Did anyone see him breaking the WR today? Outstanding. I actually bet on him during Athens but despite his awesome form leading to it he bombed. What an athlete. Modern sprinting appears to be all about USA vs Carribean. Not many others around competing.
Crazy thing is the dude is only 22. Barring a serious injury, he may go down as the greatest 100m sprinter ever by the time his career is over.
Over the last month you could see him starting to put it together, today was his first complete race of the season and look what happened.
I still think BJ’s 9.79 easing up at 85m is still the best 100m ever run, but Asafa is close.
He’s going to go even lower, probably not this year, but in the future.
Johnson would have run 9.71 or something had he not slowed. Asafa has a long way to go before I think he is as good as Johnson ‘would’ have been. But he is in prime position to be an unbeatable force fvor years to come.
ya definitely, Asafa Powell is going to be one of the greatest sprinter ever. I just hope Mo Greene can step it up a notch can show him what he got, although it doesn’t look very good so far.
Remember, Johnson was 26 when he ran that 9.79, Powell is only 22! Like I said before though, it can end in a heartbeat with a bad injury (or even a bad drug test as in Johnson’s case). There is no reason to think Powell is at his limit.
[quote]SprinterOne wrote:
Crazy thing is the dude is only 22. Barring a serious injury, he may go down as the greatest 100m sprinter ever by the time his career is over.[/quote]
interesting thought: in CFTS, Charlie Francis credited the age of 22 to be the peak of a man’s reactive ability.
Thanks for posting about this, I had to check one of my safer track sites since I"m dodging the results of the D1 track meet until it shows on TV. But man I saw the video and this was the first time all season he has run all the way through the line. Usian bolt is lookin strong in the 200 to, our US boys gotta pick it up. The Sprint Capitol team I think thats Gatlin and Crawfords training group, they train at NCCU and that track is pretty nice so hopefully they can make use of this hot weather we’ve been getting and drop down to.
[quote]wufwugy wrote:
SprinterOne wrote:
Crazy thing is the dude is only 22. Barring a serious injury, he may go down as the greatest 100m sprinter ever by the time his career is over.
interesting thought: in CFTS, Charlie Francis credited the age of 22 to be the peak of a man’s reactive ability.[/quote]
Yes, but he quotes 25-29 (I believe) as his peak for strength, which is vital in a sprint.
Here’s a list which I found interesting. He says he can do it faster too!
100m SINCE 1990
9.90: L Burell (US), 14/06/91
9.86: C Lewis (US), 25/08/91
9.85: L Burrell (US), 06/07/94
9.84: D Bailey (Can), 27/07/96
9.79: M Greene (US), 16/06/99
9.78: T Montgomery (US), 14/09/02
9.77: A Powell (Jam), 14/06/05
Yes T Brethrens!!
Just a factoid. Jamaicans have dominated the sprinting game for quite sometime. Dating as far back as 1948 with Herb Mckinley and gang bringing home Olympic gold in the 4x400M relay. Now to the 100M.
88 Seoul Ben Jonhnson Jamaican born
92 Barcelona Linford Christie Jamaican born
96 Alanta Donovan Bailey Jamaican born
Today Asafa Powell 9.77!!!
Big Up All Yardie and the Jamaican sprinter!!!
[quote]wufwugy wrote:
SprinterOne wrote:
Crazy thing is the dude is only 22. Barring a serious injury, he may go down as the greatest 100m sprinter ever by the time his career is over.
interesting thought: in CFTS, Charlie Francis credited the age of 22 to be the peak of a man’s reactive ability.[/quote]
****** Ben Tabachnick(a former USSR sprint coach)told me that 22-28 years old was the peak period for 100 meters.
Brandon Green
Hey I bet he doesn’t lift at all either.
Right.