Jamaica medals ... Olympics

[ramesh]

Start List Olympic Stadium - MON 23 AUG 2004 - Start Time: 21:05
Men 400m Final
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Lane Name NOC
1..........BLACKWOOD....Michael.....Jamaica JAM
2..........DJHONE.......Leslie........France FRA
3..........BREW.........Derrick.......United States USA
4..........WARINER......Jeremy........United States USA
5..........HARRIS.......Otis..........United States USA
6..........SIMPSON......Brandon....Jamaica JAM
7..........CLARKE.......Davian.....Jamaica JAM
8..........FRANCIQUE....Alleyne.......Grenada GRN

Anyone see something here?

[digitalchef]

yea, i saw this, its gonna be great. 3 jamaicans and 3 americans.

[pcchick]

Dats kool man. Mi notice you all have stats. Yea man I hope someone out of all 3 bring back a gold medal still. Jamaica that is.

[jamrock]

its actually close to 2.7mil jamrock.
i wasn't comparing them to any other country, i was just making an observation that we have done better than alot of other countries by even having participants in the finals.

Actually,

I am agreeing with you completely.

[digitalchef]

ok sorry, guess i was thinking something else of your reply.

[ProdMaster]

Mens 100 m final lineup


Lane Bib Name NOC DOB PB SB
1 3003 COLLINS Kim St Kitts/Nevis SKN

2 1965 ZAKARI Aziz Ghana GHA

3 3263 GATLIN Justin United States USA

4 3246 CRAWFORD Shawn United States USA

5 2739 OBIKWELU Francis Portugal POR

6 2241 POWELL Asafa Jamaica JAM 9.91

7 3268 GREENE Maurice United States USA 9.79 9.91

8 1136 THOMPSON Obadele

[sandor]

DAMMMMMMMMMMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN .. powell didn't even medal. MI BEX!

[ProdMaster]

Asafa didnt even get a bronze,worst of all he was beaten by Maurice Green who get the bronze.

[ramesh]

He was fast, though. 9.94 seconds, was it?

[Xenocrates]

Here is a classic example of preparing for the finals. It is now quite obvious to me, that it's not a matter that Asafa didn't run well, but the amount of power that he would require to overcome the Americans simply never existed. So those people on TVJ are just wasting the AC power in the studio chatting nonsense, desperately trying to rationalise why he lost out. It's simple:

Look at Gatlin and Crawford powering out of the pack near the middle of the race. Asafa was carrying the same power right throughout. When they hit terminal velocity, Gatlin's legs are being lifted higher than the rest. He's giving himself far more push and momentum than the rest of the guys. But that's not all there is to this trick.

In all the qualifying heats before, Gatlin didn't show such raw use of force. In fact, I don't recall seeing him much aside from coming in at the usual second place etc (and maybe a few first place positions). The Americans had a strategy. Only use enough power to qualify and get to the finals. At the finals, burn every molecule of glucose like there was no tomorrow. There's nothing to loose, so burn tarmac till the stadium's insurance company feels it.

Asafa Powell was outpowered. The Americans played their cards right and won the game. The psychological aspect of the race where they were show-boating with each other and psyching themselves up on made matters worse for everyone else. Asafa ran a damn good race. But it's clear the other men had more power when it mattered the most. But I still congratulate Asafa Powell. It was still under 10. A pretty damn Good job if I do say so myself. If West Indies was trying 1 tenth as hard, I wouldn't cuss them a third as often.

I only hope those Americans don't get tested positive for drugs (they were doing some mind boggling, SERIOUS times!!!) cuz that kind of embarassment would probably cause someone to get a heart failure. And it might not be on the American team.