Usain Bolt's Olympic 100m win

Craig · 26-07-2009, 02:48 AM

Do you think he did it clean or was he jacked on drugs?

I think it up because of the story that five Jamaican sprinters test positive which has also brought up some interesting debate on another forum I visit (and yes I have posted in that thread, my username is pretty obvious). And I'll use another quote:

"And he ran .14 faster than a completely jacked Ben Johnson (who at least had the guts to confess). Bolt did celebrate early and probably could have crossed in 9.55. Nearly a quarter second faster than Johnson's doped time. That's an astonishing gap in a 100m sprint.

Bolt's achievement, even if he doesn't improve on this, is equivalent to FloJo's 1988 impossible times.

Dr. Wade Exum was right, obviously. "

I know Manan's position on drugs in sport is, if you take the view that taking drugs to improve your performance is fine, would you support a fast bowler who tampered with the ball by picking at the seam or using a bottle cap?

NUFAN · 26-07-2009, 04:28 AM

I can't work out if your Alpe d'Huez or Craig1985..

I'm going to give Bolt the benefit of the doubt and say he was clean.

dontcloseyoureyes · 26-07-2009, 04:38 AM

No one gives a **** about athletics except for 15 minutes of it at the Olympics, who cares.

Jakester1288 · 26-07-2009, 04:38 AM

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Originally Posted by NUFAN

I can't work out if your Alpe d'Huez or Craig1985..

I was thinking the same thing. Thought it's Craig1985 on first look.

Can I have a link to this run again anyway? I had a look on YouTube, it only has it in pictures. I'm still keen to know if he is on the juice.

morgieb · 26-07-2009, 04:52 AM

I always felt he could be on drugs. His performances seem to be unbelievable.

grecian · 26-07-2009, 05:10 AM

Hmm, I have no idea if he was on drugs. Not surprised a cycling forum wants to throw some **** at other sports though.

It really has got to a depressing state of affairs to just say because someone was/is outstanding it must be drugs. If Bradman was around today they'd probably be having a poppers at him.

Until he's tested positive, I'm going to just view it as a wonderful achievement, and a great thing to watch.

_Ed_ · 26-07-2009, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by NUFAN

I'm going to give Bolt the benefit of the doubt and say he was clean.

Me too.

The man's a freak - he's the tallest sprinter I've ever seen, and as a result of that height he has the most enormous stride.

GIMH · 26-07-2009, 07:42 AM

I hope he was clean tbh.

BoyBrumby · 26-07-2009, 08:10 AM

I hoped he was clean, but his performances are almost literally superhuman, so it's hard to dispel that scintilla of doubt.

In his favour, I suppose, is that his speed comes more from his rangey strides rather than the explosive starts one associates with the more obvious juicers like Johnson & Gatlin.

Jamee999 · 26-07-2009, 08:44 AM

He seemed to win by tooo much to be on drugs - you think a doper would be more subtle about it, rather than winning by a week after jogging the last 1/3 of the race.

Athlai · 26-07-2009, 08:47 AM

All the others were on drugs and they just let Bolt win so no one would suspect them.

GIMH · 26-07-2009, 08:48 AM

roseboy64 · 26-07-2009, 08:50 AM

He was running fast youth times as well. 200m record there and then slacked off for a couple years so anyone who wasn't following him would obviously be surprised if he started living up to his potential. Pretty fast in person. Trains at my uni.

roseboy64 · 26-07-2009, 08:55 AM

Oh and the word is none of the five took steroids.

Ikki · 26-07-2009, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by grecian

Until he's tested positive, I'm going to just view it as a wonderful achievement, and a great thing to watch.

I reckon that's the sane take on it. Can't go slinging mud without proof, just because he has been so good.

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grecian International Coach Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Hanging on ! Posts: 11,292	Hmm, I have no idea if he was on drugs. Not surprised a cycling forum wants to throw some **** at other sports though. It really has got to a depressing state of affairs to just say because someone was/is outstanding it must be drugs. If Bradman was around today they'd probably be having a poppers at him. Until he's tested positive, I'm going to just view it as a wonderful achievement, and a great thing to watch. __________________ Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes. Walt Whitman

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BoyBrumby Englishman Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Doing the stance Posts: 42,641	I hoped he was clean, but his performances are almost literally superhuman, so it's hard to dispel that scintilla of doubt. In his favour, I suppose, is that his speed comes more from his rangey strides rather than the explosive starts one associates with the more obvious juicers like Johnson & Gatlin. __________________ *- As featured in The Independent.* "This is not the time for namby-pamby promising youngsters who might just do something; not the time for building for the future. Pragmatism rules and they don't come more pragmatic than Rogers." - Victor Marks makes the case for stiff-legged and stiff-armed 35 year old left-handers in Ashes squads

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