Usain Bolt breaks 100m world record

[Jazzz]

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More info and video here: http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/athletics/7565203.stm

Dear editor,

Might I suggest that although newspapers also have separate sports sections, you will find Bolt's performance on the front pages when you read them tomorrow

your humble poster,

jazzz

 

[Dr. Furface]

To smash the world record was great but it was that bit of showboating at the end that really made it special!

 

[Doctor Carrot]

Don't really like watching athletics but i'm really glad I watched that, it was the most amazing performance from a sportsman I think i've ever seen.

Interesting comment about just how quick can a human being run 100 metres, it'll all depend on how friendly natural selection is I suppose . I think 9 seconds is possible but I don't know whether that will happen in my life time. How fast was Bolt going do ya reckon?

 

[strung out]

a tad quicker than 10 metres per second i reckon

 

[Doctor Carrot]

a tad quicker than 10 metres per second i reckon

Yeah but what's that in MPH?

I'm totally innumerate by the way so if I sound dumb it's because I am when it comes to maths!

 

[strung out]

he was running at 10.319917 meters per second which makes an average speed over the 100m of 23.0849969 miles per hour!

 

[Melinda]

How fast could Bolt have run the race if he ran hard all the way through the finish line?

"I don't know. I've never seen him to do it," said Dr. Herb Elliott, a physician for the Jamaican Olympic team.

How cool was Bolt? His sleek, aerodynamic shirt was untucked and his left shoe was untied. It's surprising he wasn't wearing a beat-up pair of Chuck Taylors. Or flip-flops.

He was so relaxed that he said he prepared for his record-setting performance by sleeping in, not eating breakfast, watching TV, eating chicken nuggets for lunch, napping, eating some more chicken nuggets for dinner, and resting. He devoured some snack cakes during the postrace news conference and said he might also go to Burger King

Nice article here!
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summe...le_jim&id=3538723&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos2

 

[London_Calling]

he was running at 10.319917 meters per second which makes an average speed over the 100m of 23.0849969 miles per hour!

It's a daft thing to average though, init; the start is stationary, the next 50-60 is acceleration, the rest is about how quickly you slow down. It's really not an average speed kind of event - unless the media say it is, of course.

 

[strung out]

well of course, but there's nothing wrong with a few gratuitous statistics that don't mean anything

 

[bi0boy]

I think this pic just shows how together he is. Compare him to the atheletes either side who look all over the place:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mu...808/oly.beijing.100.meter.mens/content.2.html

 

[JTG]

well of course, but there's nothing wrong with a few gratuitous statistics that don't mean anything

it's about as meaningful as saying 'if the USA didn't have Michael Phelps...'

 

[JTG]

I think this pic just shows how together he is. Compare him to the atheletes either side who look all over the place:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mu...808/oly.beijing.100.meter.mens/content.2.html

that site has the US top of the medals table cos they've done it by sheer number won