Comments on: Video: Usain Bolt Beats World Record 8/16/09 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/17/video-usain-bolt-beats-world-record-81609/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: freD http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/17/video-usain-bolt-beats-world-record-81609/#comment-172840 freD Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:14:17 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16203#comment-172840 Mills had Bolt work with weights to strengthen his legs, and he’s still looks more like a Kenyan distance runner than some doped up mesomorphic sprinter. And he’s always been fast. Ben Johnson looked a bit too good to be true - reminds me of a lot of politicians. Helio Gracie proved you don’t have to be a freak of nature to take on the big boys, by doing it with leverage. With Bolt, it’s a biomechanics thing: http://www.slate.com/id/2197679/ Of course if I was a lot younger, I might have said it’s the really good ganja, mon. Mills had Bolt work with weights to strengthen his legs, and he’s still looks more like a Kenyan distance runner than some doped up mesomorphic sprinter. And he’s always been fast. Ben Johnson looked a bit too good to be true – reminds me of a lot of politicians. Helio Gracie proved you don’t have to be a freak of nature to take on the big boys, by doing it with leverage. With Bolt, it’s a biomechanics thing: http://www.slate.com/id/2197679/

Of course if I was a lot younger, I might have said it’s the really good ganja, mon.

]]> By: jrfunkenstein http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/17/video-usain-bolt-beats-world-record-81609/#comment-172837 jrfunkenstein Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:24:08 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16203#comment-172837 'Iono about Bolt. The pandemic history of juiced up athletes is casting aspersion on runners; particularly those who accomplish these kinds of feats.' And what evidence do you have for that slanderous assertion? The guy is practically 9 feet tall, will be only 23 years old on August 21, has not even nearly peaked in his career, and currently holds 3 world records and 3 Olympic medals, and has NEVER run afoul of performance enhancing drugs. Get ready for him to smash the 200 m record later this week. ‘Iono about Bolt. The pandemic history of juiced up athletes is casting aspersion on runners; particularly those who accomplish these kinds of feats.’

And what evidence do you have for that slanderous assertion?

The guy is practically 9 feet tall, will be only 23 years old on August 21, has not even nearly peaked in his career, and currently holds 3 world records and 3 Olympic medals, and has NEVER run afoul of performance enhancing drugs.

Get ready for him to smash the 200 m record later this week.

]]> By: Andre http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/17/video-usain-bolt-beats-world-record-81609/#comment-172500 Andre Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:47:54 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16203#comment-172500 Iono about Bolt. The pandemic history of juiced up athletes is casting aspersion on runners; particularly those who accomplish these kinds of feats. *cough* Carl Lewis, Ben Johnson, Marion Jones, etc., etc., etc. *cough* Iono about Bolt. The pandemic history of juiced up athletes is casting aspersion on runners; particularly those who accomplish these kinds of feats.

*cough* Carl Lewis, Ben Johnson, Marion Jones, etc., etc., etc. *cough*

]]> By: somejackass http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/17/video-usain-bolt-beats-world-record-81609/#comment-172426 somejackass Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:46:42 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16203#comment-172426 Some biomechanics (or something) expert was on NPR yesterday asserting that he was "sure" that in the next 10 years we'll see times "well under 9 seconds"... Madness. Some biomechanics (or something) expert was on NPR yesterday asserting that he was “sure” that in the next 10 years we’ll see times “well under 9 seconds”… Madness.

]]> By: tim http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/17/video-usain-bolt-beats-world-record-81609/#comment-172302 tim Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:34:27 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16203#comment-172302 Lazy, really? People think you can be that fast and be lazy? How fast do they think he would be if he worked a little bit? Lazy, really? People think you can be that fast and be lazy? How fast do they think he would be if he worked a little bit?

]]> By: freD http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/17/video-usain-bolt-beats-world-record-81609/#comment-172249 freD Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:33:12 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16203#comment-172249 Apparently Bolt went to Glen Mills to help him figure out the biomechanics of getting a 400M body to win 100M records. Bolt wasn’t a “lazy” prodigy as some rumors suggest. Apparently Bolt went to Glen Mills to help him figure out the biomechanics of getting a 400M body to win 100M records. Bolt wasn’t a “lazy” prodigy as some rumors suggest.

]]> By: Burn http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/17/video-usain-bolt-beats-world-record-81609/#comment-172236 Burn Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:51:54 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16203#comment-172236 Just the irony of his last name. Couldn't be more fitting. Just the irony of his last name. Couldn’t be more fitting.

]]> By: Jaim http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/17/video-usain-bolt-beats-world-record-81609/#comment-172200 Jaim Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:13:25 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16203#comment-172200 Amazing and fun to watch. Amazing and fun to watch.

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