This is some dumb shit right here.

Usain Bolt had another stunning performance in the world championships. This time, it didn't involve him crossing the finish line in the fastest time ever recorded.

The world's fastest man broke out of the starting block early in Sunday's 100 meter final in South Korea and was disqualified from the race, providing an abrupt end to the dominance he's maintained in track's biggest event since the Beijing Olympics.

An angry Bolt refused to talk about the disqualification with reporters. "Looking for tears?" he said to a group of them following him around the track. "Not going to happen."

In 2008, Bolt broke the world record in the 100 three months before the Beijing Olympics. At that year's Summer Games, the brash Jamaican became the star of the second week, crushing competitors and showboating down the track during dominant performances. At the 2009 world championships in Berlin, Bolt ran what was considered a perfect race. His 9.58 still stands as the world record and likely won't be challenged until the lead-up to London.

At that time, a new false start rule may be on the books. A minor uproar ensued after Bolt's DQ on Sunday and could lead to changes in track's awful false start rule. The "one and done" rule has been on the books since 2010 and has led to a number of high-profile athletes getting kicked out of races before they begin. (Runners used to get two false starts. In 2003, the rule was changed to assign the first false start to the entire field.) The rule is made for television and fans, neither of whom, it is thought, want to see countless false starts and the delays that accompany them. That may be true. But what fans really don't want to see is a 100-meter final without Usain Bolt.

Imagine the marquee event of the London Olympics, a matchup between Asafa Powell, Tyson Gay and Usain Bolt, ruined by a false start. It's a disaster scenario for track & field, a sport that thrives on star power more than any other at the Olympics. The IAAF has to ask itself whether it's worth running the risk of seeing a race without Usain just to prevent a two-minute false start delay. Granted, going back to the old rules wouldn't assure a clean start by any of the three. It would, however, diminish the possibility of another fiasco in London.

American runner Walter Dix, who would eventually finish with the silver medal in Sunday's race, was confused about the process. "I didn't really think they were going to kick him out," Dix said. "How can you kick Usain out of the race?"

Next time, hopefully they won't have to.

SCNDLS said:

This is some dumb shit right here.

Usain Bolt had another stunning performance in the world championships. This time, it didn't involve him crossing the finish line in the fastest time ever recorded.

The world's fastest man broke out of the starting block early in Sunday's 100 meter final in South Korea and was disqualified from the race, providing an abrupt end to the dominance he's maintained in track's biggest event since the Beijing Olympics.

An angry Bolt refused to talk about the disqualification with reporters. "Looking for tears?" he said to a group of them following him around the track. "Not going to happen."

In 2008, Bolt broke the world record in the 100 three months before the Beijing Olympics. At that year's Summer Games, the brash Jamaican became the star of the second week, crushing competitors and showboating down the track during dominant performances. At the 2009 world championships in Berlin, Bolt ran what was considered a perfect race. His 9.58 still stands as the world record and likely won't be challenged until the lead-up to London.

At that time, a new false start rule may be on the books. A minor uproar ensued after Bolt's DQ on Sunday and could lead to changes in track's awful false start rule. The "one and done" rule has been on the books since 2010 and has led to a number of high-profile athletes getting kicked out of races before they begin. (Runners used to get two false starts. In 2003, the rule was changed to assign the first false start to the entire field.) The rule is made for television and fans, neither of whom, it is thought, want to see countless false starts and the delays that accompany them. That may be true. But what fans really don't want to see is a 100-meter final without Usain Bolt.

Imagine the marquee event of the London Olympics, a matchup between Asafa Powell, Tyson Gay and Usain Bolt, ruined by a false start. It's a disaster scenario for track & field, a sport that thrives on star power more than any other at the Olympics. The IAAF has to ask itself whether it's worth running the risk of seeing a race without Usain just to prevent a two-minute false start delay. Granted, going back to the old rules wouldn't assure a clean start by any of the three. It would, however, diminish the possibility of another fiasco in London.

American runner Walter Dix, who would eventually finish with the silver medal in Sunday's race, was confused about the process. "I didn't really think they were going to kick him out," Dix said. "How can you kick Usain out of the race?"

Next time, hopefully they won't have to.

"Dumb shit" is right. They'd better change that rule before the Olympics in London or they're gonna have some real problems on their hands......

