200m sprinter type to stop WARINER's hegemony?...

[kuha]

"Staying on top can be harder than getting there."

The lesson of history is that staying on top is ALWAYS harder than getting there.

[26mi235]

History isn't exactly on Wariner's side in the "hegemony" department. He's about to try to become No. 1 for the third year in a row. Throwing out MJ (because he's god, that's why), in the history of the T&FN World Rankings only two other guys, Evans and Juantorena, were able to put 3-year strings together. Staying on top can be harder than getting there.

If MJ is god (not real argument here), then Juantorena is at least a demi-god, both doing 400 doubles that no other guy did so well.

[tlb747]

History isn't exactly on Wariner's side in the "hegemony" department. He's about to try to become No. 1 for the third year in a row. Throwing out MJ (because he's god, that's why), in the history of the T&FN World Rankings only two other guys, Evans and Juantorena, were able to put 3-year strings together. Staying on top can be harder than getting there.

If MJ is god (not real argument here), then Juantorena is at least a demi-god, both doing 400 doubles that no other guy did so well.

I would add Perec and Quirot for the women's side, although this is not related to the topic.

[Jacksf]

Re:
"If the X-man loses some of that football weight he would have the prefect body for the 400m at 6'3". I think the X-Man is the closes thing to the next MJ running a 20 flat & a 44.0 split as a freshman."

He won the 400m at LSU today in 45.78.
A very good early season time, but nothing earth shattering.

[dakota]

History isn't exactly on Wariner's side in the "hegemony" department. He's about to try to become No. 1 for the third year in a row. Throwing out MJ (because he's god, that's why), in the history of the T&FN World Rankings only two other guys, Evans and Juantorena, were able to put 3-year strings together. Staying on top can be harder than getting there.

George Rhoden 1950-52.

[Track fan]

Anyone who has been on the board long enough knows who I am talking about.

I was momentarily confused hence the reference to the Average Joe's orginal X man.......... :lol:

[DentyCracker]

Now if someone could just convince BOLT to run the 400 seriously (ok there MJD I said it)

[tlb747]

Now if someone could just convince BOLT to run the 400 seriously (ok there MJD I said it)

Or do both. His 200's should benefit from it.

[dj]

Throwing out MJ (because he's god, that's why), in the history of the T&FN World Rankings only two other guys, Evans and Juantorena, were able to put 3-year strings together. Staying on top can be harder than getting there.

Forgot about George Rhoden 50-51-52.

If you were to go pre-T&FN, you could add Herb McKenley (46-47-48). Then you'd go all the way back to Ted Meredith (14-15-16), and then to pre-history (?) with (potentially) Maxey Long in 1898-99-1900 and Lon Myers (1879-80-81-82). Before that, I think one can chart all the way back to the early 1860s without coming up with a three-in-a-row person.

So, in almost 150 years we're talking about 8 people.