Thoughts after Day One:
I hate this new format for the 100m Rounds. The Preliminaries were a total waste! A Samoan running a PB of 15.66?! Worse yet there will now be three semis....top two and next two fastest time will make the final. These swirling winds will rob at least one person of a finals spot.
One of the three semis will have two Jamaicans in it. Let's hope neither Thompson nor Bledman are in THAT semi. Armstrong earned his opportunity and deserved it despite Marc's credentials. Too bad he squandered it. for a 10.0 man and Commonwealth Bronze Medallist to fail to make the semis even with it being expanded to 24 runners is disappointing
Didn't like our guys races one bit. Whether they were playing possum or not; finishing third most likely gives them hard semis. I guess if you're gonna be a medallist or even champion, finishing top two in your semi should be a non issue but right now those guys will have to run balls out to make that final.
Thompson looked like he could have beaten Kimmons but he SHOULD have and ensured a better lane and easier semi. Bledman looked genuinely beaten and that's not a good sign
Bolt looks utterly untouchable. A Jamaican 1-2-3 looks a real possibility but not a 1-2-3-4. If I were to go by the QF alone I'd say Bolt, Blake, Carter for the saucers...umm...excuse me.....medals based on what I saw. Dix looked quite good and is a real medal contender. Lemaitre looked solid as well. Frater should be a finalist
Not impressed by Gatlin at all. Collins looked good and the three round format helps the old man out but I think he may have shot his load. Makusha didn't look the darkhorse I foresaw.
Nothing I saw in that round suggest to me that anybody has a chance of beating Usain Bolt in that final. Hope the Torpedo and Bledman find something special in the semis tomorrow. Based on those QF they can't even look ahead to the final right now.
The Torpedo needs a semi like Berlin/Beijing to get back in the mix but still backing my guy