Look out Usain Bolt Alan Oliveira 10.57 World Record!!!!!

[Per Andersen]

Re: Look out Usain Bolt Alan Oliveira 10.57 World Record!!!!

Comparing these runners with Usain Bolt is like comparing horse race with motor sports.

But that is exactly what will happen. Headlines like this : "Bolt's WR smashed by bladerunner".

They should never have allowed Pistorius to compete in the Olympics but once the toothpaste is out of the tube it's damn hard to get back in again.

[Tuariki]

Re: Alan Oliveira 10.80 CR 100m & 20.66 World 200m Record Vi

How about a double amputee, Markus Rehm, now at 26-1 (7.95)?

If prosthetics are an aid in running (which I truly believe), you can imagine what I think they do for jumping.

Are the rumours true that the Century Spring Manufacturing Company of Massachusetts have a joint venture agreement with Ossur Prosthetic Blades and are expecting to soon render Sotomajor's records to the dustbin of history?

[eiluke]

Re: Look out Usain Bolt Alan Oliveira 10.57 World Record!!!!

Nice to hear that these guys do not give up sports and are working hard to accomplish something. But sorry this has nothing to do with conventional track and field accomplishments on its highest stage. Comparing these runners with Usain Bolt is like comparing horse race with motor sports.

[Chafford1]

Re: Alan Oliveira 10.57 WR T43 100m Video

At today's Anniversary Games at the London Olympic Stadium, Alan Oliveira reduced his T43 double amputee world 100m record from 10.77 to 10.57 seconds. Richard Browne set a T44 single amputee world record of 10.75. Phenomenal race!

http://link.brightcove.com/services/pla ... 1062363001

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Re: Alan Oliveira 10.80 CR 100m & 20.66 World 200m Record Vi

How about a double amputee, Markus Rehm, now at 26-1 (7.95)?

If prosthetics are an aid in running (which I truly believe), you can imagine what I think they do for jumping.

[user4]

Re: Alan Oliveira smashed Pistorius world 200m record!!!(Vid

i hope you really don't have anything against CRETANs, those poor folks living in crete, greece.

oh, you meant CRETIN???????? yes, pistorius is a total cretinous fool, or worse.

Thank you good sir. I should have been more careful.

[JumboElliott]

Re: Alan Oliveira 10.80 CR 100m & 20.66 World 200m Record Vi

This is insane.

[uakari]

Re: Alan Oliveira smashed Pistorius world 200m record!!!(Vid

i hope you really don't have anything against CRETANs, those poor folks living in crete, greece.

oh, you meant CRETIN???????? yes, pistorius is a total cretinous fool, or worse.

[Marlow]

Re: Alan Oliveira smashed Pistorius world 200m record!!!(Vid

I think the performances of elite "blade running" paralympian sprinters will continue to be seen as distinct from performances of full-bodied sprinters.

Given the much smaller population of paralympians, I'm guessing that most people assume the paras are operating at a much lower level. Some, however, are indeed extraordinary.

[Master Po]

Re: Alan Oliveira smashed Pistorius world 200m record!!!(Vid

I will probably be as wrong about this as I am about most things, but I just don't expect that people who pay attention to athletics will conflate the performances of paralympian athletes with full-bodied (or whatever I am to call them) athletes. Wheelchair marathoners traverse the same courses as marathon runners, and do so much faster. Those who pay any attention to both know that what elite wheelchair marathoners are doing is impressive, and that what elite marathon runners do is impressive. I think the performances of elite "blade running" paralympian sprinters will continue to be seen as distinct from performances of full-bodied sprinters. But, as usual, I have no idea.

[Blues]

Re: Alan Oliveira smashed Pistorius world 200m record (Video

Do we know that for a fact?
I mean, I'm sure they're indeed better, but my take would be more that it has gone from "weekend warriors" doing a marathon to fun to dedicated athletes who work at it full time, and with the added credence that has brought, the talent pool has also gotten a lot huger.

Next question. Sure the athletes have changed, but it's still a bamboo vs, fiberglass situation.
http://www.usatechguide.org/images_diff ... _racer.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... ropped.jpg

I wonder how much the chair in the first photo above sold for... Today a good racing chair like the one in the second photo above goes for about $3,000...

http://bike-on.com/product/top-end-elim ... ir-463.htm

[Marlow]

Re: Alan Oliveira smashed Pistorius world 200m record (Video

Do we know that for a fact?
I mean, I'm sure they're indeed better, but my take would be more that it has gone from "weekend warriors" doing a marathon to fun to dedicated athletes who work at it full time, and with the added credence that has brought, the talent pool has also gotten a lot huger.

Next question. Sure the athletes have changed, but it's still a bamboo vs, fiberglass situation.
http://www.usatechguide.org/images_diff ... _racer.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... ropped.jpg

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Re: Alan Oliveira smashed Pistorius world 200m record (Video

There's no evidence that Oliveira (20.66) will ever get anywhere near Bolt (19.19), whatever blades the former is using.

That's because we don't have the technology yet. Wheelchair athletes used to be much slower than runners. Then the wheelchairs got much better.

Do we know that for a fact?

I mean, I'm sure they're indeed better, but my take would be more that it has gone from "weekend warriors" doing a marathon to fun to dedicated athletes who work at it full time, and with the added credence that has brought, the talent pool has also gotten a lot huger.

[18.99s]

Re: Alan Oliveira smashed Pistorius world 200m record (Video

The good news: We have erased that vile cretan off one record book...
The bad news: This entire blade running technology race continues unabated and will eventually produce an 18 second 200m.

Or more likely a 42-second 400m. Those blades seem to be better at maintaining speed than gaining speed, making them more suitable for the longer sprints.

[user4]

Re: Alan Oliveira smashed Pistorius world 200m record (Video

There's no evidence that Oliveira (20.66) will ever get anywhere near Bolt (19.19), whatever blades the former is using.

That's because we don't have the technology yet. Wheelchair athletes used to be much slower than runners. Then the wheelchairs got much better.

The good news: We have erased that vile cretan off one record book...
The bad news: This entire blade running technology race continues unabated and will eventually produce an 18 second 200m. Run on the same facilities as T&F it will continue to be conflated with athletics and eventually reduce the sport to something we wont recognise.