21 year old 200m specialist. He first came to prominence at the age of 15 when he went under 20s to win the 200m at the World Junior Championships on his home patch in Kingston. Great things were expected of him in Athens 2004 after he ran 19.93s at the start of the season, but leg injuries curtailed his progression. When he broke Asafa Powell's 100m world record of 9.74s, in New York, in June, that was his fourth 100m race. His coach, Glen Miller, told him to run the 100m this season to improve his start for the 200m.
So how fast can he really go? If he had run flat out, he would have probably stopped the clock in the 9.5x s. If the Jamaica 4 x 100m team can get the baton round, we may yet see another world record because he can probably go much faster from a standing start.
No pre-race jitters like his older compatriot, who's anxiety was as illuminating as the neon signs that light up New York's Times Square. Observing him at the start, as he enjoyed the dancehall music playing over the PA system, he came across as the 21 year old that he is. He'll be at his peak in 5 years time - what a scintillating prospect!
He has completely torn up the rule book - YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO RUN THE 100m LIKE THAT!! Unconventional Usain ruled the day and to think he didn't realise that he had broken the world record until after he had completed his victory lap - he just wanted to win. Let's hope his plan to just win the 200m allows us to witness more spectacular unconventionality.
For a detailed breakdown of Usain Bolt's sensational 100m run, read this.
With the second slowest reaction time, 0.165s, of the eight man field, Usain Bolt uncoiled his 1.93m frame and ambled (he ran for 80m and jogged for 20m) to a world record of 9.69s at an average speed of 10.32 m/s, but the word average should never appear in the same sentence as Usain Bolt. And what of his acceleration to 80m? How many Newtons did his 76kg mass generate to propel himself forward from his starting blocks as he transformed potential energy into kinetic? His run makes for a very interesting mechanics study.
Usain Bolt is a 21 year old 200m specialist. He first came to prominence at the age of 15 when he went under 20s to win the 200m at the World Junior Championships on his home patch in Kingston. Great things were expected of him in Athens 2004 after he ran 19.93s at the start of the season, but leg injuries curtailed his progression. When he broke Asafa Powell's 100m world record of 9.74s, in New York, in June, that was his fourth 100m race. His coach, Glen Miller, told him to run the 100m this season to improve his start for the 200m.
So how fast can he really go? If he had run flat out, he would have probably stopped the clock in the 9.5x s. If the Jamaica 4 x 100m team can get the baton round, we may yet see another world record because he can probably go much faster from a standing start.
No pre-race jitters like his older compatriot, who's anxiety was as illuminating as the neon signs that light up New York's Times Square. Observing him at the start, as he enjoyed the dancehall music playing over the PA system, he came across as the 21 year old that he is. He'll be at his peak in 5 years time - what a scintillating prospect!
He has completely torn up the rule book - YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO RUN THE 100m LIKE THAT!! Unconventional Usain ruled the day and to think he didn't realise that he had broken the world record until after he had completed his victory lap - he just wanted to win. Let's hope his plan to just win the 200m allows us to witness more spectacular unconventionality.
For a detailed breakdown of Usain Bolt's sensational 100m run, read this.
Sunday, 22 June 2008
Meanwhile, in the athletics world
, first this record fell, then this one and finally this one. Did it pass you by? I thought as much so I thought I should let y'all know.
Sunday, 1 June 2008
Lightning quick
His nickname is Thunder but yesterday Usain Bolt was as quick as lightning in lowering the 100m world record by 0.02s. He's the world junior record holder of the 200m, which he set at the age of 15 and he looks like he may be the man to beat at the blue riband event in Beijing. Lets hope he's keeping something back because that's the second 9.7(x)s he's run in the last four weeks.
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