Does that mean that race he hit his top speed ever

@@whoiswatchingyourback He's a phenom, once in a lifetime athlete and you're a nobody

@@whoiswatchingyourback Yeah, I think even though he's the fastest person ever, he depends on his long strides and top speed to overtake anyone that got a good head start. In reality though, a lot of those smaller sprinters would catch him in 60m.

@@whoiswatchingyourback Those are important numbers as well, but the race is to 100m, not any of those splits.

@@whoiswatchingyourback Isn't 100m considered sprinting? It's the shortest Olympic running distance and it's basically a test of explosive starting and top speed, both of which are considered factors of sprinting. 60 meters might reward explosiveness and acceleration more than top speed, but I'd say that any distance where endurance is not the limiting factor is a sprint.

That’s so true.

It’s not the athletes fault imo I feel track is lazy when it comes to promoting the sport especially in the US.

@@mssha1980 I remember when back in the 70s track was bigger than it is now. We used to have quite a few big track meets around the nation.

@@Rhaspun their meets now seem to be in the middle of nowhere

I agree but Usain net worth is 90 million.

It's not that. His legs couldn't handle the rounds. One run he would kill you but to repeat his body didn't recover fast enough to come back and go even faster. Remember at that time you did 4 rounds in 2 days. I see it all the time in training with my athletes. They will give you one or 2 good runs but they can't sustain it when they gotta come back with a certain amount of rest

@@416yaadie the olympics only have 3 rounds and Powell basically jogged through the first 2 so no. He just couldn’t handle the pressure.

@@abone2pick in 2008 you had 4 rounds what might look like a jog he is still expending alot energy. I can speak from past experience where you would do a run feels easy and your expecting the next one to be faster when you try a little harder but the next run feels harder at the end. Asafa ran 9.90 in semis it obvious his body didn't recover fast enough come back and go 9.8 or 9.7. if you remember the race he got out good but when he tried to extend himself his body said no. That's a sign of fatigue. What he needed to fix that was running more 200 but because he had a groin injury right before he broke the world record he didn't much 200s after 2005 and you see the results in his championship performances. The race where he ran 9.83 and Bolt ran 9.77 that's basically should have been how the race in Beijing should have happen but that didn't happen!

@@416yaadie you sound ridiculous. Usain bolt was breaking world records after running through the 100 rounds and the 200 rounds as well as the semi finals and finals for the 4x100. Not once did we see him crack like that

@@abone2pick Not saying I agree with yaadie but they have different body types.

Good idea. I've seen a few articles covering that race. Truly a magnificent performance

@@alexreid2365 yes, I want to see this video too

And Blake and Powell but Powell can’t run under pressure

Yea it really was but i just realised something. If it was 2.0tailwind it would be 9.62 and yes he did stumble and it was in the rain but honestly his 9.58 was just better

@@whoiswatchingyourback Ok

Bolt always made bad starts, but he was still the goat.

@@dieabsolutegluckskuche5174 not always, his world record time had decent starts and 2nd fastesy 60m split of 6.31s.

unfortunately bolt moved like a cheetah

@@RapperHolik 🤣🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀💀💀💀

He came off the blocks perfectly. If only he had Bolt's top end speed. The record time could be much lower.

I swear when I read this I'm saying to myself isn't the cheetah the fastest land animal

@@RapperHolik 🤣🤣🤣🤣

i looking at Powell AND LIKE IF ONLY GOAT WAS NOT THERE

Like ronaldo

@@LETSPLAYAB 😆 that was Blake and Gatlins lines!"

Yeah the goat and his drugs 🤣

@@miked3287 you think Bolt was juiced? Seriously!

I think it is quite obvious that Bolt relaxes and just runs along Asafa, without making an effort to overtake him. But a runner with Asafa's first 40m and Bolt's next 60, would be T-Rex scary.

@@HIMCULES I agree😳 or someone with Coleman's or Bingtian Su's start and Bolt's top end speed would be terrifying😨

@@devmathur5003 I probably have a special fondness for Asafa's running style, ever since I saw that japanese documentary about him, a long time ago. His leg of the 4x100 in the 2008 Olympics final, is the closest I have seen to a real superhero running, or as the commentator said, flying down the track.

I run sub 10 all the time.. run for about 5 seconds then think why bother, I have a car

Drugs cheat?

Till that one russian come😎😂

@@dirtybags4282 hater

Agreed, Jamaica were almost untouchable during the Bolt era. USA were so pissed. The women still maintain that dominance and have some rising stars. The sprints are now a mixed bag wuth athlete from many countries capable of and medalling at the global events.

True 🤩

What do you mean? Bolt did run 9.64 at London and 9.58 at the World Champs...Asafa also did run 9.72

@@malligrub Maybe Noel was talking about 2008 as far as Bolt’s times?

I disagree. That’s Bolt and Flo Jo

@@mssha1980 Bolts lower body mechanics were also good (although his upper body mechanics were terrible. Even Michael Johnson mentioned this). But Assafa's legs always looked like they were pulling him along and not pushing him.

The drug cheating helped.

@@KNOWHOPE72 true

@@Alan-xxxxxx hater

Don't do it to yourself. We only have the present. You could have easily done that and gotten e.g. a groin injury, and be sitting there wishing you had done something else.

He is

Tyson Gay too for Olympic medal

yes the perfect starts he gets is matched by none ...

Not just top 10, Tyson/Yohan are tied in 2nd all-time, Powell is 4th, Gatlin is 5th & Coleman is 6th I believe (I could be wrong). So just top 6.

@@richardgallimore5976 You're right about Coleman. He was number 9 all time at the moment he beat Bolt, so I just said Top 10

@@khumokwezimashapa2245 coleman beat bolt when bolt was about to retire....

Druggie

@@waterproof4403 hater

I agree. Bad start Compared to who? He’s rarely left behind

I think it was pointed out here once, that he had more exact reaction time starts than any other sprinter 14 I think, but on average his reaction time was relatively low. When it was on, it was dead on. When it wasn't who cares he still won the race!

Bruh. Tell them

...but Asafa let Bolt win at all the other occasions. Bolt should be a little more gratefull ;-)

@@seppwurzel4282 Oh don't cry 😢