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<blockquote data-quote="George Ford" data-source="post: 868593" data-attributes="member: 74118"><p>It's just unfortunate how Gatlin's marvelous victory is marred by his past but - like it or not - the record will state he is now the 100m world champion. He beat the GOAT and I shall applaud him the same way as anybody else for his achievement.</p><p></p><p>Not scripted and perhaps just what Bolt needs to re-think his retirement. His sheer dominance in sprints for almost a decade goes unprecedented in athletics history and there is no guaranteeing we'll ever witness this kind of feat by future generations, even if his records will surely be broken.</p><p></p><p>On the race itself, I think the Americans was just that much better prepared (and determined) than Bolt, in spite of what the Jamaican said of his shape prior to the race. He had a lot of ground to make up for his typical bad start and he was gaining on them towards the end, albeit little too late. </p><p></p><p>Form and temperament are crucial factors on a sprinter's performance on the day and I think this whole last race and retirement thing took away that edge of competitiveness and mental toughness leading up to the event. He came 3rd with a time of 9.95s and it's his season's best? His prior races didn't even feature any Olympic finalists hence he boasted SB of 10.05s prior to the events.</p><p></p><p>I still think he has more in that tank of his and the mere fact that he got beaten by a competitor 4 years his senior (now a rival) could perhaps only motivate him to go another one up on his rival again.</p><p></p><p>But at the same time to be able to retire at a fairly young age of 30 after a star-studded career is, perhaps, a dime of a feeling in itself. 2018 is an off year for major athletic events (like 2014 was) and the next major one is the 2019 IAAF World Champs in Qatar, followed by the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. My guess is the next headline he makes is announcing his comeback few months before the world champs leading up to the Olympics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="George Ford, post: 868593, member: 74118"] It's just unfortunate how Gatlin's marvelous victory is marred by his past but - like it or not - the record will state he is now the 100m world champion. He beat the GOAT and I shall applaud him the same way as anybody else for his achievement. Not scripted and perhaps just what Bolt needs to re-think his retirement. His sheer dominance in sprints for almost a decade goes unprecedented in athletics history and there is no guaranteeing we'll ever witness this kind of feat by future generations, even if his records will surely be broken. On the race itself, I think the Americans was just that much better prepared (and determined) than Bolt, in spite of what the Jamaican said of his shape prior to the race. He had a lot of ground to make up for his typical bad start and he was gaining on them towards the end, albeit little too late. Form and temperament are crucial factors on a sprinter's performance on the day and I think this whole last race and retirement thing took away that edge of competitiveness and mental toughness leading up to the event. He came 3rd with a time of 9.95s and it's his season's best? His prior races didn't even feature any Olympic finalists hence he boasted SB of 10.05s prior to the events. I still think he has more in that tank of his and the mere fact that he got beaten by a competitor 4 years his senior (now a rival) could perhaps only motivate him to go another one up on his rival again. But at the same time to be able to retire at a fairly young age of 30 after a star-studded career is, perhaps, a dime of a feeling in itself. 2018 is an off year for major athletic events (like 2014 was) and the next major one is the 2019 IAAF World Champs in Qatar, followed by the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. My guess is the next headline he makes is announcing his comeback few months before the world champs leading up to the Olympics. [/QUOTE]
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