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At least another Jamaican won

Yohan Blake is the 100-meter world champion

DAEGU, South Korea (AP) — Crazy about cricket and mad about chicken nuggets, Yohan Blake surprised the world by sprinting out of the shadow of Jamaican teammate Usain Bolt and winning the 100-meter world title Sunday.

Bolt's former training partner, still only 21 years old, earned instant fame at the Daegu Stadium a few minutes after the world-record holder was eliminated because of a false start.

"I've been waiting for this moment my whole life," said Blake, who served a three-month doping suspension in 2009 for taking a banned stimulant. "I've been working just to be a world champion and it's a dream come true."

But even in his moment of glory, Blake found himself answering more questions about Bolt than his big win. Like the other medalists, second-place Walter Dix of the United States and bronze winner Kim Collins of Saint Kitts and Nevis, he was shocked and still trying to comprehend what exactly happened to Bolt.

"I didn't expect that from him. He's not that type of person," Blake said. "But I had to get it done for Jamaica."

Blake admitted that Bolt often false starts during practice, but he said he just couldn't envision him doing it on such a big stage.

"I didn't think it would come out on the world scene because he is a championship performer," Blake said.

The fun-loving Blake, who was humming a song before attending his post-race news conference, said his first love as a kid was cricket, which is hugely popular in the Caribbean. Instead, he took up athletics at 16 and hasn't looked back.

"I still love cricket but track and field has taken over my life," he said.

Blake called himself a "beast" in training and said that his secret weapon has been eating boxes of chicken nuggets the night before a big meet, something he did again in Daegu.

But Blake has had his troubles. He was suspended for doping before the Jamaican National Championships two years ago. Blake, Lansford Spence, Marvin Anderson and Allodin Fothergill were suspended for three months.

Blake said he has put that behind him and is ready to relish his newly anointed role as the 100-meter world champion. But neither he nor the other medalists were ready to see this as a changing of the guard. They all knew it was an uncharacteristic mistake from Bolt, a sprinter who will be back Friday to defend his title in the 200.

"As Kim said," Blake explained, "we are the guys for the moment."

Bit of a slow final, even given the slight headwind.

Would've made a mint if you'd bet on Bolt DQing.

Shaolin325 said:

SCNDLS said:

This is some dumb shit right here.

Usain Bolt had another stunning performance in the world championships. This time, it didn't involve him crossing the finish line in the fastest time ever recorded.

The world's fastest man broke out of the starting block early in Sunday's 100 meter final in South Korea and was disqualified from the race, providing an abrupt end to the dominance he's maintained in track's biggest event since the Beijing Olympics.

An angry Bolt refused to talk about the disqualification with reporters. "Looking for tears?" he said to a group of them following him around the track. "Not going to happen."

In 2008, Bolt broke the world record in the 100 three months before the Beijing Olympics. At that year's Summer Games, the brash Jamaican became the star of the second week, crushing competitors and showboating down the track during dominant performances. At the 2009 world championships in Berlin, Bolt ran what was considered a perfect race. His 9.58 still stands as the world record and likely won't be challenged until the lead-up to London.

At that time, a new false start rule may be on the books. A minor uproar ensued after Bolt's DQ on Sunday and could lead to changes in track's awful false start rule. The "one and done" rule has been on the books since 2010 and has led to a number of high-profile athletes getting kicked out of races before they begin. (Runners used to get two false starts. In 2003, the rule was changed to assign the first false start to the entire field.) The rule is made for television and fans, neither of whom, it is thought, want to see countless false starts and the delays that accompany them. That may be true. But what fans really don't want to see is a 100-meter final without Usain Bolt.

Imagine the marquee event of the London Olympics, a matchup between Asafa Powell, Tyson Gay and Usain Bolt, ruined by a false start. It's a disaster scenario for track & field, a sport that thrives on star power more than any other at the Olympics. The IAAF has to ask itself whether it's worth running the risk of seeing a race without Usain just to prevent a two-minute false start delay. Granted, going back to the old rules wouldn't assure a clean start by any of the three. It would, however, diminish the possibility of another fiasco in London.

American runner Walter Dix, who would eventually finish with the silver medal in Sunday's race, was confused about the process. "I didn't really think they were going to kick him out," Dix said. "How can you kick Usain out of the race?"

Next time, hopefully they won't have to.

"Dumb shit" is right. They'd better change that rule before the Olympics in London or they're gonna have some real problems on their hands......

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For real! And he was killing it until that race.

