Results for tag: Usain Bolt
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Aug 9, 2012 at 01:17:02 PM
[b]Jack Houghton previews the day's Athletics schedule. Could there be a world record in store on the track?[/b]
[b]Men's 200m:[/b]
It's hard to see why Usain Bolt (1.2) won't confirm 100m-form with Yohan Blake (6.2), but the price is unattractive. I think Christophe Lemaitre (120.0) - whose win at the Crystal Palace Grand Prix in July was the best piece of form shown by any non-Jamaican this season - has a chance at the bronze, but again, the odds are doing nothing to excite me.
[b]Men's 800m:[/b]
David Rudisha (1.09) is phenomenal: he broke a long-standing world record in 2010 at the age of 21, and won the World Championships in Daegu last year despite having struggled with injuries earlier in the season. This season he has been on fire, remaining unbeaten and setting the four...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Aug 25, 2011 at 07:59:31 AM
Can Jamaica dominate the men's sprint division and withstand the might of the Americans in the 100m? In any other era the US ace sprinter Tyson Gay would have been a world-beater, but he's been unfortunate to come up against both Usain Bolt, the fastest man on the planet, and Asafa Powell, fastest in the world this year. The US, however ,have a second string to their bow in the very talented Mike Rodgers. But the question remains: can Gay and Rodgers dethrone Bolt and Powell?
In the women's sprints the US undoutedly has the edge over Jamaica as speedsters Carmelita Jeter and Marshevet Myers have both had excellent seasons. Jeter may be approaching veteran status but she retains her form and Snickers-loving Myers, like Rodgers, is a name for the future and certainly another one to watch...