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What about Track & Field / Re: Man these Americans!! Now it is Carl Lewis hating on Bolt, go figure!
« on: August 16, 2012, 09:34:59 PM »
I'm not a Bolt fan. Admire him, but don't class myself as a "fan". I was hoping that Spearmon (who has beaten Bolt) might take the 200M crown, but it was not to be. Lewis' claim, or "suspicions", seems to be based on his own experiences, having failed drug tests, and as far as I know, Bolt has never failed a drug test. While Bolt was running phenomenal times as a teenager, even mid-teens, Ben Johnson was running phenomenally slow times over 100 metres in his early-mid teens. We don't see this dramatic, sudden and surprising improvement in Bolt as we witnessed in Johnson, which naturally gives rise to warranted suspicions (not to mention Johnson admitting to using steroids and going from "scrawny" to "muscle-bound").
Bolt's progression seems to be in line with, for example, Don Quarrie, who as a 15 year old was running 10.3-10.5 100M, and was consistent throughout his whole career. There was no point at which Quarrie lowered his 100M time from 11.5 to 10.3 (as a teenager, which Johnson did). We also see discrepancies like This in Johnson.
As for Lewis' claim in regard to Bolt's "amazing performances", and that "time will tell", time has already spoken. Michael Johnson ran 19.32 to win the Atlanta Olympics 200M Final. And what was Bolt's winning time at the 2012 London Olympics 200M Final? 19.32. Sixteen years between finals, and both record the same time. Is there something "suspicious" there?
If Bolt had broken the 19 second barrier, then maybe Lewis might have something to crow about, but even so, Spearmon predicted about two years ago that Bolt might be the first to break the 19 second barrier. Maybe Bolt needs to "up" the drug intake?
Bolt's progression seems to be in line with, for example, Don Quarrie, who as a 15 year old was running 10.3-10.5 100M, and was consistent throughout his whole career. There was no point at which Quarrie lowered his 100M time from 11.5 to 10.3 (as a teenager, which Johnson did). We also see discrepancies like This in Johnson.
As for Lewis' claim in regard to Bolt's "amazing performances", and that "time will tell", time has already spoken. Michael Johnson ran 19.32 to win the Atlanta Olympics 200M Final. And what was Bolt's winning time at the 2012 London Olympics 200M Final? 19.32. Sixteen years between finals, and both record the same time. Is there something "suspicious" there?
If Bolt had broken the 19 second barrier, then maybe Lewis might have something to crow about, but even so, Spearmon predicted about two years ago that Bolt might be the first to break the 19 second barrier. Maybe Bolt needs to "up" the drug intake?