[Edited 8/28/11 11:08am]

He didn't look to be close to his world record form, but he was certainly looking better than his relatively modest 9.88 season's best. High 9.6s or low 9.7s in the final, I think. It's such a shame because he's breathed new life into the sport where the apathetic masses are concerned.

20 years later this final couldn't even touch the '91 Tokyo final. That still has to be, all in all, the highest quality 100m race ever, given the number of sub-10 second times relative to what athletes could do at that time.

My friend is a runner for the dutch under 18 and he said that they wait too long often with the start signal alot of times and it messes with your concentration. I think he wouldve ran faster than his training buddy for sure if he wasn't disqualified.

[Edited 8/28/11 13:30pm]

considering that there may be up to how many runners in a race...12?...more?...and each one entitled to one false start, there was a potential for 24 starts to the race. Something had to be done...perhaps this isn't the answer, but something had to change

World record holder’s controversial DQ at world champs

Call it the curse of the world record holders.

One day after Usain Bolt was disqualified in the 100 meters at the world championships because of a false start, Cuba'a Dayron Robles, the world record holder in the 110 meter hurdles, had his gold medal taken away after officials determined he illegally bumped into Chinese track hero Liu Xiang late in the race.

The disqualification enabled American Jason Richardson to go from the silver medal to gold. Xiang, who finished third in the original race, was awarded the silver.

Robles knocked arms with Xiang twice in the final 20 meters of the race, pushing the Chinese star off his stride and into the final hurdle. He was disqualified because it was determined he impeded Xiang's path to the finish line.

Though the video condenses the disqualification into a four-minute clip, it took over an hour for China to lodge the protest, the IAAF to review the tape and the ruling to come down. The Cubans immediately protested that ruling.

Monday night's race was the most anticipated of the world championships. It featured the three fastest hurdlers in history: Robles, the current world record holder and 2008 Olympic champion; Xiang, the Chinese star who won the race in Athens but was forced to withdraw from Beijing with an injury; and American David Oliver, the world's fastest hurdler over the past two years.

Oliver finished fifth.

you can't go changing the rules just because the bigest player got told off...

SCNDLS said:

World record holder’s controversial DQ at world champs

Call it the curse of the world record holders.

One day after Usain Bolt was disqualified in the 100 meters at the world championships because of a false start, Cuba'a Dayron Robles, the world record holder in the 110 meter hurdles, had his gold medal taken away after officials determined he illegally bumped into Chinese track hero Liu Xiang late in the race.

The disqualification enabled American Jason Richardson to go from the silver medal to gold. Xiang, who finished third in the original race, was awarded the silver.

Robles knocked arms with Xiang twice in the final 20 meters of the race, pushing the Chinese star off his stride and into the final hurdle. He was disqualified because it was determined he impeded Xiang's path to the finish line.

Though the video condenses the disqualification into a four-minute clip, it took over an hour for China to lodge the protest, the IAAF to review the tape and the ruling to come down. The Cubans immediately protested that ruling.

Monday night's race was the most anticipated of the world championships. It featured the three fastest hurdlers in history: Robles, the current world record holder and 2008 Olympic champion; Xiang, the Chinese star who won the race in Athens but was forced to withdraw from Beijing with an injury; and American David Oliver, the world's fastest hurdler over the past two years.

Oliver finished fifth.

That was disappointing. The DQ was the right decision, of course, but Liu Xiang doesn't get the gold he surely would have had Robles not grabbed his arm on the last 2 hurdles. I think Robles despite an amazing start knew Xiang had hauled him and was about to pass him and made a desperate snap decision to cheat. It nearly worked, but it's hard to hide something like that under the glare of the media and millions of viewer worldwide. Still feel sorry for Xiang though as he had that in the bag.

SCNDLS said:

This is some dumb shit right here.

Usain Bolt had another stunning performance in the world championships. This time, it didn't involve him crossing the finish line in the fastest time ever recorded.

The world's fastest man broke out of the starting block early in Sunday's 100 meter final in South Korea and was disqualified from the race, providing an abrupt end to the dominance he's maintained in track's biggest event since the Beijing Olympics.

An angry Bolt refused to talk about the disqualification with reporters. "Looking for tears?" he said to a group of them following him around the track. "Not going to happen."

In 2008, Bolt broke the world record in the 100 three months before the Beijing Olympics. At that year's Summer Games, the brash Jamaican became the star of the second week, crushing competitors and showboating down the track during dominant performances. At the 2009 world championships in Berlin, Bolt ran what was considered a perfect race. His 9.58 still stands as the world record and likely won't be challenged until the lead-up to London.

