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Goodnight Beijing 10:37am on 24 Aug 2008 Adrain Chiles rocks.
Goodnight Beijing 10:08am on 24 Aug 2008 400m is a sprint. Final sprint score, Jamaica 5 -USA 3
The secrets of Jamaica's sprint success 09:57am on 24 Aug 2008 So sprint score is 4 - 0 now? So mens 100m relay doesn't count now either? This is silly. I've shown how a 200m can't be a flat out run like the 100m which would mean that it would not be considered a sprint by your definition and told you that the athletics bodies consider the 400m a sprint. News papers will output stories and headlines to suit their purposes (namely selling newspapers), so sensational headlines like Jamaica 5 - USA 0 are the order of the day.
The secrets of Jamaica's sprint success 09:49am on 24 Aug 2008 What happened to innocent until proven guilty? Maybe there's an argument for better testing (random blood tests) but until then, innocent.
The secrets of Jamaica's sprint success 03:21am on 24 Aug 2008 Not sure if you're saying 400m is a sprint or not, but since you quoted wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/400_metres states "400 m is a common track running event. It is the longest common sprint distance."
The secrets of Jamaica's sprint success 02:46am on 24 Aug 2008 An individual maybe predisposed to success in sprinting (or any other sport) by virtue of the luck of getting a good set of genes from their parents. Whether their parents were more likely to give them that set of genes because they belong to a relatively isolated gene pool that has a high probability of imparting those genes to their offspring requires scientific study. No such study has happened for any group for any sport as far as I know and as such citing genetics as a cause of success is without foundation and mere speculation.
The secrets of Jamaica's sprint success 02:37am on 24 Aug 2008 emperormacc, i mentioned that the 200m cannot be run at the same maximum speed over the whole distance that you achieve over the 100m otherwise you would get faster times. so again, by your definition the 200m is not a sprint because no man can run the 200m at the highest speed at any point in time they are capable of? But 200m is a sprint because the athletics organisations designate it so, as they do with the 400m. In addition the amount of distance each person is capable of running at maxium speed for is different. What measurement would you recommend for determining the distance for sprints on that basis? Maybe some sort of average distance for the whole of the human population over which each person maintains their maximum speed for as long as possible. It gets ridiculous. The athletics bodies determine what is a sprint and they all say that the 400m is. Final score Jamaica 5 - USA 3. That's still incredible.
The secrets of Jamaica's sprint success 02:28am on 24 Aug 2008 digirrrrrr, i think jamaica have outclassed the world in the sprints (whether you consider the 400m a sprint or not). They are a population of 2.8m compared to a population of a quarter of a billion for the usa. Even at 5 golds to 3 that's ridiculously impressive. Especially when you consider that they broke the mens 100m, mens 200m and mens 4*100m relay world records. I just want fair representation in the discussion. As for what their secret is... a combination of luck (as in the random chance that you get a set of genes that predisposes you to running from your parents. a proper scientific study on the jamaican gene pool would need to be done to see if it was predisposed to sprinting in general. i notice that none of the other carribean islands were heavily featured), historical inspiration, good athletics infrastructure and a great team spirit.
The secrets of Jamaica's sprint success 02:18am on 24 Aug 2008 Also, you may get the same average time over 100m as 200m but remember the 100m includes the start which is the slowest part of the race. If Usain was able to accelerate to the maximum speed he achieved from his 100m and maintain it throughout the whole 200m you would see a faster time than 19.3 because you don't get the time penalty for the acceleration to maximum speed in the second half of the race. Emporermacc, would that mean that the 200m is no longer to be considered a sprint also?
The secrets of Jamaica's sprint success 01:45am on 24 Aug 2008 So your definition of a sprint distance is the distance at which your speed starts to decrease? Some people will run the 100m and their speed will decrease because they can't maintain the energy output over the distance... does that mean that 100m is not a sprint also? Of course not. It's a sprint because its defined that way by the athletics organisations, which simply means 400m is a slower sprint than 100m because you cannot maintain the same level of energy expenditure per metre. Maybe you'd like it reclassified as middle distance?

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