Bolt v Gatlin

[Fenster]

That is what makes you a legend.

After nearly tripping up in the semi-final the Funker showed the best turn of foot since Sea The Stars in the 2009 Arc (horse racing) then made Gatlin bottle it in the final. Respect.

[X]

Ali v Foreman all over again.

[p4pking]

He won by .01 of a second! I'd hardly call that bottling it from Gatlin Glad to see Bolt won though, guy seems class. Was he a big underdog to pull this off @Fenster?

[Fenster]

Gatlin lost his form in the final 10 yards because he could see Bolt was alongside him, started rocking and rolling all over the shop then dipped to soon.

The great Michael Johnson will back me up.

Gatlin was the favourite going into the final. After seeing the heats he looked a cert.

[chinchekked]

So glad Bolt won this, however I agree that Gatlin shouldn't be the only one vilified when 3 other runners in the final had positive test previously.

[X]

But Gatlin has managed to fail drugs tests TWICE as many times as those others?

[Master]

There is going to be a rematch in the 200 meters.

[X]

its ironic.

bolt was the beloved massive underdog in the 100 metres, past his best, out of form, coming back from injury, facing a dominant monster (who ALLEGEDLY may still be benefitting from doping) and who is deeply unpopular.

I think Bolt won't by out psyching Gatlin. He lost his form and technique and tried to blast his was to the finish line but badly tied up at the end

Sound familiar?

Bolts best event is the 200 metres. but Gatlin is still the form runner, and he won't make the same mistake again IMO. I hope Bolt wins, but I can see another upset here

I wonder what would have happened if Ali had a rematch with Foreman?

[Master]

The prick will not talk to us.

“Justin, as well as I, feel that the British media and journalists have been extremely unkind to him. There’s been nothing positive said about him now for some time. Every characterisation is solely about doping and vilifying him,” his agent Renaldo Nehemiah told the Guardian.

He feels unfairly singled out given there were three other competitors in the final who had also served doping bans (the Americans Tyson Gay and Mike Rodgers, along with Bolt’s Jamaican team-mate Asafa Powell).