At that time, a new false start rule may be on the books. A minor uproar ensued after Bolt's DQ on Sunday and could lead to changes in track's awful false start rule. The "one and done" rule has been on the books since 2010 and has led to a number of high-profile athletes getting kicked out of races before they begin. (Runners used to get two false starts. In 2003, the rule was changed to assign the first false start to the entire field.) The rule is made for television and fans, neither of whom, it is thought, want to see countless false starts and the delays that accompany them. That may be true. But what fans really don't want to see is a 100-meter final without Usain Bolt.

Imagine the marquee event of the London Olympics, a matchup between Asafa Powell, Tyson Gay and Usain Bolt, ruined by a false start. It's a disaster scenario for track & field, a sport that thrives on star power more than any other at the Olympics. The IAAF has to ask itself whether it's worth running the risk of seeing a race without Usain just to prevent a two-minute false start delay. Granted, going back to the old rules wouldn't assure a clean start by any of the three. It would, however, diminish the possibility of another fiasco in London.

American runner Walter Dix, who would eventually finish with the silver medal in Sunday's race, was confused about the process. "I didn't really think they were going to kick him out," Dix said. "How can you kick Usain out of the race?"

Next time, hopefully they won't have to.

Chile I saw this when it aired with my mom and at first, we were confused after the false start as to why Usain was walking around with his shirt off....then when they announced he was disqualified, we were like huh? WTF? Just for ONE false start? Like I can see if it was a 3rd false start because that would be ridiculous....but just because of that? It seemed extremely unfair.

SCNDLS said:

At least another Jamaican won

Yohan Blake is the 100-meter world champion

DAEGU, South Korea (AP) — Crazy about cricket and mad about chicken nuggets, Yohan Blake surprised the world by sprinting out of the shadow of Jamaican teammate Usain Bolt and winning the 100-meter world title Sunday.

Bolt's former training partner, still only 21 years old, earned instant fame at the Daegu Stadium a few minutes after the world-record holder was eliminated because of a false start.

"I've been waiting for this moment my whole life," said Blake, who served a three-month doping suspension in 2009 for taking a banned stimulant. "I've been working just to be a world champion and it's a dream come true."

But even in his moment of glory, Blake found himself answering more questions about Bolt than his big win. Like the other medalists, second-place Walter Dix of the United States and bronze winner Kim Collins of Saint Kitts and Nevis, he was shocked and still trying to comprehend what exactly happened to Bolt.

"I didn't expect that from him. He's not that type of person," Blake said. "But I had to get it done for Jamaica."

Blake admitted that Bolt often false starts during practice, but he said he just couldn't envision him doing it on such a big stage.

"I didn't think it would come out on the world scene because he is a championship performer," Blake said.

The fun-loving Blake, who was humming a song before attending his post-race news conference, said his first love as a kid was cricket, which is hugely popular in the Caribbean. Instead, he took up athletics at 16 and hasn't looked back.

"I still love cricket but track and field has taken over my life," he said.

Blake called himself a "beast" in training and said that his secret weapon has been eating boxes of chicken nuggets the night before a big meet, something he did again in Daegu.

But Blake has had his troubles. He was suspended for doping before the Jamaican National Championships two years ago. Blake, Lansford Spence, Marvin Anderson and Allodin Fothergill were suspended for three months.

Blake said he has put that behind him and is ready to relish his newly anointed role as the 100-meter world champion. But neither he nor the other medalists were ready to see this as a changing of the guard. They all knew it was an uncharacteristic mistake from Bolt, a sprinter who will be back Friday to defend his title in the 200.

"As Kim said," Blake explained, "we are the guys for the moment."

Homeboy needs to see a manicurist because them nails he got are extremely too long. Just sayin'.

SCNDLS said:

World record holder’s controversial DQ at world champs

Call it the curse of the world record holders.

One day after Usain Bolt was disqualified in the 100 meters at the world championships because of a false start, Cuba'a Dayron Robles, the world record holder in the 110 meter hurdles, had his gold medal taken away after officials determined he illegally bumped into Chinese track hero Liu Xiang late in the race.

The disqualification enabled American Jason Richardson to go from the silver medal to gold. Xiang, who finished third in the original race, was awarded the silver.

Robles knocked arms with Xiang twice in the final 20 meters of the race, pushing the Chinese star off his stride and into the final hurdle. He was disqualified because it was determined he impeded Xiang's path to the finish line.

