Will Usain Bolt be able to demonstrate his World Record form after 3 rounds of the 100m?
Usain Bolt has proven that he has the ability to do incredible things in single races as of late, compiling two sub-9.80 times in the same month (9.76 on May 3, 2008 and 9.72 on May 31, 2008). He has also run some impressive 200m times, running an easy 19.67 on July 13, 2008. Although he has also won a silver medal in the 200m at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, it remains to be seen if Bolt can put together four consecutive rounds of 100m runs to win at a major championship event. Some would argue that Bolt’s speed endurance from his 200m training will take him through the 100m rounds, while others would make the point that running at 10 to 11 m/s in a 200m versus 11 to 12 m/s in the 100m can take it’s toll on the muscles and nervous system. Bolt will have to use the rounds to “tune” himself up and feel out the competition. Coming in as the World Record holder and having soundly trounced Tyson Gay in that race, he has nothing to prove in the rounds and should have a good deal of
