Do you think Cristiano Ronaldo (with training ofc.) could beat Usain Bolt in 100M?

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imo Cristiano Ronaldo is built more like a mid. distance runner.

Dudes technique is shit, grass, wearing shin guards etc etc but he is still SO FAST!

What do u think?
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No, no he couldn't.

Number of black sprinters under 10 seconds over 100m: 135
Number of non-black sprinters under 10 seconds over 100m: 2

It just ain't possible. Genetics favour Bolt massively.
 
iwillbebackin3weeks said:
imo Cristiano Ronaldo is built more like a mid. distance runner.

Dudes technique is shit, grass, wearing shin guards etc etc but he is still SO FAST!

What do u think?
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No, and there are and already been faster soccer players than Cristiano Ronaldo
 
Madmick said:
Absolutely not.

The elite soccer players are slow-footed compared even to NFL and NBA stars.
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i think ronaldos 100m was 10-10.5s (80. min).

Maybe he could reach olympic sprints levelm, but imo he is built more like a middle distance runner.

Jimmy McGill said:
No, and there are and already been faster soccer players than Cristiano Ronaldo
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Cristiano already beat his old record ... and he did this as a 33 y/o guy ... when many thought he was done.

maybe not usain bolt fast, but still impressiv.

Theres no limit for this guy.
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iwillbebackin3weeks said:
i think ronaldos 100m was 10-10.5s (80. min).

Maybe he could reach olympic sprints levelm, but imo he is built more like a middle distance runner.



Cristiano already beat his old record ... and he did this as a 33 y/o guy ... when many thought he was done.

maybe not usain bolt fast, but still impressiv.

Theres no limit for this guy.
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wasnt even the fastest player at Madrid, Bale has recorded a faster top speed
 
Jimmy McGill said:
So you're not looking for a sensible answer, but a blinkered pro murican one?
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Speed isn't subjective, or difficult to measure. Objectively, soccer players are inferior athletes.
iwillbebackin3weeks said:
i think ronaldos 100m was 10-10.5s (80. min).

Maybe he could reach olympic sprints levelm, but imo he is built more like a middle distance runner.



Cristiano already beat his old record ... and he did this as a 33 y/o guy ... when many thought he was done.

maybe not usain bolt fast, but still impressiv.

Theres no limit for this guy.
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Maybe on the fly. I've never seen anything that would lead me to believe he could run a 10.5 legit.

His top speed is 23.9 mph. That is slow for an NFL receiver. These guys run from 25mph-27mph.
 
benebox said:
Where are you getting those statistics from because they seem way off.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/sports/football/nfl-speed-leonard-fournette.html
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I'm literally calculating them from 100m dash times ran by NFL players (ex. Jeff Demps). They have performed these sometimes on specialized treadmills. This dude is 5'10" when the fastest guys tend to be over 6ft tall (just like with sprinters). This was a vid his strength coach released to try to hype him, but he still couldn't cut it. Never played a game:



You're pulling speeds of guys in the middle of games (that one carrying a ball) wearing ~20 pounds of pads and 5 pounds of helmet. Very, very few NFL plays go beyond 20 yards. It's extremely rare that you see the players with the fastest top speeds, usually the WRs, given a full ~40m fly to reach their top speed without breaking, cutting, looking over their shoulder, etc.

That top speed for Ronaldo was calculated on an 80-yard sprint without the ball. Furthermore, it looks like whoever made that jpeg meme for Ronaldo got a bit excited by unofficial live tracking because his top measured speed in that stretch against the Spanish team at the World Cup was actually 33.98 km/h = 21.1 mph. I thought that was off. I am deeply skeptical that 21.1mph is the fastest time a soccer player has ever clocked in a game. Pretty sure I've seen Gareth Bale recorded in the 22mph-23mph range.
https://talksport.com/football/3881...f-any-player-at-the-fifa-world-cup-in-russia/
 
Madmick said:
I'm literally calculating them from 100m dash times ran by NFL players (ex. Jeff Demps). They have performed these sometimes on specialized treadmills. This dude is 5'10" when the fastest guys tend to be over 6ft tall (just like with sprinters). This was a vid his strength coach released to try to hype him, but he still couldn't cut it. Never played a game:

You're pulling speeds of guys in the middle of games (that one carrying a ball) wearing ~20 pounds of pads and 5 pounds of helmet. Very, very few NFL plays go beyond 20 yards. It's extremely rare that you see the players with the fastest top speeds, usually the WRs, given a full ~40m fly to reach their top speed without breaking, cutting, looking over their shoulder, etc.

That top speed for Ronaldo was calculated on an 80-yard sprint without the ball. Furthermore, it looks like whoever made that jpeg meme for Ronaldo got a bit excited by unofficial live tracking because his top measured speed in that stretch against the Spanish team at the World Cup was actually 33.98 km/h = 21.1 mph. I thought that was off. I am deeply skeptical that 21.1mph is the fastest time a soccer player has ever clocked in a game. Pretty sure I've seen Gareth Bale recorded in the 22mph-23mph range.
https://talksport.com/football/3881...f-any-player-at-the-fifa-world-cup-in-russia/
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My bad, I presumed you where talking about during their games which in my defence was due to the fact that we where comparing it to Ronaldo's speed during a 90 minute football game. Even so, I don't understand when you say you are "Literally" calculating them from their 100m dash times, how exactly are you reaching these calculations of 25-27 mph top speeds?

