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not a popular topic i know on here and i almost wish he was not busted for drugs as i still think he was a world beater clean but hey ho on that, no my actual question is was Ben Johnson bio-mechanically one of the most gifted sprinters and although he was on the juice what he achieved in what i am about to say is still impressive for a human being, juice or not, and i don't mean to make roids sound OK.
what i am talking about was a 100m race which took place in Zurich i think from either 1986 or 1987 in which bj won and beat Carl Lewis i think but i'm not sure if he was in the race?.
but big Ben split a 0.81 for a 10m segment during that race, now the race is on YouTube and whilst the end time was nothing spectacular, perhaps for the mid to late 80's it was, what was really spectacular and would still be spectacular even today is first a 0.81 split but this was achieved on 80's track surface with 80's spikes etc and the croup de grace that this was achieved into a minus 1.3 mp/s headwind.
so may i ask any stat guys or gals in general what would that 0.81 10m split have been in still wind, and then say a 1.5-2.0 mp/s tailwind?, also add to the fact that if this was on today's surfaces with spikes etc and the mind boggles and what is perhaps one of the most underrated yet could be argued certainly one of the most impressive pieces of what if human performances in terms of pure speed juice or not EVER?
your thoughts, stats, opinions etc would be most welcome thanks.
not a popular topic i know on here and i almost wish he was not busted for drugs as i still think he was a world beater clean but hey ho on that, no my actual question is was Ben Johnson bio-mechanically one of the most gifted sprinters and although he was on the juice what he achieved in what i am about to say is still impressive for a human being, juice or not, and i don't mean to make roids sound OK.
what i am talking about was a 100m race which took place in Zurich i think from either 1986 or 1987 in which bj won and beat Carl Lewis i think but i'm not sure if he was in the race?.
but big Ben split a 0.81 for a 10m segment during that race, now the race is on YouTube and whilst the end time was nothing spectacular, perhaps for the mid to late 80's it was, what was really spectacular and would still be spectacular even today is first a 0.81 split but this was achieved on 80's track surface with 80's spikes etc and the croup de grace that this was achieved into a minus 1.3 mp/s headwind.
so may i ask any stat guys or gals in general what would that 0.81 10m split have been in still wind, and then say a 1.5-2.0 mp/s tailwind?, also add to the fact that if this was on today's surfaces with spikes etc and the mind boggles and what is perhaps one of the most underrated yet could be argued certainly one of the most impressive pieces of what if human performances in terms of pure speed juice or not EVER?
your thoughts, stats, opinions etc would be most welcome thanks.
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