Comments on: Usain Bolt Rewrites the Record Books Again – Now What?

By: Derek Hansen

Derek Hansen — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:49:59 +0000

Is taller better in your opinion? It will be interesting to see if more tall athletes have a go at sprinting. In the USA, I figure Usain Bolt would have been a basketball player or Randy Moss-like I’m the NFL.

By: Irosha Ranawickrama

Irosha Ranawickrama — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:29:35 +0000

In my opinion , I think there is a limit to human talents and achievements , but this depends on the physical attributes of the individuals. For example height , weight of a person.

By: Lasitha Silva

Lasitha Silva — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:02:06 +0000

This Usain Bolt guy is a terrible contender in the event. I’ve run the same games with him (junior, but no the same heat) and didn’t even think of such talent within. He was just another athlete.
Now various blogs and news pages talk about human limits and how Bolt out run the earlier math models. Non of the models could not match Bolt’s supremacy showed in Beijing.
Actually how fast a Homo sapien can go is the next question. Most of the scientists predict for 9.37 but someday another version of Bolt may destroy the model!!

Actually to my opinion, there is no limit to human talent and achievement. Tissue implants, fiber changes and new training methods would be invented and increase human potential smashing yet another record every time..

http://www.lasithasilva.wordpress.com

By: admin

admin — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:31:02 +0000

The 100 meter world record could be 0 seconds by the year 2203:

http://speedendurance.com/2008/09/09/in-the-year-2525-how-fast-is-the-100-meter-world-record/

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:43:52 +0000

I think Bolt could break MJ’s 400 record but what he should do is focus on the 100m for the next few years for financial reasons, the 100 obviously is track’s glamour event (next to the triple jump) and he will make a mint bubka-style.

It is definitely unusual to have a tall man with the fast-twitch fibres that he’s got. I watched the 200 live (just seen the 100 on replays) and wow did that get me fired up, it was like Ben in 88 and the Don0van in the 96 and 97 in the 150 chicken race!

it makes you wonder what the limits of human achievement are – obviously no one can run 100m in 5 seconds so there must be a limit – perhaps it will be defined by more precise measurement similar to drag racing. otherwise it will become a ‘who cares’ thing after someone established an ‘unbreakable’ 9.28 world record, hopefully not.

although, fans can then focus on the most technically challenging event in track and field, the triple jump.

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