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Third fastest European in history! Zapletalova improves to 52.58 in Rome
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Running a sub 10 can come in many different ways and from different body types. Short guys and tall guys. Skinny guys and muscular guys. Explosive starters vs Explosive Finishers. There is no perfect combonation as every sprinter is different.
To show you an example here we have 2 white sprinters who have both went sub 10.
Lachlan Kennedy with a p.b. of 9.96 in the 100 meters. He is an explosive starter as good as any sprinter in the world. He has a 60 meters
personal best time of 6.43! Yet he still had to learn how to finish the last 40 meters stronger in order to go sub 10. Kennedy made adjustments and now has a good 2nd half of his races.
Sam Blaskowsk with a p.b. of 9.89 in the 100 meters. His p.b. in the 60 meters is only a 6.60 which is very slow for the majority of sub 10 sprinters. Usually the tall guys have slower starts but make up the difference in the 2nd half of the race with their large strides. Sam Blaskowski is short at only 5'9 but still just crushes the 2nd half. If he can get better out of the blocks who knows what he can do? At his height he should be able to get that 60 meters p.b. alot faster.
Both of these guys are not that tall but exceptionally talented. I think Kennedy will always get into the 9.80's. The question is can either
of them make the medal stand at the Olympics or World Championships? While it seems like a long shot I believe that both of these
guys can make the finals. In the finals against the fastest sprinters on earth anything can and will happen.
To show you an example here we have 2 white sprinters who have both went sub 10.
Lachlan Kennedy with a p.b. of 9.96 in the 100 meters. He is an explosive starter as good as any sprinter in the world. He has a 60 meters
personal best time of 6.43! Yet he still had to learn how to finish the last 40 meters stronger in order to go sub 10. Kennedy made adjustments and now has a good 2nd half of his races.
Sam Blaskowsk with a p.b. of 9.89 in the 100 meters. His p.b. in the 60 meters is only a 6.60 which is very slow for the majority of sub 10 sprinters. Usually the tall guys have slower starts but make up the difference in the 2nd half of the race with their large strides. Sam Blaskowski is short at only 5'9 but still just crushes the 2nd half. If he can get better out of the blocks who knows what he can do? At his height he should be able to get that 60 meters p.b. alot faster.
Both of these guys are not that tall but exceptionally talented. I think Kennedy will always get into the 9.80's. The question is can either
of them make the medal stand at the Olympics or World Championships? While it seems like a long shot I believe that both of these
guys can make the finals. In the finals against the fastest sprinters on earth anything can and will happen.
