London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

women's 10,000m - there's a pavey running for britain and a britton running for ireland

Fionnuala's in front. Go Ireland !!!!!!!

n'ermind, she was just lapped

Colmustard wrote: »

There seems to be a lot of world records falling at these Olympics and going by the women's sprint heats I think we are going to see another fall.

Assuming because of the advanced drug testing techniques and procedures I think the athletes are clean, so what has changed, is the new computer aided training techniques or are athletes just getting better. I find it puzzling.

Hercule Poirot wrote: »

I think evolution is the word you are looking for, as a species we are getting faster, taller and stronger -obviously not including myself in this category

No simply have not reached our peak speed yet even without further evolution.
You can test this with statistics. As we approach our theoretical fastest possible speed, the frequency with which world records are broken should decrease. If you draw lines of the frequency of world records being broke it is a pretty much still a straight line. We have alot more to go.

Apparently there was some tribe a couple of thousands years agao who they reckon would make Usain Bolt look like the fat kid catching up at the rear. They know this from fossilised footprints - the distance between them, depth etc gives you indications of speed.

One is forced to wonder if shoes and modern lifestyles have slowed us down.

Come On Nolan! PUNCH HIM!!!!

garv123 wrote: »

Id like to see some of those "undiscovered tribes" run in all the events and clear stuff like hurdles without noticing them, barefoot.

Of course they could. Why is that so hard to believe ?!?!? Humans didn't evolve to wear shoes. Our feet as a result are relatively underdeveloped compared to barefoot people.

jaysus Jimmy shut up