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LIGHTNING BOLT IN THE 200M
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:34 am
by Chelsea4thewin
OMFG USAIN BOLT IS A FREAK
what a run, never thought michael johnsons record would ever be beat, this guy is AMAZING, what a run
still in shock, best thing i have seen in these olympics, good to see how much he wanted the record too, no acting or looking around at the screen, just a sensational run
thankyou usain bolt
Re: LIGHTNING BOLT IN THE 200M
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:37 am
by Scotty
USAIN Bolt smashed the 200m world record when he completed the Olympic sprint double in Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium early today.
His time of 19.30 was two hundredths of a second inside the old record of 19.32sec set by Michael Johnson in 1996.
Re: LIGHTNING BOLT IN THE 200M
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:41 am
by AceLosesKing
Just watched it, great run, well done Bolty.
That kid is so fast!
Re: LIGHTNING BOLT IN THE 200M
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:11 am
by Ashley Higgins
hes just amazing
Re: LIGHTNING BOLT IN THE 200M
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:22 am
by krunchie
Re: LIGHTNING BOLT IN THE 200M
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:35 pm
by stevo
Ashley Higgins wrote:hes just amazing
Yep, he smashed the rest of the field, no one was near him!
Re: LIGHTNING BOLT IN THE 200M
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 3:29 pm
by Tom Cerny
and he set the record running into a headwind whilst johnson had a tailwind
Re: LIGHTNING BOLT IN THE 200M
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 3:32 pm
by David
Tom Cerny wrote:and he set the record running into a headwind whilst johnson had a tailwind
Yeah, but Johnson set the world record for someone running the 200m looking like Eddie Murphy.
Re: LIGHTNING BOLT IN THE 200M
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:49 pm
by rcon
I've seen this question posed a couple of times today - who is "king" of this Olympics? Bolt, or Phelps?
Phelps's WR's don't count for a much as Bolt's - Phelps has had some technical assistance after all (I'm assuming he uses a LZR?), but 8v2 is still a valid comparison.....
Thoughts anyone?
Re: LIGHTNING BOLT IN THE 200M
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:05 pm
by bennymacca
rcon wrote:I've seen this question posed a couple of times today - who is "king" of this Olympics? Bolt, or Phelps?
Phelps's WR's don't count for a much as Bolt's - Phelps has had some technical assistance after all (I'm assuming he uses a LZR?), but 8v2 is still a valid comparison.....
Thoughts anyone?
the swim suit is the same as the rubber on the running track and the spikes. undoubtedly an advantage, but if everyone has it, then it doesn't matter. swimming pool design is also a big factor in making a "fast" pool - i.e lane ropes and the sides of the pool that minimise wake etc.
8v2 is a pretty hard comparison to make, because bolt doesn't have the opportunity to compete in 8 events.
i reckon one of them is better by 0.01 seconds.
