9.77!

[tandfman]

Unfortunately, I think we need yet another thread about Gatlin's 9.76. The IAAF has announced that the time was 9.77 after all!

http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=512/newsId=34686.html

[eldrick]

fair enough

however, he knows from that race he's got a lot more in the tank, so he shoud get over this disappointment quickly

[Jay Peterman]

Wow!!

Controversial is putting it mildly... I was laughing at some of the conspiracy theorists, and will happily gorge on humble pie now.

[Powell]

How incompetent could the officials have been? Rounding the times up is a very basic concept in T&F and required knowledge for obtaining even the lowest-level officiating license (at least where I come from).

Judging by the photo, all the other times from that race should have been 0.01 slower as well - Fasuba 9.85, Crawford 10.09 etc.

[proofs in the pudd'in]

Looks like powell was right-

The record was on loan only for awile.

[tafnut]

It's all just contrived to make a showdown even more lucrative and sensational! What could be better than the CO-record-holders going at each other? I smell a rat! :-)

[Powell]

Looks like powell was right

As usual :-D

[proofs in the pudd'in]

Don King must be involved in this one------he was reported as being seen at Dohah.

[SQUACKEE]

Gatlin did NOT run 9.77, he ran 9.766 and was rounded. You ever been rounded?

[proofs in the pudd'in]

Well since we are getin into the thousanths what was AP's 9.77

This should be the new standard-----Glory and pride around a bunch of thousanths whoooooo-----yakkkaaa

[SQUACKEE]

Ato is behind the change in time.He had motive and i believe oppurtunity. Dont be naive, i guess im just wiser than most here.

[bekeselassie]

Time to switch to timing to the thousandth place (.001).

[tandfman]

Controversial is putting it mildly... I was laughing at some of the conspiracy theorists, and will happily gorge on humble pie now.

Far more screw-ups are caused by simple incompetence than complicated conspiricies. This looks like a case of the former, to me.

[bekeselassie]

Time to switch to timing to the thousandth place (.001).

Bek, you moron! What are you thinking? They're obviously having enough trouble getting it down correctly for the hundreths! Idiot!

[skyin' brian]

check out the finish, those 2 were way out there!

and what the hell, who doesnt know that you are supposed to round down :-(