Men's 200m Final

juvenal

About 10 minutes to go. Bolt goes for the first 100m-200m double since Lewis in Los Angeles 1984

2 Kim Collins
3 Christian Malcolm
4 Shawn Crawford
5 Usain Bolt
6 Brian Dzingai
7 Churandy Martina
8 Walter Dix
9 Wallace Spearmon

Donovan Bailey just said on Canadian TV that he expects him to win in a time of 19.50.

thirtyfoot

Bolt, Dix, Crawford.

shels4ever

I dont know if he'll run 19:50 . Depends on his mood might have it won with 50 m to go .

Rineanna

Prediction: Bolt in 19.45. I've a feeling that may be a tad conservative, so let's see how wrong I am.

juvenal

I reckon this is more tense then the 100m, despite Bolt's antics in the intros!

I'll go Bolt, Crawford, Dix

juvenal

FOOK!! New WR and a headwind!!

1. Usain Bolt 19.30
2. Churandy Martina
3. Close call - maybe Spearmon?

Pherekydes

He fooking got it!

Unfookingbelieveable.

brianthebard

Omg!No question of him slowing down this time!

SlickRic

is michael johnson crying?

absolutely incredible....there are no words to describe that

Squirrel

WOW!!!!

shels4ever

i'm sick my internet connection dropped and i didnt see it

cant believe i missed this.

fatgav

my reaction after the 100 was slated here, and i'm not going to bring that up again. All i'm goign to say after that is................................wow. i've never seen an athlete run like that. just................ wow.

juvenal

He was flat-out through the finish, which shows how exceptional MJ's record was!

First 100m/200m double since 1984 - and the first ever to break both records in winning gold?

thirtyfoot

SUPERMAN HE IS!!!!!

SlickRic

shels4ever wrote: »

i'm sick my internet connection dropped and i didnt see it

cant believe i missed this.

i can't believe you did either, i feel for ya man

Pherekydes

He really wanted that! No showboating this time!

Sorry fatgav! Your late uncle was wrong.

fatgav

look at the head on replay. ALL the time, he'l looking at the clock. he wanted that. i was shouting 'keep it going' all throughout... i'm so glad he did

juvenal

Great to see the camradarie between the athletes, and not the Maurice Greene "GOAT" bullsheet.

Wallace Spearmon was disqualified?? Sounds like a lane violation.

Crawford has won bronze?

Squirrel

Spearmon DQ apparently

Rineanna

Spearmon disq!

fatgav

Pherekydes wrote: »

He really wanted that! No showboating this time!

Sorry fatgav! Your late uncle was wrong.

thanks mate, but if he's seeing this wherever he is then he's laughing in disbelief like the rest of us.

shels4ever

I know what were the odds ever other race was grand.. anyone have another site, its jsut the live rte thats not working here now,

Racing Flat

Woops, a bit tough for Spearman...

juvenal

Spearmon was just told he was disqualified and the mood-swing was massive. . .

The crowd just sand Happy Birthday to Bolt 22 today

Is anyone watching BBC?? What's Johnson's reaction?

Pherekydes

Spearmon DQ, loses the bronze.

Martina made a huge breakthrough for silver. Yet another medsl for the Caribbean!

They're singing Happy Birthday for Bolt: he's 22 today!

Racing Flat

juvenal wrote: »

Great to see the camradarie between the athletes, and not the Maurice Greene "GOAT" bullsheet.

The G.O.A.T. better book in to get the tattoo removed.

Squirrel

Johnson just saying it was incredible, the start was amazing, he made 2 or 3 metres on the transition alone. The general gist of what Johnson is just after saying

Racing Flat

juvenal wrote: »

Is anyone watching BBC?? What's Johnson's reaction?

Very gracious. Going on about a fantastic start, unnatural for a big man etc.

Is sub 19 possible in a few years?

juvenal

Donovan Bailey is eating a little humble pie here on CBC!

He's a decent analyst, he just feels the need to drop in every few minutes that he was Olympic champion and WR holder in 1996 - dude we know!

First athlete to win the 100m/200m and break the WR in doing so. Take it in people, this is one for the grandchildren. . .

hunter164

I missed it Any links to it?

Chong

Gutted I missed it, be watchin it later, its insane GO ON USAIN!!

Squirrel

Haha, Johnson's reaction when Bolt crossed the line was funny, round it up.

Chong

Was Michael happy?

