Usain Bolt

sonny73
sonny73 Posts: 2,203
edited August 2009 in The bottom bracket
Amazing!!!! How fast is that man :shock:
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  • john-e-big-guns
    john-e-big-guns Posts: 489
    edited August 2009
    The look on Micheal Johnson face in the studio after was a picture, he was just stuned

    Bolts even had time to look at the timing monitor as he was passing the finishing line..just incredible
    No Pain; No Gain;

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  • pedylan
    pedylan Posts: 768
    Sonny73 wrote:
    Amazing!!!! How fast is that man :shock:

    37.58km/hr
    Where the neon madmen climb
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Awesome!
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953
    The man has to go down as the finest athlete ever. Incredible.
  • NWLondoner
    NWLondoner Posts: 2,047
    Tyson Gay looked well p*ssed off, always good to annoy the yanks :twisted:


    Bolt is just pure class 8)
  • NWLondoner
    NWLondoner Posts: 2,047
    phreak wrote:
    The man has to go down as the finest athlete ever. Incredible.

    Behind Sir Chris Hoy of course :wink:
  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    pedylan wrote:
    Sonny73 wrote:
    Amazing!!!! How fast is that man :shock:

    37.58km/hr

    Madness, 23.35mph!!!! :shock:
  • fast as fupp
    fast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    do they have drug testing in running and stuff?
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • dilemna
    dilemna Posts: 2,187
    fast as fupp wrote:
    do they have drug testing in running and stuff?

    Are you for real?
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    Think how stupid the average person is.......
    half of them are even more stupid than you first thought.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Heh heh, the guy is quality!
  • Mettan
    Mettan Posts: 2,103
    Brought a tear to my eye - great to see progress - congrats Usain - Tyson's leg-speed was something else aswell.
  • synchronicity
    synchronicity Posts: 1,415
    Looks like the first race he's run where he didn't back off with 30% of the race still to go! :lol:
    vertebr.ae | precision braking & shifting
  • KillerMetre
    KillerMetre Posts: 199
    Tyson Gay was doing a mighty fine Ben Johnson impersonation :shock:
  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    Has Chambers been forgiven now? Is he still taking drugs, I bet he is?
    Smarter than the average bear.
  • fast as fupp
    fast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    dilemna wrote:
    fast as fupp wrote:
    do they have drug testing in running and stuff?

    Are you for real?


    *looks in mirror*

    *pinches self*


    yes!
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • The Chingford Skinhead
    The Chingford Skinhead Posts: 718
    Only just seen the race. My jaw is bruised from hitting the floor.

    As Andy Parsons said on Mock the Week after the Olympics the only thing missing is Usain pulling out his mobile phone to take a picture as the finish line approaches and imploring the rest to catch up so he can get them all in the shot! :lol: He seems to do it with such ease - I think his relaxed approach is key.

    As a short aside one of my personal memories was of watching the 1992 Olypics. My baby daughter was in my arms as I settled down to watch Lindford Christie in the 100m (my event at school). Daughter was just dozing off when Christie flew through the finish in first and I was on my feet shouting - shooshing - shouting - shooshing :twisted: Took me ages to get daughter settled down after that - took me even longer :roll:

    Is Usain the greatest ever? Well, I'm sure Daley Thompson might say second... :wink:
    Pain is only weakness leaving the body
  • fast as fupp
    fast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    the last time i saw someone accelerating away from his rivals with such ease it was riccardo ricco :shock:
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    4th race in 2 days and all and sundry said the track was "too soft". What can he do in perfect conditions?
  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    Stewie Griffin wrote:
    4th race in 2 days
    They don`t run very far though.
    Smarter than the average bear.
  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    antfly wrote:
    Stewie Griffin wrote:
    4th race in 2 days
    They don`t run very far though.

    I have always seen it as the lazy mans event :P
  • Bhima
    Bhima Posts: 2,145
    Sonny73 wrote:
    pedylan wrote:
    Sonny73 wrote:
    Amazing!!!! How fast is that man :shock:

    37.58km/hr

    Madness, 23.35mph!!!! :shock:

    Even more astonishing when you realize that the figure is average speed - his maximum must be higher than that! When he came to Manchester recently, one of the news reports said he was getting to 28mph. :shock:

    I've not tried it, but accelerating from zero on a bike and averaging that sort of speed over 100m must be very hard.

    So I guess he doesn't have to worry about locking his bike up, as long as he stays within a few meters of it. :lol:
  • BigG67
    BigG67 Posts: 582
    I'm not sure that there's a machine on earth that can accelerate like a human, even one not as fast as Bolt, so I'd reckon we'd all be screwed in a race on our bikes over 20 yards or so.
  • 1892
    1892 Posts: 1,690
    But can he ride a bike?
    Justice for the 96
  • 1892
    1892 Posts: 1,690
    Makes you wonder though, if you had a race with him, what distance would you have to do to beat him?
    Justice for the 96
  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    200meter @ 27mph?
  • nolf
    nolf Posts: 1,287
    1892 wrote:
    Makes you wonder though, if you had a race with him, what distance would you have to do to beat him?

    I reckon I could have him over 100 miles.
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    I feel it, when I sorrow most;
    'Tis better to have loved and lost;
    Than never to have loved at all."

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  • de_sisti
    de_sisti Posts: 1,283
    1892 wrote:
    Makes you wonder though, if you had a race with him, what distance would you have to do to beat him?

    5000 metres?
  • EdZed
    EdZed Posts: 119
    You wouldn't want to be a 100m/200m sprinter at the moment when he's around - you'll have absolutely no chance of winning. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets the 100m world record close to 9 seconds at some stage.
  • Cressers
    Cressers Posts: 1,329
    How does he do it?

    By imagining the KKK are chasing him!
  • Bhima
    Bhima Posts: 2,145
    edited August 2009
    There's a runner I know and he was telling me yesterday that every time Bolt beats the world record, his sponsors (TDK) give him a million dollars! So we've probably not seen him go flat-out yet because he wants to keep making millions by beating his record by small margins each time. :D

    As for the theoretical cyclist v runner question - depends on the conditions/cyclist really. Chris Hoy in a velodrome might get him over 200m, although Bolt holds the world record in that too, which I think isn't far off his 100m pace x2...

    He'd probably start to die after that, because that's the sort of distances he trains for - kind of like how Cav can only really handle certain distances before he blows.

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