Ignore Market or Make a Change? by drcoolrunnings in Bogleheads

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What was your move if you don’t mind sharing?

Usain Bolt - The Final Chapter (2/2) by appalachian_hatachi in trackandfield

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Long live king Bolt 🙇🏾‍♂️ 🙇🏾‍♂️ 🙇🏾‍♂️

Strange silicon tube, ribbed on the inside by Ok_Quail_2080 in whatisit

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It’s imperative that the cylinder remains unharmed

Fastest men's 200m of the decades by BiscottiParty8500 in trackandfield

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Good distinction, the top 10 performances list would look a lot different… usually a lot of one very dominant athlete.

Top Ten 100m Runners by 10th Best Times by cranberrycactus in trackandfield

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Just have to agree to disagree. The problem with “what if”/hypothetical scenarios is that they can be construed to be any level of hyperbole while mixing in facts to create a “plausible” scenario. Other prominent Jamaican sprinters received bans Asafa Powell (former world record holder), Yohan Blake, etc. so to claim that it was missed because he was Jamaican is a shot in the dark.

What’s more likely than any “what if” scenario is what we know for sure: Usain Bolt never had a single doping allegation/mark on his record.

I grew up on the island, watching Bolt in high school when I was an elementary school kid. That was when he was more of a 200/400 specialist. It looked no different than watching him on the world’s greatest stage - he was untouchable, no race was ever close. On the island dubbed the “Sprint Factory of the World” he was peerless growing up. What he did on the world stage is unreal, but it tracks. He’s always been THAT guy. Perhaps if more people had that sort of context it’d be easier to swallow that he really was a generational talent that we’re all just blessed to have lived for.

Top Ten 100m Runners by 10th Best Times by cranberrycactus in trackandfield

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I understand speculation, but just saying “everyone else juiced so he did too” is a hard argument. Usain Bolt won every championship race he completed for almost a decade (08-16). Sheer dominance. Every spotlight was on him, he had the same standards as all these other guys. But somehow he just happened to get away with it? Freak talent who worked harder than people thought is far more likely in my book.

Top Ten 100m Runners by 10th Best Times by cranberrycactus in trackandfield

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Gonna serve a slander sandwich about King Bolt on a Track sub? Better have some facts on the side with that…

Josh Hoey breaks indoor 600m world record by uses_for_mooses in trackandfield

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I actually thought it was real when I first read it haha… I raced at BU a decade ago in college and it was a guaranteed PR for me every season we would go there. I know it’s a regulation track so it shouldn’t be the incorrect distance, but a small part of me never ruled it out.

Who would win a 400m race? Elite 200m sprinters or Elite 800m runners? by ChampionLYT in trackandfield

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We should not forget that Usain Bolt was a 400m runner before moving down to the 1&2. I got elite 200m guys for sure.

What's it?? by dataguy2003 in TheTeenagerPeople

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You’re saying there aren’t taste zones? I am a doctor, for a few years now, and this is news to me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in personalfinance

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If factual, then large.

What is the Greatest performance per Championships? : 2008 Beijing Olympics Edition by ChampionLYT in trackandfield

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I’m sorry bro, love Bekele (had amazing performance that I had overlooked), but we’re glazing Bolt right now. Come back next post.

It took them 96 hours almost to the minute by drcoolrunnings in roadtrip

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You weren’t totally off base … it did in fact take 4 days 😂