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LIGHTNING FAST! Floyd Graham
The book highlights the stellar performances of the Jamaican athletes at the Beijing Olympics. Feel the excitement, sense the rivalries and recapture the great moments of the Beijing Olympics.
Most people know that Usain Bolt and Florence Griffith-Joyner are the fastest man and woman, respectively, that the world has ever seen. But how many of us know the names and countries they represented of the other nine men and women?
WOMEN
50M: VERONICA CAMPBELL-BROWN (JAM) - 6.08
60M: VERONICA CAMPBELL-BROWN (JAM) - 7.01
100M: CARMELITA JETER (USA) - 10.81
200M: CARMELITA JETER (USA) - 22.31
400M: NOVLENE WILLIAMS-MILLS (JAM) - 49.99
800M: PAMELA JELIMO (KEN) - 1:56.94
1500M: ANNA PIERCE (USA) - 4:07.00
3000MSC: BRIDGET FRANEK (USA) - 9:39.77
Mile: KRISTINA KHALEEVA (RUS) - 4:29.73
50MH: LOLO JONES (USA) - 6.78
60MH: SALLY PEARSON (AUS) - 7.73
100MH: SALLY PEARSON (AUS) - 12.49
400MH: MELAINE WALKER (JAM) - 54.62
MEN
50M: LERONE CLARKE (JAM) - 5.63
60M: TRELL KIMMONS (USA) - 6:45
100M: USAIN BOLT (JAM) - 9.82
200M: YOHAN BLAKE (JAM) - 19.91
400M: LASHAWN MERRIT (USA) - 44.73
800M: DAVID RUDISHA (POL) - 1:44.33
1000M: ROBBY CREESE (USA) - 2:19.53
1500M: ANDREW BADDELEY (GBR) - 3:35.19
Mile: SILAS KIPLAGAT (KEN) - 3:52.63
3000M: CHRIS DERRICK (USA) - 7:54.31
3000MSC: JAIRUS KIPCHOGE (KEN) - 8:19.14
50MH: TERRENCE TRAMMELL (USA) - 6.45
60MH: DEXTER FALK (USA) - 7.40
110MH: ARIES MERRITT (USA) - 13.03
400MH: JAVIER CULSON (PUR) - 48.00
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May 11: Doha, Qatar
May 19: Shanghai, China
May 31: Rome, Italy
June 2: Eugene, OR, USA
June 7: Oslo, Norway
June 9: New York, USA
July 6: Paris, France
July 13-14: London, Great Britain
July 20: Monaco, MON
August 17: Stockholm, Sweden
August 23: Lausanne, Switzerland
August 26: Birmingham, Great Britain
August 30: Zurich, Switzerland
September 7: Brussels, Belgium
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One of the most successful sprint coaches, Jamaican Glen Mills, who is responsible for Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake, believes that Bolt could run below 9.5 seconds in the 100 metres at the London Olympics if the conditions are favourable. In an article published in The Jamaica Observer, here is what he had to say.
Most Track & Field followers belive that Usain Bolt will need to run faster if he is to successfully defend his three Olympic titles and records. The reason most give is the tremendous improvement of his fastest training collegue, Yohan Blake. What do you think?
Many Track and Field Athletics enthusiasts expressed the feeling that the Olympic double sprint champion, American Justin Gatlin, would not be able to return to the sport and be a threat to the top sprinters of the world. They argued that the lay-off was too long and he would not be able to measure up to the likes of Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell and Yohan Blake -- not to mention Usain Bolt. Gatlin had not run competitively in about eight years. The ex-Olympic champion, according to their assessments, would be out of the premier league of sprinters. Furthermore, top class sprinting is not something in which a sprinter can take a long sabbatical and return to be among the top performers.
However, it appears that Gatlin is on his way to surprise the establishment of Track & Field lovers and historians. He competed in the indoor season and copped it off with a brilliant victory in 60 meters at the World Championships, clocking a solid 6.46 seconds. Not a bad time! It was the second fastest in the world. Gatlin’s competition was not a push-over as Jamaica’s Nesta Carter, who had a sensational outdoor season last year, was present in the race. The world leader, USA's Trell Kimmons, who had blasted 6.45 seconds was two lanes away from Gatlin. Trinidad and Tobago’s Marc Burns and Britain’s Dwain Chambers were also in the race. In the race, Gatlin did not have the best start and had to come from behind to be first at the tape. He was accelerating – a good sign for the longer 100m. Gatlin is making steady and positive improvement.
It may be true that he has a long way to go to get his time down to under 9.8 seconds. However, if he can run that time at the US Olympic Trials in June, he should have a distinct chance to run under 9.7 seconds.
Armin Hary of Germany became the first non-American to win the Olympics 100M in thirty-two years when he won the gold medal at the Rome Olympics in 1960 in 10.2 seconds. He convincingly defeated the three Americans in the final -- Dave Sime, Frank Budd and Ray Norton. He finished the Olympics with two gold medals. His second gold medal was in the 4 x 100m relay. The Americans crossed the line first but was disqualified for a faulty baton change. In the same year Hary lowered the world record for 100M to 10.0 seconds. It lasted for only 24 days.
