devans said:
It could be that the USA have finally cleaned up their act, due to the recent drug scandals, and the Jamaicans are benefiting. Places like Ghana, Nigeria, Namibia used to produce world class sprinters, plus there used to be European blacks who made it to the final. I think all 8 finalists yesterday were from the American continent, mostly Caribbean islands. I just think we will find out eventually what is going on. Thing about Bolt is though, I think he is such an amazing talent, if he is juicing I think he probably didn't even need to. It might have taken him a bit longer but he could have made it clean. And if he is doing drugs he should stop now and see how he goes on because drugs or no drugs that was the most amazing 100M sprint I have ever seen.
Great post Devans. I pretty much agree with all your posts so far. Usain Bolt IMO is the most naturally talented sprinter of all time. He is a freak and as much as we like Pickering, a clean Pickering would not have a shot to beat a clean Usain unless Bolt had an awful race and Pickering ran his absolute personal best.
But for Usain to drop from 10.0x last year down to a 9.69, which was really more like a 9.55 if he runs through is ridiculously suspicious. The small island of Jamaica is absolutely dominating at 100 and 200 meters. I truly believe that most of the other nations have cleaned up their act, but the Carribean has not. I am actually pretty confident that Walter Dix as well as Gay is clean at this point. Dix's 9.91 is certainly possible even for a young black sprinter clean.
In Jamaica, the Bahamas etc. they are sprinting obsessed and juicing is part of the culture. The fame and fortune sprinting brings to the black youth on those islands, many who have grown up with next to nothing is very tempting to get involved with PEDs. There is much less shame in these nations of using them. Ben Johnson is still a huge hero in Jamaica.
If Bolt didn't use PEDs he probably still would have won gold, that is the sick part, he is that good. However, he is likely on something IMO to be able to do enough of a herculean workout regimen to improve that much that fast. He must have had some huge testosterone boosts. Bolt is the only man I honestly think ever who could possibly run a sub 9.8 clean. I have never seen a sprinter who strides as smoothly, long, fast and effortlessly as Bolt. And he's a fast starter to boot. He just flies down the track without even trying. I don't care if he is on PEDs. The likes of a man like this has never been seen before. But a 9.55-9.6 flat if he doesn't let up after a year of sprinting at 21 y.o. Get out of here. With the way Jamaica is dominating, I am pretty confident something is up.
I used to have the belief that it was humanly impossible to eclipse 9.85 without the juice. Now I am ready to say that a high 9.7x may be possible clean for one man and that would be Usain Bolt.
Maybe he will realize just how good he is and give up his PEDs. He hasn't been convicted yet, but in most peoples minds they know something is up. Here is to Usain Bolt winning Gold next Olympics the right way...And it just may be in a time of 9.79!
