And one thing I have really noticed is that unless your wearing the new Nike spikes , you are at a disadvantage , by up to 0.5/ 0.6 of one hundredth is is huge at world level ...so the puma athletes will be at a disadvantage ...absolutely sure of it ...
I have suspicion that browning will run well in Eugene .....he is a sprinter with a razor sharp competitive edge ...like last in Japan ....as long as he is not. Carrying any injuries I think. He should do relatively well ....and as long as his first heat isn’t completely loaded full of dopes ..
Yes the sprints were a white wash(no pun intended) nobody even limped into the semi final. 2 full blooded Asians are in but they both should be near the back of the pack in their semifinal as Liu wasn't even close to running a flat 10 in his first round race and the Japanese runner is an unknown sprinter at the world level. Times as always were crazy as some guys who ran 10 flat had to rely on fastest loser qualifications to make it to the semifinals.The Mens Sprints was a complete wash for our guys. All of them failed to get out of the first round. It doesn't suprise me as none of them have looked that good this year outside of Wagner. Even he was average probably due to nerves
as he had never competed in any major championship before today. Regardless no excuses as he should have been better prepared along with Browning and Doran.
I would have liked to have seen Emile Erasmus as with his experience I believe he would have handled the nerves better and ran a fast time to at least get out of the first round at minimum. We will never know as he was slotted only for the
4 x 100 Relays. Very unfair in my opinion. Let's hope the Mens 200 meters and 4 x 100 Relays go betters.
The Womens 100 Meters starts tommorow.
I'm not that shocked as the men can't dope with impunity so they have pip squeak type runners in the 100 versus a string of powerhouse types. It was nice to see Yohan Blake go out in the semifinals as his bloated body seems to be aging and won't be even a fringe contender at the world level soon.I'm shocked. The Jamaicans didn't medal in the sprints for the men. The best they could do is 4th place. Refreshing for a change but it's sad that the Americans must have stole the magical yams. They swept the mens 100 meters which has only
happpened 3 times in World Championship History. They also had the known cheat who won it before finish in 6th. So 4 of the 8 fastest guys on earth are from the U.S. I don't like seeing this but what can you do?
In the Mens Long Jump we had a chineese jumper win it on his tinal jump. Tentoglou with the silver medal and Ehammer took home the bronze. Nice to see guys from around the world and all non africans.
Warholm looked great winning his heat of the 400 meter hurdles. Great to see as I was nervous with him coming off the injury. The semi finals will be an even better test for the defending gold medal olympic champion & world record holder!