Usain Bolt made the sign of the cross, pointed to the heavens, and kissed his skinny fingertips. Two lanes over stood Justin Gatlin, his thick shoulders filling out his bright-red team USA tank top, diamond studs in his ears. He was as somber and focused as Bolt was loose. The runners set their feet in their respective blocks and placed their fingers on the track, waiting for the gun.
Like Bolt, Gatlin had tasted Olympic glory before, having won gold at the 2004 games. But that was a lifetime ago—before a ruinous 2006 doping ban, before authorities annulled his world record and exiled him from the sport for four years, and before the 2008 Summer Olympics when Bolt burst onto the scene, running the 100-meter dash in an unthinkable 9.69 seconds, leaving the entire field behind him and erasing any thought of Gatlin.
It had been a long road back. Gatlin settled for … Click to continue reading
If he gets the start right unlike in Beijing were he bottled it a bit. Yes! Bolts fastest times in the 100ms are probably long gone. Doubt the winning time will be much lower than 9.75 which is definitely in reach of Gatlin. And who knows maybe The “Beast” Yohan makes a suprise
I know they want a hype but the answer is NO!!! and please dont mention GATLIN with science that sound like drugs to me lol
The beginning of this article sounds ‘wierd’