At Rome on Thursday, Jamaicans Shelly-Ann Fraser, Schillonie Calvert, Kerron Stewart and Sherone Simpson will compete against Laverne Jones-Ferrette of the US Virgin Islands and American Mikele Barber of the US in the women's 100m. In the meJamaicans Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell versus Kim Collins of St Kitts, and Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre.
In the women's 100m hurdles, Jamaican Brigitte Foster-Hylton will take on Americans Lolo Jones, Dawn Harper, Kellie Wells and Danielle Carruthers, Britain's Tiffany Porter, and Priscilla Lopes-Schliep of Canada.
In the women's 400m hurdles, Jamaicans Melaine Walker and Kaliese Spencer will go up against American Lashinda Demus and Britain's Perri Shakes-Drayton.
In the men's 400m hurdles, it will be Jehue Gordon of Trinidad versus Bershawn Jackson of the US, South Africans LJ van Zyl and Cornel Fredericks, David Greene of Britain, Puerto Rican Javier Culson and Felix Sanchez of the DOminican Republic.
shivfan wrote:At Rome on Thursday,... 100m..... In the men Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell versus Kim Collins of St Kitts, and Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre.
That would be funny if: Usain Bolt repeat 10.04 Asafa Powell repeat 10.02 And Christophe Lemaitre show 9.99
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shivfan wrote:At Rome on Thursday,... 100m..... In the men Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell versus Kim Collins of St Kitts, and Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre.
That would be funny if: Usain Bolt repeat 10.04 Asafa Powell repeat 10.04 And Christophe Lemaitre show 9.99
Bolt needs to put up this season. This will be the third year of not reaching that high bar he set previously, if he doesn't put up times close to his PBs.
shivfan wrote:At Rome on Thursday,... 100m..... In the men Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell versus Kim Collins of St Kitts, and Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre.
That would be funny if: Usain Bolt repeat 10.04 Asafa Powell repeat 10.04 And Christophe Lemaitre show 9.99
Bolt needs to put up this season. This will be the third year of not reaching that high bar he set previously, if he doesn't put up times close to his PBs.
2009: 6/11: 10.00 (-.09) 6/27: 9.86 7/17: 9.79 We all know what he did in Berlin in August. Ostrava was a bad start and he smoked in the last 20m. If he gets a good start in London it's his.
shivfan wrote:At Rome on Thursday,... 100m..... In the men Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell versus Kim Collins of St Kitts, and Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre.
That would be funny if: Usain Bolt repeat 10.04 Asafa Powell repeat 10.04 And Christophe Lemaitre show 9.99
Bolt needs to put up this season. This will be the third year of not reaching that high bar he set previously, if he doesn't put up times close to his PBs.
so the 9.82 he put up at the jamaica invitational doesnt count....
shivfan wrote:so the 9.82 he put up at the jamaica invitational doesn't count....
I have wondered the same thing in this back and forth here. I think that the biggest issue is the start and if he has trouble getting that back to a reliable, if not spectacular, beginning it will put pressure on him, which is probably not a good thing for execution.
From a fans perspective, does anyone else feel like either Bolt needs to run fast or loose in Rome. I wasn't at the meet, but It just seemed extremely awkward after his Ostrava race since he only ran 10.04...
ATK wrote:From a fans perspective, does anyone else feel like either Bolt needs to run fast or loose in Rome. I wasn't at the meet, but It just seemed extremely awkward after his Ostrava race since he only ran 10.04...
As I've said previously he did a "poor" race in 2009, almost same time, same wind, and we all know what he did in Berlin. He has a 9.82 already, and he'll be fine.
ATK wrote:From a fans perspective, does anyone else feel like either Bolt needs to run fast or loose in Rome. I wasn't at the meet, but It just seemed extremely awkward after his Ostrava race since he only ran 10.04...
As I've said previously he did a "poor" race in 2009, almost same time, same wind, and we all know what he did in Berlin. He has a 9.82 already, and he'll be fine.
I'm talking in terms entertainment. I was more entertained watching Powell win in 10s a few weeks ago then I was with Bolt on Friday. Because of the high expectations Bolts runs seem dissapointing.
W800 has all the princpals in it. Sinclair and the Brits (except Jackson) missing. Jelimo, check Jepkoskei, check Savinova, check Semenya, check Magiso, check Kostetskaya, check Andrianova, check should be a barnburner
"But all eyes are on Bolt who a year ago clocked 9.91 in a mouth watering duel, and drawing on hidden reserves of energy after a sluggish start, edged ahead of Asafa Powell (9.93) with Christophe Lemaitre finishing third (10.00)."
shivfan wrote:"But all eyes are on Bolt who a year ago clocked 9.91 in a mouth watering duel, and drawing on hidden reserves of energy after a sluggish start, edged ahead of Asafa Powell (9.93) with Christophe Lemaitre finishing third (10.00)."
Daegu gold medallists David Greene, Ezekiel Kemboi, Jesse Williams, Pawel Wojciechowski, Mariya Savinova, Vivian Cheruiyot, Lashinda Demus, Olha Saladuha, Valerie Adams and Maria Abakumova will be aiming to extend their ascendancy over their main rivals before the fast approaching Olympic Games.
