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Bummer he ran so much slower in the finals. Whoever organized the camera work was awful. You couldn't really see how the runners were doing during the race with the head on view. He didn't look injured so I'm guessing he just ran slow due to it being his second race of the day.

Another sprinter to keep on the radar is Gabriel Maia from Portugal. I believe he is white but finding pics of him to confirm is a little difficult. He has a 10.17 +0.4 this year along with a windy 10.09. The rest of his 100m times have been pretty pedestrian. His personal bests in the 60...

That’s the second fastest time in the world this year and the 11th fastest 800 ever. An incredible run!

the Jamaicans have a long history with steroid use. To be fair a ton of guys are using but Thompson is a rather obvious example. Gatlin is one of the most cooked cases in history. Runs really fast, gets busted and banned for a couple years. Comes back even faster but is now clean…..lol

Yeah I can’t imagine there’s much money in running professionally if you’re a 10.2 guy. Unfortunately Hale never really blossomed as we had hoped, but that’s ok that’s how sprinting works. Will have to wait and see how Hilton does going forward, but 10.3’s aren’t going to get it done...

Yeah I agree. Browning is a very good high level sprinter. I hope there is something that he can find with training or form or anything to at least get one sub 10. Being so close has to eat a sprinter up.

For me this is not horrible. I think it shows consistency that he is pretty much always below 10.1 now. He has more work to do to get down to consistent sub 10’s but he will get there. Although he won, Thompson was also a tenth slower than what he ran just a few days ago so all in all I think...

It’s unfortunate, but maybe Browning is just a 10.0x guy. That’s still faster than almost any human that’s ever lived so it’s not taking anything away from him. He just doesn’t seem to be able to find that next level. Once again, I hope I’m wrong but that may just be the case.

That’s basically the most stacked field in the world right now. This is what you have to do if you want to get better. You can’t be afraid to get beat. Thompson should win this one as he is in top form, clearly roided out. Another 9.7 Jamaican, nothing to see here….but that’s for another...

It’s the same with Pietro Mennea’s white 200 meter record. It’s almost 50 years old and nobody has been able to beat it.

What a race he had. The way he kept pulling through the whole race indicates to me he's ready for a sub 10 with just a little more work. Once you've watched enough sprinting you can just tell when a sprinter is on the next level. It's usually not the start, but the way they close out the...

I read that article and it talks about how he was touted as having world class speed. The reality is that he just doesn't. Not even close actually. His wind legal personal best in the 100 is 10.30. That is very fast of course for a high school varsity track team, but not anywhere close to...

A good example might be Louie Hinchcliffe working with Carl Lewis. They probably just kind of gel together. Be interesting to see if he gets any faster. I just checked and it looks like Hichcliffe has only run once this year on May 25th and his time was 11.65. Maybe it’s injuries or some...

His only 3 100m races this year have been in the 10.6 and 10.7 range. Not a promising sign, he must be battling injuries. Dominik Kopec ran a 10.26 into a negative wind on June 13th. He had a 10.09 last year and a 10.05 the year before. He is 30 but maybe he can pull something out this year...

Yeah I agree. At this point in his career he can’t afford to be getting disqualified like that!