The video is misleading as unless Im mistaken this is in fact an extremely fast time for an NFL player and I presume him not being able to cut it has no relevance on his speed but more to do with him not being a good enough player. There are news articles in regards to the NFL treadmill challenge which give extreme animation to the fact that an NFL player was able to reach 24 mph which they claimed to be an extreme feat, a couple also commented that these speeds had to be taken with a grain of salt as treadmills are not considered to be a reliable indicator for an accurate measurement of speed.
 
Id give him a chance at 800m. 400m might be too short.
 
benebox said:
My bad, I presumed you where talking about during their games which in my defence was due to the fact that we where comparing it to Ronaldo's speed during a 90 minute football game. Even so, I don't understand when you say you are "Literally" calculating them from their 100m dash times, how exactly are you reaching these calculations of 25-27 mph top speeds?

The video is misleading as unless Im mistaken this is in fact an extremely fast time for an NFL player and I presume him not being able to cut it has no relevance on his speed but more to do with him not being a good enough player. There are news articles in regards to the NFL treadmill challenge which give extreme animation to the fact that an NFL player was able to reach 24 mph which they claimed to be an extreme feat, a couple also commented that these speeds had to be taken with a grain of salt as treadmills are not considered to be a reliable indicator for an accurate measurement of speed.
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You calculate their average speed from their fastest 10m stretch. You can also compare these to hundreds of times recorded for similar 100m sprint times that are hashmarked by 10m section. I'm guessing you missed my link from earlier:
https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/...e-best-athletes.3080847/page-2#post-142638209
https://forums.sherdog.com/posts/142650899/
Jeff Demps ran a 10.01 in high school. At the same age Usain Bolt ran a 9.93 as a professional track star.

If I wanted to cherry pick that's NFL fast. Bob Hayes is NFL fast. Ronaldo is soccer fast which isn't fast at all in the NFL. There have been 6'10" NBA Combine draft recruits who are faster in the 25m sprint. Robert Gill's speed in that video is not some great outlier in the NFL since the introduction of this special treadmill:
https://www.stack.com/a/inside-the-...thats-helping-players-destroy-the-nfl-combine
It's just a risk. Here's Chad Johnson hitting over 24mph at a 2.5% elevation:


What we have observed is that Ronaldo-- billed as the fastest player at the 2016 World Cup-- only runs 34 km/h on an 80 yard dead sprint in a straight line without the ball, and without any added pads for weight, which is a full 1.5 km/h slower than the 35.5 km/h Fournette (not a particularly fast NFL player by raw measurements) ran with 25+ lbs of added weight on his shoulders and head while carrying a ~1lb ball tucked under his right arm. It takes even the professional sprinters about 30m-35m to hit full speed, and those are incredibly rare plays in the NFL. Furthermore these guys have to cut to avoid defenders, and maintain control in case they have to cut. It's incredibly rare you see the fastest guys on a dead sprint for 30m+ not carrying the ball, and even then they are wearing a helmet and football pads.
 
Madmick said:
You calculate their average speed from their fastest 10m stretch. You can also compare these to hundreds of times recorded for similar 100m sprint times that are hashmarked by 10m section. I'm guessing you missed my link from earlier:
https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/...e-best-athletes.3080847/page-2#post-142638209
https://forums.sherdog.com/posts/142650899/
Jeff Demps ran a 10.01 in high school. At the same age Usain Bolt ran a 9.93 as a professional track star.

If I wanted to cherry pick that's NFL fast. Bob Hayes is NFL fast. Ronaldo is soccer fast which isn't fast at all in the NFL. There have been 6'10" NBA Combine draft recruits who are faster in the 25m sprint. Robert Gill's speed in that video is not some great outlier in the NFL since the introduction of this special treadmill:
https://www.stack.com/a/inside-the-...thats-helping-players-destroy-the-nfl-combine
It's just a risk. Here's Chad Johnson hitting over 24mph at a 2.5% elevation:


What we have observed is that Ronaldo-- billed as the fastest player at the 2016 World Cup-- only runs 34 km/h on an 80 yard dead sprint in a straight line without the ball, and without any added pads for weight, which is a full 1.5 km/h slower than the 35.5 km/h Fournette (not a particularly fast NFL player by raw measurements) ran with 25+ lbs of added weight on his shoulders and head while carrying a ~1lb ball tucked under his right arm. It takes even the professional sprinters about 30m-35m to hit full speed, and those are incredibly rare plays in the NFL. Furthermore these guys have to cut to avoid defenders, and maintain control in case they have to cut. It's incredibly rare you see the fastest guys on a dead sprint for 30m+ not carrying the ball, and even then they are wearing a helmet and football pads.
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Well ... his technique is shit, grass, wearing shin guards, football uniform, cleats etc and he is still so fucken fast!

But he is built more like a mid. distance runner.
 
Warlord Palis said:
Well ... his technique is shit, grass, wearing shin guards, football uniform, cleats etc and he is still so fucken fast!

But he is built more like a bench warmer
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Typo. FTFY.
 
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