Some observations:
1) The Irishman Gillick was sensational. That was just his first race of the season, and yet he finished with the second best time of the season and beat the second place finisher by a full 3/4's of a second--a lifetime in the 400.
2) Watched the 60 video. Dare I say that Pickering looks soft? The Caribbean sprinters looked so juiced it's a wonder they don't just quit sprinting for bodybuilding. But Pickering looked softer than in the past. That may be the real reason his performance is suffering.
3) That was one hell of a field pushing one another, and yet they still couldn't match the time LeMaitre produced running off all by himself with sore adductors and after a hard week of training with no rest. LeMaitre is the Chosen One. And in one of those French articles, he was expressing his confidence in breaking 10 this year. If only he could score a high profile win. Beating Bolt may be unthinkable, but that's got to be the dream. A tall, blonde, French teenager--he could be bigger than Beckham and inspire an entire generation of sprinters, if they could just set aside their x-boxes and playstations long enough to get out and run.