The British called him the “white lightning” because of his amazingly fast start. He had an unbelievable reaction time to the starter’s gun and merciless acceleration out of the starting blocks. The (IAAF) uses 1.00 seconds as the standard for reaction time. Any runner going below this number is determined to be a false starter. The average human is rated at a reaction time of 0.132 seconds. However, Armin Hary’s reaction time was recorded at 0.04 seconds. Because of his phenomenol start, Hary earned the name, “Thief of Starts”. An automobile accident in 1961 terminated his track career.
One of the most memorable moments in the history of the Olympics occurred more than seventy-five years ago. It was during the time when Adolf Hitler was promoting a “master race of humans” under the Third Reich. Hitler was stunned into silence and angry embarrassment when a black American athlete dominated the Olympics through sheer brilliance. The American won four gold medals with such elegance that left many, athletes and spectators alike, in awe. To make it worse, he beat a German star. His name? Jesse Owens! He dominated the sprints in the same way that Usain Bolt did at the Beijing Olympics. Owens gold medals came in the 100m, 200m, long jump and the 4x100m relay.
Owens was having difficulty in getting his steps right and it was a suggestion from Lutz Long, the German long jumper, who helped Owens with rectifying his problem. If Hitler only knew! Both Owens and Long enjoyed a durable and long friendly relationship.
It appears that Jamaica will be standing on top of the sprinting world for many more years from the performance of its high school athletes at the recent Penn Relays. The young athletes again demonstrated sprinting supremacy.
Many decades ago, many Americans attending the meet would think that the Jamaican athletes were not representatives from a single institution but gathered from separate high schools and assembled as a team. It was also the feeling that the Jamaican athletes were college students. The mistake was as a result that in Jamaica many high schools are carry the name "college".
Many say its awesome. Some say it is unachievable. Some coaches say that it is perilous. Still, some say he thinks too much of his talents. Others say that Usain Bolt should stick to defending his Olympic titles.
Athletes have to be extremely watchful of their diet, not only because they need to ensure that they are not inadvertently ingesting performance-enhancing drugs, but because they have to strive for peak health in order to attain peak performance. However, it is not only athletes who should be vigilant but everyone who wishes to enjoy good health. For years there has been public outcry concerning modified foods. Many articles have been written about the deleterious effects of these foods. Now a Roman Catholic cardinal has added his views on the subject.
The little island-nation, JAMAICA, has again accomplished a first. It is the only country to have the top sprinter in all major world championships at any one time: Men's 100m Olympic Champion, Men's 100m World Champion, The Commonwealth 100m Men's Champion, 100m World Junior Champion, 100m World Youth Olympics Champion and the World 100m Youth Champion. Other Olympic and World lightning fast champions are identified in the following list: Women's World 100M Champion: SHELLYE-ANN FRASER-PRYCE 10.73
Women's 200M Olympic Champion: VERONICA CAMPBELL-BROWN 21.74
Women's Olympic 400M Hurdles Champion: MELAINE WALKER 52.64
Women's World 400M Hurdles Champion: MELAINE WALKER 52.42
Men's 4 x 100M Olympic Champion: JAMAICA 37.10
Men's 4 x 100M World Champion: JAMAICA 37.04
Olympic 100M Champion: USAIN BOLT 9.69
World 100M Champion: YOHAN BLAKE 9.92
Commonwealth 100M Champion: LERONE CLARKE 10.12
World 100M Junior Champion: DEXTER LEE 10.21
World 100M Youth Olympics Champion: ODEEN SKEENE 10.42
World 100M Youth Champion: O’DAIL TODD 10.51
World 100M Record-Holder: USAIN BOLT 9.58
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WOMEN 100M – CARMELITA JETER (USA) – 22 points; 200M – CARMELITA JETER (USA) – 13 points; 400M – AMANTLE MONTSHO (BOT) – 28 points; 800M – JENNIFER MEADOWS (GBR & NI) – 11 points; 1500M – MORGAN UCENY (USA) – 19 points; 100MH -- DANIELLE CARRUTHERS (USA) – 19 points; 400MH – KALIESE SPENCER (JAM) – 24 points; 5000M -- VIVIAN JEPKEMOI CHERUIYOT (KEN) -- 20 points; 3000SC -- MILCAH CHEMOS (KEN) -- 20 points
MEN
100M – ASAFA POWELL (JAM) – 18 points; 200M – WALTER DIX (USA) – 16 points; 400M – KIRANI JAMES (GRN) – 12 points; 800M – DAVID RUDISHA (KEN) – 16 points; 1500M – NIXON KIPLIMO CHEPSEBA (KEN) – 12 points; 100MH – DAYRON ROBLES (CUB) – 16 points; 400MH – DAVID GREEN (GBR) – 16 points; 5000M -- IMANE MERGA (ETH) -- 15 points; 3000SC -- PAUL KIPSIELE KOECH (KEN) -- 17 points
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