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US breaks the world record and takes gold in the 4 x 100 ladies to beat Jamaica into second - damn they destroyed the world record.
from 41.30 to 40.82
Congrats USA
phantom power
(25,966 posts)Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)malaise
(269,049 posts)Anything under 41.00 is destruction.
Allyson Felix ran the leg of her life
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)These are full-on sprints which have been the same distance for a very long time. At some point, if there is a theoretical limit on how fast a human can run 100 meters, and by testing the upper sample of humans who are best at it every four years, you approach that limit asymptotically, absent an entirely new and as-yet unthought of way by which humans can propel themselves under their own power.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,321 posts)that it had been drug-assisted. So to break it at all is very impressive.
malaise
(269,049 posts)THey maintain that Merlene Ottey was deprived of her gold by the East German women
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Those girls were SO smooth.
Way to go!
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)seabeyond
(110,159 posts)is it about wrapped up?
basketball and soccer tomorrow?
RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)If you don't like spoilers, don't go to NBCOlympics.com. But they do have the complete schedule there.
The Women's Gold Medal Basketball game is tomorrow morning on NBC
The Men's Gold Medal game is Sunday on NBC (hopefully the US wins today vs. Argentina)
malaise
(269,049 posts)4 X 400 men just finished - Bahamas win gold followed by the USA
bongbong
(5,436 posts)Than just sprints - handoff technique & timing is a huge factor
ananda
(28,866 posts)Now it's USA 94 China 81.
sibelian
(7,804 posts)malaise
(269,049 posts)favorites for this one. We knew we were getting silver after the heats.
confooozed ?
I'm Jamaican