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Usain Bolt hangs 'em up

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jbcarol

August 06, 2017, 06:53:05 am
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The fastest 100m times ever. Those caught doping struck out in red.

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jbcarol

August 06, 2017, 06:54:22 am #1
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August 06, 2017, 07:43:14 am #2
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Boarcephus

August 06, 2017, 09:58:18 am #3
I started off not really liking him but over time grew to really pull for him.  From all I've read and seen, just a nice guy.  Hate to see him retire. 
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ErieHog

August 06, 2017, 12:57:33 pm #4
Congrats on getting out before getting caught.

Yes, its cynical.   That said, there's a peak to human achievement, and Bolt is so far beyond it -- and where the only people to ever approach it are all confirmed cheats-- that it's going to be tainted by suspicion.
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Amityvillehogger

August 06, 2017, 03:11:53 pm #5
Quote from: ErieHog on August 06, 2017, 12:57:33 pm
Congrats on getting out before getting caught.

Yes, its cynical.   That said, there's a peak to human achievement, and Bolt is so far beyond it -- and where the only people to ever approach it are all confirmed cheats-- that it's going to be tainted by suspicion.

Exactly.
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jbcarol

August 07, 2017, 05:35:33 am #6

Tennessee's Christian Coleman: how he beat Usain Bolt twice at Worlds

QuoteTennessee track star Christian Coleman "could feel" Usain Bolt coming as the sprinters approached the finish line in London.

But Coleman didn't see Justin Gatlin until it was too late, and Gatlin took the gold in the 100 meter final at the IAAF World Athletics Championships on Saturday.

It was the first professional event for the 21-year-old Coleman, who devoted his youth to track and football while growing up in Atlanta en route to the University of Tennessee.

"I didn't have an 'Oh my gosh I beat Usain Bolt' moment in the semis," Coleman said, asked about snapping Bolt's 4-year-old, 45-race win streak in the 100 meters. "It was all technical thinking at that point. I knew I had to execute. It was all about getting to the final.

"Even though Bolt is someone I look up to and an icon, I feel like I deserve to be on this stage, too, and I was coming here to compete. Beating him just meant I had a good lane for the next race."
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