Though the video condenses the disqualification into a four-minute clip, it took over an hour for China to lodge the protest, the IAAF to review the tape and the ruling to come down. The Cubans immediately protested that ruling.

Monday night's race was the most anticipated of the world championships. It featured the three fastest hurdlers in history: Robles, the current world record holder and 2008 Olympic champion; Xiang, the Chinese star who won the race in Athens but was forced to withdraw from Beijing with an injury; and American David Oliver, the world's fastest hurdler over the past two years.

Oliver finished fifth.

Hmm didn't see this one. I'll look for it on Youtube. But why did the guy keep bumping into him?

SCNDLS said:

The world's fastest man broke out of the starting block early in Sunday's 100 meter final in South Korea and was disqualified from the race, providing an abrupt end to the dominance he's maintained in track's biggest event since the Beijing Olympics.

Nevermind the false start...when was the last time they thoroughly checked for steroids?

PurpleJedi said:

SCNDLS said:

The world's fastest man broke out of the starting block early in Sunday's 100 meter final in South Korea and was disqualified from the race, providing an abrupt end to the dominance he's maintained in track's biggest event since the Beijing Olympics.

Nevermind the false start...when was the last time they thoroughly checked for steroids?

You really think he's on steroids?

smoothcriminal12 said:

PurpleJedi said:

Nevermind the false start...when was the last time they thoroughly checked for steroids?

You really think he's on steroids?

I was being mean...but hey...

Not saying he is for sure...but he's a runner and yet he's built more like a wrestler.

PLUS...that looks suspiciously like a distended belly (bodybuilders get them - even though they got tight abs the organs swell due to roids and you get that rounded belly).

Just sayin'...

PurpleJedi said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

You really think he's on steroids?

I was being mean...but hey...

Not saying he is for sure...but he's a runner and yet he's built more like a wrestler.

PLUS...that looks suspiciously like a distended belly (bodybuilders get them - even though they got tight abs the organs swell due to roids and you get that rounded belly).

Just sayin'...

Bolt's pretty lithe though. He's muscular, for sure, but doesn't have a big build overall. I'd be testing our Brit, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey. Dude actually got too big for his event.

missfee said:

SCNDLS said:

World record holder’s controversial DQ at world champs

Call it the curse of the world record holders.

One day after Usain Bolt was disqualified in the 100 meters at the world championships because of a false start, Cuba'a Dayron Robles, the world record holder in the 110 meter hurdles, had his gold medal taken away after officials determined he illegally bumped into Chinese track hero Liu Xiang late in the race.

The disqualification enabled American Jason Richardson to go from the silver medal to gold. Xiang, who finished third in the original race, was awarded the silver.

Robles knocked arms with Xiang twice in the final 20 meters of the race, pushing the Chinese star off his stride and into the final hurdle. He was disqualified because it was determined he impeded Xiang's path to the finish line.

Though the video condenses the disqualification into a four-minute clip, it took over an hour for China to lodge the protest, the IAAF to review the tape and the ruling to come down. The Cubans immediately protested that ruling.

Monday night's race was the most anticipated of the world championships. It featured the three fastest hurdlers in history: Robles, the current world record holder and 2008 Olympic champion; Xiang, the Chinese star who won the race in Athens but was forced to withdraw from Beijing with an injury; and American David Oliver, the world's fastest hurdler over the past two years.

Oliver finished fifth.

Hmm didn't see this one. I'll look for it on Youtube. But why did the guy keep bumping into him?

He's way across his lane there, enough for a DQ even without him grabbing the Chinese athlete's hand. The thing is, Robles had an awesome start, but I think he was well aware Xiang was coming past him to win. I'm not totally certain it was deliberate, but it looked pretty suspect.

Fauxie said:

PurpleJedi said:

I was being mean...but hey...

Not saying he is for sure...but he's a runner and yet he's built more like a wrestler.

PLUS...that looks suspiciously like a distended belly (bodybuilders get them - even though they got tight abs the organs swell due to roids and you get that rounded belly).

Just sayin'...

Bolt's pretty lithe though. He's muscular, for sure, but doesn't have a big build overall. I'd be testing our Brit, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey. Dude actually got too big for his event.

Yeah...uhm...that dude's not a runner. He should compete in like the Discus Throw or the triathalon or something.

...and Usain Bolt is 6'-4" tall...so just imagine how much mass he's packing to look as jacked as he does!