Talk:Usain Bolt

300m

Usain Bolt 300m record - 30.97
date:27/05/2010
source:
http://www.zlatatretra.cz/results.asp?season=2010&typ=r&eventid=0030041
http://www.zlatatretra.cz/download/results2010.pdf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKnt7xQnfns
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Threelight (talk • contribs) 01:42, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

WR vs. WB ?

I suspect WR stands for World Record, but what does WB mean? (World Best? Is it different than World Record?) It should maybe be more clearly defined somewhere on the page or in the chart (for people like me who don't know the difference).

* 100 m:	9.58 s (WR)
* 150 m:	14.35 s (WB)
* ...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.32.153.30 (talk) 03:20, 22 August 2009 (UTC) 

"World records" are all-time bests in events recognized by the IAAF. All-time bests in all other events (such as 150 m) are "world bests". GregorB (talk) 19:54, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Cristiano Ronaldo

The article states that Bolt gave sprinting lessons to "Portugal captain" Cristiano Ronaldo at Manchester United's Carrington training ground. Cristiano Ronaldo is not the Captain of the Portugese Football team —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.201.14.19 (talk) 17:07, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Zawdie (talk) 12:34, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Cristiano is the captain of portugal. Change it back, its correct and I think vaguely significant. 66.229.93.164 (talk) 23:28, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

New World Record

I'm apparently not 'established' enough, could someone edit the record to 9.58 at the Berlin World Championships. -Blue Sam3 (talk) 19:52, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

ON SECTION Personal bests

the 100m record isnt marked as OR, when its one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.184.71.206 (talk) 20:03, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

On the Achievements section it said "Bolt's personal best of 9.69 seconds" whereas it should say "Bolt's personal best of 9.58" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.194.231.154 (talk) 20:11, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

education

educational background —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.20.98.98 (talk) 20:33, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Spelling consistency

Metres is spelled both "metres" and "meters" (one occasion only when referencing his 9.69s Olympic time) both in the first paragraph. 92.1.89.173 (talk) 22:08, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes, that should be corrected. But you should also read the guidelines. The guidelines say that it is NOT "9.69s", but "9.69 s". Just like it should be "100 m", not "100m"... 68.200.98.166 (talk) 23:28, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

37.59 km/h or 10.44 m/s

His 100 m average speed was 37.59 km/h or 10.44 m/s when he broke the world record in 9.58 seconds. However, during the 2010 USA vs. World Penn Relays, Usian Botl ran his 4 X 100 meter leg in 8.79 seconds. Shouldn't this be included? --Schwarzschachtel (talk) 08:01, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Isn't that with a running start though? Caseykcole (talk) 18:08, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Yes, Caseykcole - He was already in motion when they switched so that can't possibly count. Aediasse (talk) 12:23, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Statistics > Pers Best

HI, "Statistics -> Personal bests -> 100M -> Notes" is incorrect. Gay, the second yesterday did also beat Bolts previous record, so he currently holds the second best time.

Janmarques (talk) 10:25, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Uuhhh, no he didn't. Bolt's previous record was 9.69. Gay "only" managed 9.71. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 12:20, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

NJR/WJR

These acronyms are used but not explained. I'm guessing they mean "National Junior Record" and "World Junior Record", but it's not very clear to someone who doesn't follow these things closely. Perhaps someone could clarify this in the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.196.53 (talk) 00:36, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

to add later

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/8206590.stm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.60.2.34 (talk) 05:42, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Achievements

Isn't Bolt the only man to have broken the 100m WR 3 times, not just equal it, like Carl Lewis. If so, this should be added to the achievement list. Ref http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_100_metres_world_record_progression —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.175.184.145 (talk) 13:57, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

9.30 @ 200m

In the section on Personal Bests article says "Also holds the second fastest time with 9.30, which is the Olympic Record." next to the 200m distance, which probably should be 19.30 as elsewhere in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.232.234.3 (talk) 19:57, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Height

It seems all most universally accepted that he is 6ft 5 inches or 1.96cm however on his IAAF profile he is listed as 1.93cm which is 6ft 4. One would assume the height that he enters races under and so on feeds into the listing that he is shown with on the IAAF site. Should he actually be listed as 6ft 4?--194.125.106.136 (talk) 22:23, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

{{editsemiprotected}}

This article says that Usain Bolt has not been beaten since July 22, 2008, which is misleading. Usain Bolt came 2nd in the Quarter Finals at the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Berlin; this sentence should be removed altogether.

