Fastest Man on Earth
This post comes more than a month late but I still wanted to post it here, mainly bcos this is one sports event that I keep following fervently, though my general interest in track & field has come down drastically, after the hey days of Carl Lewis and Michael Johnson wound down. Anyway, now on to the new 100m record that was set recently.
Back in those days, experts used to believe that man can never run under 10 seconds. It was unbelievable when man first ran under 10 seconds and then slowly started chiseling off 1/100th of a second by 1/100th of a second, off the 100m record. But even then, the 100m record was stuck in the low 9.90s and high 9.80s for a while. That was when Ben Johnson ran that breath-taking 9.79 in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. When he recorded that time, many declared that was it; that was how fast man could ever run. Period.
The reason I am bringing in all this history is bcos of the fact that the record was broken just more than a month back by Usain Bolt of Jamaica. Though the number of scandals that have rocked the athletic world in the last few years have doused fan interest (or atleast, this fan's interest), this is one record that even the most cynical of them keep following religiously. So, the moment I saw this news where it said that he had done 9.72, I was just flabbergasted. And when the fact that this guy is not even a regular 100m runner and he runs 100m as a preparation for his pet event 200m, my jaws dropped.
While on this, this article talks about just how fast can man run. Check it out and you will be surprised at their findings:
How fast can we run?
As if to upstage Bolt, US sprinted Gay ran the fastest ever 100m dash ever at 9.68 secs. though it is not considered a world record bcos of the reason that there was a tail wind more than the allowed limits,.
With both Bolt and former record holder Asafa Powell scheduled to run in the Olympics, along with Gay, the most looked forward to event of the Olympics just got bigger and more spicier.
Back in those days, experts used to believe that man can never run under 10 seconds. It was unbelievable when man first ran under 10 seconds and then slowly started chiseling off 1/100th of a second by 1/100th of a second, off the 100m record. But even then, the 100m record was stuck in the low 9.90s and high 9.80s for a while. That was when Ben Johnson ran that breath-taking 9.79 in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. When he recorded that time, many declared that was it; that was how fast man could ever run. Period.
The reason I am bringing in all this history is bcos of the fact that the record was broken just more than a month back by Usain Bolt of Jamaica. Though the number of scandals that have rocked the athletic world in the last few years have doused fan interest (or atleast, this fan's interest), this is one record that even the most cynical of them keep following religiously. So, the moment I saw this news where it said that he had done 9.72, I was just flabbergasted. And when the fact that this guy is not even a regular 100m runner and he runs 100m as a preparation for his pet event 200m, my jaws dropped.
While on this, this article talks about just how fast can man run. Check it out and you will be surprised at their findings:
How fast can we run?
As if to upstage Bolt, US sprinted Gay ran the fastest ever 100m dash ever at 9.68 secs. though it is not considered a world record bcos of the reason that there was a tail wind more than the allowed limits,.
With both Bolt and former record holder Asafa Powell scheduled to run in the Olympics, along with Gay, the most looked forward to event of the Olympics just got bigger and more spicier.
Labels: Sports
posted by Filbert at 8:00 PM
7 Comments:
enna thalaivare....jus one more day and thalaivar is back on screen ..no previe post...initial insider reports say thaliavar and film rocks....thaliavar entering 16th minute in the movie...
filby nice post but whats important is how fast r u gona run to get a glimpse of thalaivar :))))))))
i am watching it this sunday only... what plans in seattle?
Yeah Naren, inga kannaa pinnaa-nnu busy. Unga comment-kke I am replying a day late. Wanted to post something real bad but just didn't get the time to do it.
Kuselan - trying to keep the expectations low, given the fact that it is P.Vasu who is directing it. But yes, initial reports have been very encouraging. Lets see..
Arun, that's a good comment :)) Can't wait to watch Thalaivar again on big screen. 5 more hours to go!! Seeing it tonight at 8:30pm.
Have been browsing the net/ Orkut for the reviews and like I said above, reviews have been positive so far. But even having read that, I am keeping my expectations low. That always helps, unless the movie is like Sivaji :)
World records are bound to be broken. And read this article below from Economist which says how technology plays a vital role in breaking the records.
http://www.economist.com/daily/columns/techview/displayStory.cfm?story_id=11907603
hope u saw.. he BROKE his record !!!
9.69 can u believe it? and if u had watched him perform that, it was made to look so easy... he almost was decelerating in the last 15 to 20 mts once he knew asafa was not near !!! he wud have made 9.5
what a run !!!
and did u watch phelps do that 1/100th of a second finish in 100m butterfly? its another
MUST WATCH !!
Oh yeah, Arun!! I can't beleive what I saw. I mean, how often do you see someone ease off at the end of a 100m race and still break the world record. This guy is something. If he had not let up, yes, even 9.5 would have been possible. Now, I am looking forward to his 200m final race.
About that Phelps race - yeah, it was incredible. The pictures from the pool floor showed how close it really was. But now that he is done, the Olympics craze will slowly die down here in the US :)
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