Squirrel

Mr. X wrote: »

Was Michael happy?

He was certainly smiling.

SlickRic

juvenal wrote: »

Spearmon was just told he was disqualified and the mood-swing was massive. . .

The crowd just sand Happy Birthday to Bolt 22 today

Is anyone watching BBC?? What's Johnson's reaction?

he's being very complimentary about it, i suppose he has to be. deep down i suspect he's a little annoyed.

he keeps talking about the long stride being the key. i suppose you just have to accept he's a freak of nature

just showed his 'during-race' reaction, he just smiled. jackson looked like he was gonna hyper-ventilate

sue barker just told him he'll be waking up tomoro a former-world record holder. way to rub it in :rolleyes:

superjosh9

well, have to admit, poor old Spearmon, that's killed it for me. He ran amazingly the last 100m - then to see him celebrating and taken away. That is so hard to take.

He was running on the outside - he had no one on his right to judge how far away he was from the lines - he stepped on the line and got dq?! There was no advantage! I hope they protest it and I hope they win. But they won't.

robinph

He didn't look quite as happy as when watching the 100m, but wasn't too pissed off with it.

They rounded it down though, sorry Michael.

Racing Flat

I imagine they'll show footage of Johnson and Jackson watching the race before the Beeb finish their athletics coverage, so get tuned to BBC.

Squirrel

SlickRic wrote: »

he's being very complimentary about it, i suppose he has to be. deep down i suspect he's a little annoyed.

he keeps talking about the long stride being the key. i suppose you just have to accept he's a freak of nature

just showed his 'during-race' reaction, he just smiled. jackson looked like he was gonna hyper-ventilate

sue barker just told him he'll be waking up tomoro a former-world record holder. way to rub it in :rolleyes:

Anyone see the article in the Sunday Times sunday just gone? Bolt's stride is 8 feet long. Powell (who they compared him with) has a stride of 6ft 10. Bolt is only 2 inches taller than Powell, it's just a mega stride.

Pherekydes

superjosh9 wrote: »

well, have to admit, poor old Spearmon, that's killed it for me. He ran amazingly the last 100m - then to see him celebrating and taken away. That is so hard to take.

He was running on the outside - he had no one on his right to judge how far away he was from the lines - he stepped on the line and got dq?! There was no advantage! I hope they protest it and I hope they win. But they won't.

There's no relevance to having someone on your right. The line you must keep outside is on your left.

It's akin to cutting the corner. It's tough, but thems the rules.

Chong

Lads what more races is Usain going to be running.

thirtyfoot

Mr. X wrote: »

Lads what more races is Usain going to be running.

4 x 100. He will probably run the 2nd leg as they can stretch it to 110+m with the acceleration zones.

Pherekydes

Look out for the Jamaicans in the 4 x 100m. They have Bolt, Asafa Powell, Michael Frater and Nesta Carter. The WR could be under pressure. I do hope they've practised their baton passing. The USA have 4 very good guys and will be well drilled, so it's game on.

juvenal

It looks like NBC didn't show the track finals this morning AGAIN! Obviously waiting for primetime. If Bolt was a Yank they'd be holding the phones

They're showing live coverage of USA-Serbia in men's volleyball. :rolleyes:

MonkeyWrench

I presume the only race he has left is the 4 x 100 metre relay for Jamaica?

juvenal

Pherekydes wrote: »

Look out for the Jamaicans in the 4 x 100m. They have Bolt, Asafa Powell, Michael Frater and Nesta Carter. The WR could be under pressure. I do hope they've practised their baton passing. The USA have 4 very good guys and will be well drilled, so it's game on.

Yeah, it *should* be a great race, but nothing would surprise me at this point! A close race would be great.

Chong

Does Usain not run in the 400m , excuse my ignorance, I am just swept in the euphoria of this guy.

Roddy23

just after watching it myself - incredible:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bdC0KpHzXc

Chong

my bad apparently no sprint 400m .

superjosh9

Pherekydes wrote: »

There's no relevance to having someone on your right. The line you must keep outside is on your left.

It's akin to cutting the corner. It's tough, but thems the rules.

of course there's relevance - he had no one running beside him on his right and therefore spatial relations were compromised. All I am saying is that it is much easier for this to happen in the outside lanes than in any other.

Still think he deserves bronze.

Racing Flat

Must say, I'm a tad disappointed. Johnson was a bit of a hero to me...