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That time in the 800 is insane for a 16 year old. It’s more impressive than the 100m time that the Japanese kid just ran. It’s been a great year for 800 times this year.

The Japanese are gonna have a guy in the 9.8's pretty soon I think. I still remember when Koji Itu had the national record at 10.00, I think that record stood for almost 20 years and now over the past 7-8 years they have 4 guys who have run under 10. It's amazing what a people are capable of...

Glad to see some success on the women’s side. The men’s side is a depressing state of affairs. One white guy out of 34 sprinters.

Blaskowski ran a 10.27 into a -1.0 headwind. He did qualify for the semis but I think he’ll be hard pressed to make it through to the final. Let’s hope for a big pb out of him!

The NHL is woke and leftist just like all the other leagues. This is no surprise to me.

That's a heck of a time and he definitely has a lot more in the tank by watching that run. It looked like Sazonov was possibly gaining on him near the end but it was hard to tell.

Whoops, I completely missed the discussion in the high schoolers thread!

16 year old Sorato Shimizu of Japan set a u18 world record the other day in the 100m after he ran a 10.00 +1.7 at Japan’s inter-highschool championships. I don’t see it listed on world athletics yet but it appears to be legitimate. Crazy for a 16 year old and he was already pretty fast as his...

I'm not sure what anyone is expecting in a Paul/Joshua fight. I can't see this going any other way than Joshua/Ngannou. Joshua is just plain better in every way. Maybe Paul figures it's time to just die on his hill so to speak. I can't honestly hate him completely as he does have guts to get...

That shows how strong he is to run back to back fast times like that. I'm sure he will break his pb this year. He will probably start timing his peak for the worlds soon. Be cool to see him put Sweden in the sub 10 club. I was just glancing at Sweden's all time list and it's nice to see a...

Really has been a let down with Boling, but that's ok that's what happens in sprinting. We all felt he had a lot more to give in the 100, but we will never know. We don't know him personally and we don't know what kinds of challenges he is facing. He seems like a very good kid and hopefully...

Yeah with that kind of speed endurance he’s ready to run in the 43’s. Be fun to watch this guy over the rest of the summer.

Just to put things in perspective, only 28 men have ever run under 44 seconds in the 400. That equates to about a 9.85 in the 100m so it is extremely rare. I think he will definitely achieve this. Jeremy Wariner sits 7th all time with his 43.45 so it would be cool to see Dobson break that...

Masterclass performance by Usyk! He has to be in the talk of the greatest heavyweights of all time now!

We have some real talent in the 800 right now, be cool to see what these guys can do at the world champs. The 800 is a really fun race to watch, it’s like watching a drama all in under 2 minutes.

That's a good analysis on the fights. I too think Usyk should be able to handle Dubois but you never know, he is getting older and he's been through a lot. You can't say that he has ever turned away from a fight or ducked anyone. I hope he wins and retires. As for Pacquiao, I agree that...

Dilfer didn’t have the best stats throughout his career, but he did take over in Baltimore halfway through the season in 2000 and lead them to a superbowl victory. The next season he got the Tim Tebow treatment and was released. Being a victim of the caste system like that, it’s ironic that he...

China has their hands in everything. Unfortunately our leaders are and have been sell outs for a long time.

I'm thinking this might be a calculated move since the worlds aren't until September. Maybe they are just waiting to begin the process to peak around that time?

Wdowik with a 10.31 and Tortu with a 10.38. I'm guessing these guys are just racing to stay in medium condition as they look to begin the process of peaking for worlds??

They probably just learned the “secret” of how to get faster as you get older from Justin Gatlin! In all seriousness though it is frustrating to see, but it’s also frustrating that Larsson, Browning and many other white guys can run 10.0x but never seem to get that extra stride needed to break...

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