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post #16 of 160
8/16/09 at 8:01pm
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Originally Posted by thetieguy View Post
I think hes on roids. That is what sports has done to me now. I wonder if they are juicing every time a world record is set.

Just compare his body frame to guys like Gatlin, Crawford and even Powell. He seems to be less muscular than the average sprinter, so...
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post #17 of 160
8/16/09 at 8:05pm
yeah i really doubt usain is roided out, but i can't blame the cynicism regardless though, still amazing
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post #18 of 160
8/16/09 at 8:12pm
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Originally Posted by billionaireboy View Post
according to ESPN, at top speed he was a hair under 30mph...thats absurd!

Bah. my cat can run faster than that.
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post #19 of 160
8/16/09 at 8:12pm
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Originally Posted by kwiteaboy View Post
They can only test for the drugs they know about. Barry Bonds never tested positive, either. The idea that he could be that much better than so many runners who are probably on steroids without being on steroids himself is, sadly, probably impossible.

And it wouldn't have to be Jamaicans who were making the steroids.

This kind of conspiracy theory is only marginally less stupid than the people who think Bush conspired to create the events of 9/11.
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post #20 of 160
8/16/09 at 8:28pm
It's really not. I'd be shocked if he wasn't juicing. In no way does the world record for a 100m race fall as fast as it has. Ideally, it would become exponentially harder to lower the world record each time it's set. For Bolt to shred .2 seconds off (after it had become routine for the record to be beat by .02 seconds or less each time) is almost statistically impossible and at least a highly improbable statistical anomaly. BUT, if Bolt isn't juicing, his feat is nothing short of the most amazing athletic feat ever. If it's a legit time, he's likely a once in a century athlete.
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post #21 of 160
8/16/09 at 8:48pm
wow, yeah, what to say. i went back through the old Olympic 100m/200m footage where he just destroys the competition. then this. it'd be sad if he was on 'roids but like an earlier poster mentions, he certainly doesn't look the part. if anything, he looks more like a tall long distance runner than your standard short distance specialist.

and all short distance runners are so completely full of themselves but for some reason, i don't mind it so much with Bolt. when he runs, he really has this otherwordly quality about him.

-Jeff
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post #22 of 160
8/16/09 at 8:52pm
what an amazing feat.

It's like watch a well crafted race car zoom down the track.

Spectacular
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post #23 of 160
8/16/09 at 8:53pm
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post #24 of 160
8/16/09 at 9:05pm
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according to ESPN, at top speed he was a hair under 30mph...thats absurd!
Well, give a good 5+m/h and that's true. Most of these guys all run around 23-24m/h, but that's less of a factor than a good start a lot of times. Usain Bolt uses roids like pretty much all Olympic track athletes do. It's not a 'genetic gift'. These guys all run under 10 seconds in the 100m pretty regularly -- except for white guys who have never run under 10 seconds. Bolt is better at the 200m usually. He's slow out of the box in the 100m because of his height.
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post #25 of 160
8/16/09 at 9:32pm
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Originally Posted by StephenHero View Post
It's really not. I'd be shocked if he wasn't juicing. In no way does the world record for a 100m race fall as fast as it has. Ideally, it would become exponentially harder to lower the world record each time it's set. For Bolt to shred .2 seconds off (after it had become routine for the record to be beat by .02 seconds or less each time) is almost statistically impossible and at least a highly improbable statistical anomaly. BUT, if Bolt isn't juicing, his feat is nothing short of the most amazing athletic feat ever. If it's a legit time, he's likely a once in a century athlete.

Where can I get my hands on these mythical statistics? Sounding smart doesn't make your peepee bigger, FYI.
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post #26 of 160
8/16/09 at 10:12pm
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Originally Posted by why View Post
Usain Bolt uses roids like pretty much all Olympic track athletes do. It's not a 'genetic gift'. These guys all run under 10 seconds in the 100m pretty regularly -- except for white guys who have never run under 10 seconds.

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post #27 of 160
8/16/09 at 10:18pm
Simply amazing.
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post #28 of 160
8/16/09 at 10:25pm
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Originally Posted by edinatlanta View Post
Ummm...yeah. Do you have any idea what you're talking about, or is the facepalm emote just a convenient facade for a lack of substantive knowledge of the subject?
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post #29 of 160
8/16/09 at 10:26pm
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Originally Posted by edinatlanta View Post
It's not even worth debating with these know-it-alls. The Jamaicans as a whole are very strong runners, however he is simply beyond amazing.
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post #30 of 160
8/16/09 at 10:31pm
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Originally Posted by why View Post
You're a moron.

True but not when it comes to doping.

It is ridiculously hard to dope now. If more than 5% of all Olympic athletes were doping I would sell everything I own. First in addition to being cost prohibitive there are far too many ways to monitor athletes' wherabouts for them to even get drugs. Second, the tests are far more sophisticated than people want to give them credit for. Not only are the current tests very good, sample preservation is even better so let's say a test for a new drug--a la CERA-- comes out. You can go back and re-test athletes' samples if they would benefit from use of that drug. Oh and let's not even begin to discuss how many tests they carry out daily. The odds of being an athlete and going a year without testing is almost zero.

But hey, think what you want.
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