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Old 08-25-2008, 01:51 AM   #21
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Default Re: Who is the best athlete at the Olympics - Phelps or Bolt?

And it's official!

Brian Clay is the worlds greatest athlete -

http://olympics.fanhouse.com/2008/08...atest-athlete/
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...,5629510.story
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decathlon
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Old 08-27-2008, 01:28 PM   #22
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Default Re: Who is the best athlete at the Olympics - Phelps or Bolt?

One thing I just noticed in the Bolt story, his 100m record was 9.69 s and 200 m was 19.30 s. That means he ran faster in the 200 m than the 100!

(2x9.69=19.38 s)
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Old 08-27-2008, 01:43 PM   #23
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Default Re: Who is the best athlete at the Olympics - Phelps or Bolt?

You could see he let up a bit at the end of the 100M. He knew he had it. If he hadn't slowed it would have been scary.
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Old 08-27-2008, 03:18 PM   #24
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One thing I just noticed in the Bolt story, his 100m record was 9.69 s and 200 m was 19.30 s. That means he ran faster in the 200 m than the 100!

(2x9.69=19.38 s)

The average speed of the record for 200m has been higher than that of 100m for more almost 40 years now. You spend less %age of your time accelerating in 200m.
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