armchairclimber said:
blackcat said:
armchair climber.
stride length has some relationship with the disadvantage on starting.
advantage on speed endurance, disadvantage on exploding from blocks, and accelerating to terminal velocity.
you just wish to pick and choose your characteristics. it does not work that way, one must be universal in collating all evidence, so you have some piece of positive evidence, but this positive evidence also works as a piece of negative evidence. Just ask someone here to demonstrate the applied physics formula of work and power required by Bolt out of the starting gates, compared to an athlete with shorter levers.
Actually, even in events where quick, explosive movement are necessary, we still look for long levers....in combination with good FT musculature. This is especially true in field events. At youth level we look to "recruit" from other sports (basketball, dance, football, rugby, gymnastics) .... height and strength combined with good co-ordination and balance).
Bolt isn't the best starter in the world...where he takes time out of his rivals, as you well know, is in the 2nd 50m.
I have no interest in convincing any of you who hold the view that Bolt is doping that he isn't. As I said, he may be...I personally just don't think he needs to. I'm a bit fatigued by some of the childish tone, but I will still pop by and contribute to discussion though.
Look, childish tone is debattable, but those who know Bolt is doping just have the arguments. That is what matters.
So let me debunk another one of the naive believers.
The above bolted is absolute nonsense. I wonder how an "expert" like you can make such a mistake? OTOH it´s perfectly possible you did it intentionally to mislead the readers again.
So here is the truth:
10 meter splits of 100 meter times
Ben Johnson (pumped up known fast starter)
Rome
Reaction time; 0.13 seconds
0-10 meters; 1.71
11-20;1.02 (= 2.86 seconds after 20 meters)
21-30; 0.94
31-40; 0.87 (= 4.67 after 40)
41-50; 0.86
51-60; 0.85 (= 6.38 after 60)
61-70; 0.85
71-80; 0.87
81-90; 0.86
91-100; 0.87 (= 3.45 for the last 40 meters)
Totals; 9.83
Carl Lewis
Tokyo
Reaction time; 0.14
0-10; 1.74
11-20; 1.08 (= 2.96 seconds after 20 meters)
21-30; 0.92
31-40; 0.89 (= 4.77 after 40)
41-50; 0.84
51-60; 0.85 (= 6.46 after 60)
61-70; 0.84
71-80; 0.83
81-90; 0.87
91-100; 0.86 (= 3.40 for the last 40 meters)
Totals; 9.86
Bolt
Beijing
Reaction time; 0.17 sec
0-10 meters; 1.68
11-20; 1.02 (= 2.87 seconds after 20 meters)
21-30; 0.91
31-40; 0.87 (= 4.65 after 40)
41-50; 0.85
51-60; 0.82 (= 6.32 after 60)
61-70; 0.82
71-80; 0.82
81-90; 0.83
91-100; 0.90 (= 3.37 for the last 40 meters)
Totals; 9.69
Berlin
Reaction time; 0.15
0-10 meters; 1.74
11-20; 0.99 (= 2.88 seconds after 20 meters)
21-30; 0.90
31-40; 0.86 (= 4.64 after 40)
41-50; 0.83
51-60; 0.82 (= 6.29 after 60)
61-70; 0.81
71-80; 0.82
81-90; 0.83
91-100; 0.83 (= 3.29 for the last 40 meters)
Totals; 9.58
What we see is, that the "slow starter" Bolt is as fast out of the blocks as steriod monster Ben was (2.87/2.88 vs 2.86 after 20 meters). So blackcat is absolutely right that the drugs helped Bolt for getting a fast start which would be otherwise impossible to do given his body length. To underline that, you can see that Lewis was a true slow starter (because of the compareable built as Bolt, even though not as much bulked up as him), going 1/10 slower than both Ben & Bolt (2.96 after 20 meters).
After 40 meters Lewis is behind, still "suffering" from the slow start, while Ben & Bolt are almost even. Bolt gained a few hundreths against Ben between 20 and 40 meters. Remarkable job for a "slow" starter since top speed is not yet reached, thus it´s still acceleration.
After 60 meters time, widely accepted to favour explosive starters like Ben, Bolt gains more time, while all three reached max speed.
For the last 40 meters Epo (and/or other blood manipulation) comes into play for Bolt (see Kelli White´s confession, and how it helps sprinters).
Lewis, the one known best finisher ever, could not hold the high speed from 80+ meters on, while Ben almost did it (becoming the better version of Lewis
). Bolt? Almost didn´t lose a step (ignoring his open-shoe-trotting in Beijing for the last 10 meters).
Short summary: Bolt gained 0.1 seconds in the first 20 meters, and 0.1 seconds in the last 40 meters thanks to his "speed-endurance", totally debunking the myth of him allegedly being a slow starter. A doper otoh? Yes ofc, without a tiny doubt.
Links:
http://myweb.lmu.edu/jmureika/track/splits/splits.html
http://speedendurance.com/2009/08/19/usain-bolt-10-meter-splits-fastest-top-speed-2008-vs-2009/
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