The resurrection of Usain Bolt or.....

[ATK]

His not running 19.58 in years is a matter of there not being a championship for a couple years now, not a matter of him suddenly being unable to run that fast.

Huh?

You do realize the same 3 year transition has occurred before right?
Between January 2009 - July 2011 Bolt ran 19.58 or better 4 times.
now Between January 2013 - July 2015 Bolt has run 19.58 or better 0 times.

Same amount of championship races in that time frame.

[Kav]

Huh?

You do realize the same 3 year transition has occurred before right?
Between January 2009 - July 2011 Bolt ran 19.58 or better 4 times.
now Between January 2013 - July 2015 Bolt has run 19.58 or better 0 times.

Same amount of championship races in that time frame.

How many races did Bolt run during these two periods?
I know that in relation to the latter, he has run significantly less races.

Also what is your rationale for using these two points in time? Why not 2012-2014? I'm just curious.

[guinep]

How many races did Bolt run during these two periods?

I know that in relation to the latter, he has run significantly less races.

Yeah exactly.

[bobguild76]

Bolt has 5 of the top 10 performances in the 200m of all time. That's not Bubka level dominance, but who besides Bubka has Bubka level dominance?

Bolt has run 19.66 or faster in all his championship performances (and that 19.66 was a very easy 19.66 in 2013). Bolt's strategy has been for years to focus on championships and not wear himself out during non-championship years. His not running 19.58 in years is a matter of there not being a championship for a couple years now, not a matter of him suddenly being unable to run that fast.

And that was the big unknown pre-London. Was 2015 different? Whether age, injury, lack of fitness, or lack of focus, the pre-London Bolt gave us reason to think this year was different.

But two 9.87s in London gave us a glimpse of the Bolt we all know. That is what will make the rounds of the WC 100 so exciting. Can't wait for Beijing!

On a side note, you're right, no one dominated like Bubka. The HJ & PV lend themselves to that incremental WR raising in a way no other events do. But in the track events, it was interesting to see who else had a Bolt-like dominance of their respective event. here we go;

100 - Bolt, top 3, 4 of 6
200 - Bolt, as you already posted
400 - MJ, 3 of 4, 6 of 10
800 - Rudisha, top 3, 6 of 8
1500 - El G, 7 of 9
Mile - El G, 7 of 9
400H - Moses, 4 of 6 (after almost 30 years!)

4x1 - Jamaica, top 5
4x4 - USA, top 8

[ZELLGADISS]

Huh?

You do realize the same 3 year transition has occurred before right?
Between January 2009 - July 2011 Bolt ran 19.58 or better 4 times.
now Between January 2013 - July 2015 Bolt has run 19.58 or better 0 times.

Same amount of championship races in that time frame.

In Moscow 2013 Bolt ran 100% only until 150m, after he was "jogging", controlling the race relaxed or like you want tell it.
He had 19.4 in his legs in that race if he runs 100% like in the other championships.