When it says beaten it means in finals, the earlier rounds are just to get to the final and don't matter tbh. He hasn't been beaten at the end of a competition since then.84.67.191.39 (talk) 10:15, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. Celestra (talk) 15:03, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Records

The article states that 9.58 is the fastest legal time ever recorded over 100m. It's important to highlight that 9.58 over 100m is the fastest time legal or illegal.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.78.40.162 (talk) 06:31, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

In the records section, the following sentence is no longer correct: "The Jamaican relay team including Bolt, set the 4x100 metres world and Olympic records at the 2008 Olympics with a time of 37.10 seconds. This is the only run in the IAAF top ten performances which was not set by an American team.[152]" The Jamiacan team's run in Berlin, 2009, is also a top ten performance. ~Kilu~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.146.29.42 (talk) 10:15, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Both world and olympic titles in 2009

The article states that "At the 2008 Olympics he....became the first athlete to hold both the world and olympic 100 and 200m titles." He was not the world champion in both those events going into the olympics; rather, he just recently (August 2009) became the first athlete to hold both the world and olympic titles in the 100 and 200m events. 114.206.75.109 (talk) 14:32, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

I noticed the same without seeing your post here and fixed it in [1]. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:53, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Sporting Heroes

The article asserts that Usain Bolt would have been a fast bowler had he not been a sprinter, but on TMS yesterday the claim was made that he held Courtney Walsh as a hero. Is there any other evidence for this? Of course Courtney was a former West Indies fast bowler for those who do not follow Cricket. Soarhead77 (talk) 10:37, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

References in popular culture

Should there be a section for Usain Bolt references in popular culture? At least Finnish band, Don Johnson Big Band, made a song dedicated to him titled "Running Man."

Usain Bolt's 9.69 is the third fastest 100m of all time, not second

Tyson Gay's 9.69 run in Shanghai last year was also 9.69, and was thousandths of a second below Bolt's previous WR of 9.69. This gives Bolt the 1st and 3rd best 100m runs of all time, not 1st and 2nd like indicated in the page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.133.138.21 (talk) 19:19, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Thousandths of a second is unofficial. The two 9.69 runs share 2nd place. See [2]. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:53, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Shouldn't the time be marked as "officially" 2nd, then? Claiming he has the second fastest time exclusively (as implied) when he really doesn't is pretty silly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.133.138.21 (talk) 04:45, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

86kg or 95kg?

The link in the infobox to Bolt's weight specifies 95kgs for his weight, but the IAAF gives a weight of 86kgs. It's not unusual for different sources to give different measurements for athletes, but nearly 10kgs is a HUGE difference. It's not possible he's put on this much muscle since being weighed/given his weight to the IAAF, is it? Which is the correct weight? --Criticalthinker (talk) 05:59, 27 January 2010 (UTC) I can precisly calculate his weight. 15 years fin boys weighting ~50 kg of height 170-175 cm, they have no muscles, no "sheets" and they called out of normal weight succers, where index is 50/1.75^2=16.33 or 50/1.7^2=17.30, while "normal" index is 18.5-25, amybe such calculations are good for 150-165 gnoms, but not for high mans, if height grews linarly mass grews cubicly indeed. So such light but yet normal schoolboys of height 173 cm say weighting 50 kg (I know it), so Bolt weight should be 50*(195/173)^3=71.6 kg. How much wrong mass he have? Well either 95/71.6=1.3268 it's 32.68% or 86/71.6=1.20 it's 20% of no needed weight. Bolt height is 195/173=1.127, 12.7% bigger than 173 cm man height, but unneeded mass oe 33%, oe 20% bigger. This means, that 173 cm man of mass 50 kg is faster than he is in untranied condition. Except one thing can give Bolt advantage over 173 cm, 50 kg man, which is, that air resistance to him is smaller (in proportional height grewing meaning), because force and mass grews cubicly when height grews linarly, but body surface grews square. Also his head by proportions is little bit lighter than 173 cm man maximized proportionaly head and can be little bit shorter, so his shoulders can be little bit higher by proportios and then we can calculate his height as he is say up to 200 cm, but even at 200 cm his speed would be only 200/173=1.156, 15.6 % bigger, but then he would have less uneeded mass it's means, because body mass more counts in total mass than head mass at same length (of body/legs or head), then his mass like normal intuitivly can be puted not like 71.6 kg compare with 173 cm 50 kg man, but as some 75 kg, but still even 86/75=1.14667, 14.7% faster, but not as good as 15.6%. And that I this little mass addition calculate correct you intuitivly can find out from this 50*(200/173)^3=77.254 kg, so his mass index of running schoolboy can't be more than 77 kg even because of his sort(er) and light head. But air resistance, I think it's can be as his final bonus to run as fast as 1.73 cm 50kg man and also with helping it he could make one of his world record (I mean wind;). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.59.24.214 (talk) 13:04, 11 March 2010 (UTC) In most places his weight is 86 kg, 88 kg, 89 kg and in one http://jamaicaathletics.org/Progression/men/usain_bolt.html even 75 kg. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.59.24.214 (talk) 14:07, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Is anyone else impressed that the above contributor has managed to deduce the mass of Usain Bolt from elementary knowledge. This should be peer-reviewed and submitted for the Nobel for Medicine (or, failing that, the Ig Nobel). --Nucleusboy (talk) 19:55, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Johnson says he should try 400m

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/8557311.stm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.119.232.42 (talk) 16:59, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Football/soccer

Using the word soccer instead of football would be clearer and more accurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tuomon (talk • contribs) 11:53, 17 April 2010 (UTC)