WHAT THE HELL DID FASUBA RUN FOR THAT 60 ???

[eldrick]

Leave aside 9.76, fasuba looked to have a meter on him at 60m !!!

even with the wind, that can't have been much slower than 6.30!!!

that's 9.60 pace !!!!

[gh]

didn't see the TV, but were there false-start blocks?

[eldrick]

didn't see the TV, but were there false-start blocks?

this is the link to the website of the meet :

http://www.qatarathletic.com/#

we shoud ( hopefully ) get RTs/official wind/etc later

[eldrick]

some info from same site about history of qatar :

http://www.qatarathletic.com/aboutqatar.htm

[eldrick]

apparently safa says he'll now run a 9.60 !?!?!

well, sorry safa & gatlin, neither of you will ever run 9.60, but i've seen a guy who has the potential !

this guy fasuba has the most potential i've ever seen in a young sprinter - he actually "spoiled" the race for me

normally, with a wr, you expect the "man" to have a majestic charge, virtually leading the whole way & lookin totally dominant

this wasn't the case here - fasuba left gatlin for for "dead" upto mid-way, & gatlin didn't look any wr breaker when he finished

i think i've potentially seen history's greatest 100m runner - & it aint gatlin or safa !

[RJMB_1]

I wonder if he's the fastest 21 year old. And if not at his peak the amount of room for improvement there is. An interesting one Eldrick!

[carfu]

French sportsdaily l'Equipe reports 6.35 for Fasuba and 6.38 for Gatlin.

[eldrick]

French sportsdaily l'Equipe reports 6.35 for Fasuba and 6.38 for Gatlin.

that equals surin's & mo's fastest splits ever i believe

6.35 split is ~ 9.70 pace if you can hold on as well as possible in the last 40m

( double your 60 split - 3.00 )

if fasuba can build strength for last 40m, then under similar circumstances, he can go close to 9.70

( he had an even bigger lead at 50m & by 60m, gatlin was catching him - i'd luv to know his 50m split ( & try & figure out some sort of relationship with the 100 !? ) )

[eldrick]

2 interesing points about fasuba :

- according to iaaf he is a runt at 5'5 !!!

http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/athlete=19 ... PopUp.html

who was saying you have to be a certain height to run fast ?

- also someone menioned that he is coached by our very own pierre-jean !

if that's the case, well, pj, you have done a wonderful job !!!

[Thor]

French sportsdaily l'Equipe reports 6.35 for Fasuba and 6.38 for Gatlin.

Those splits are probably straight from the horses mouth...

[bekeselassie]

2 interesing points about fasuba :

- according to iaaf he is a runt at 5'5 !!!

Eldrick, could that, however, help to explain an incredible start but become a liability of sorts over the long haul. In other words, could he explode out of the blocks to run an amazing 60 (and of course put himself in position for a 9.8) but not have the right structure to run this supposed 9.6?

[SQUACKEE]

2 interesing points about fasuba :

- according to iaaf he is a runt at 5'5 !!!

Eldrick, could that, however, help to explain an incredible start but become a liability of sorts over the long haul. In other words, could he explode out of the blocks to run an amazing 60 (and of course put himself in position for a 9.8) but not have the right structure to run this supposed 9.6?

Seems to fit the type of build.

[bekeselassie]

At 5'5"? What are the sizes of Carl, Burrell, Greene, Gatlin, and Powell? I'm honestly asking. I thought they were taller by at least a few inches and had longer strides that ate up the track.

[SQUACKEE]

At 5'5"? What are the sizes of Carl, Burrell, Greene, Gatlin, and Powell? I'm honestly asking. I thought they were taller by at least a few inches and had longer strides that ate up the track.

5'9-6'1?

[bekeselassie]

So what could Fasuba have run yesterday if he was 6'1"? Eldy?