Perhaps you wouldn't spot a fuck worth giving? I already pointed out the massive crossover in Track & Field.
100m, 200m, 400m, 800m all take place in a time window from 10-100 seconds. Go dominate that shit, Usain!
Long Jump, Triple Jump, 110m Hurdles, 400m Hurdles. Go dominate that shit, Usain!
Crossover abounds in T&F, too, not just as it pertains to Bolt.
- Why don't 10K runners and Marathoners also compete in the 20K Racewalk & 50K Racewalk?
- Same goes for the Mile/1500m runners and the 5K runners with the 3K Steeple Chase.
- Long Jump and Triple Jump are the exact same skills in different repetition.
- It's my understanding that speed is the prime factor determining success in the Pole Vault. Vertical leaping ability and upper body strength play a much larger role in maintaining the vault, but hey, it's just a different "skill". Why can't Usain go dominate that shit?
- The Hammer isn't so incredibly different in weight that it is totally clear to my why the larger hammer athletes couldn't adapt and succeed as spinning stylists in the Shot Put, or the smaller and faster in the Discus Throw.
What if they add the 60m? Do you even think he could win that, the 100m, and 200m in the same year? More than once? What if it was more relevant to all the ball sports around the world and it was the 40yd dash? No crying about the 36-second mark with this one.
Pretty sure if you tallied it up there would be just as many "cross-sport" medalists. Oh, and Phelps is from one of the most pristine programs in the world. Meanwhile, Usain Bolt's relay gold in Beijing already appears doomed thanks to doper Nesta Carter's failed Plan B. This is one of four teammates Usain ran with in the Finals in Beijing and London:
- Nesta Carter (doper)
- Asafa Powell (doper)
- Michael Frater
- Yohan Blake (doper)
Meanwhile, his
country's entire Track & Field program got busted for holding a single out-of-competition test of its athletes leading in the London Olympics. Naturally, as soon as WADA investigated, the cards started to fall. That's when we realized their 2008 run was bullshit.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/24900565
While Track & Field's World Championship competitions are believed to be the dirtiest in all of sport outside possibly Weightlifting, populated by probably around 60% of the athletes doping, it's clear that there's a unique apathy in Jamaica, and an acceptance of doping as the culture of their national program. They've protected Bolt, but that dark cloud hangs over his head. This is just the state of normal in Kingston, now.