@flipswhitfudgein r/Sprinting • Recommends
On “Will Issam Asinga break the 100m WR?”
Watch this and realize that Bolt also had one of the best *first* halfs of a 100m race in history. Let alone his insane closing speed. Very few sprinters cover the last 40m in sub 3.4 (fewer than 15 in the history of sprinting). We usually call them fast finishers. Bolt is a *3.2* guy. The closest to him in finishing speed was Tyson Gay in 3.32 and his first half is significantly slower (6.39 vs 6.31). Usually a sprinter specializes in the first half or the back half of the race. Bolt somehow managed to be legendary in both.
Sprinters like Coleman and Su can match him in the start but can't close in under 3.40 let alone sub 3.30 (so their limit is the 9.7s). And guys like Gay and Blake c…