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What is up with Olympic athletes slacking off during the last second or two when they have an event or heat won or think they do. I have seen several slack up and have to depend on time to get them through.
Why couldn't Bolt do that last 10 yards with some fricking effort? If you train every day and you are used to putting out extraordinary effort, I just don't understand the relaxing at the last second. What the hell is one more second? And now Bolt says he wished he had run faster. Well whey the hell didn't he? He coasted at the end.
My point is that if you can give it 9 or 19 seconds surely another second shouldn't tax these guys. I don't see any excuse for slacking off in the olympics, but I keep seeing it.
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Just in qualifying rounds. They almost all do. Its saving what they can. Been done for years by many winners. Guess what? Guys that don't win don't do it.
ET
"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936
.., and/or being accused of deliberately "diving" for the tape?
Bolt did not ease off in the finals. Why should he waste energy in the heats? You are looking for some excuse to find fault with.
Bill
It looked like Bolt slacked off in the 200 final to me and he himself stated that he wished he had run harder.
I'm not looking to find fault. Hell no one else can stay with him.
Ledecky could have slacked up in the 400 but she went all out and set a new WR. That's the way to do it.
Yes, you are right. It looked like Bolt slackened at the end of the finals. I thought even when he set the world record in the 100 M two Olympics ago, he relaxed at the end. He could have shaved couple of fractions of a second.
To avoid the irritating slackening in the Heats, the Olympics committee should change the rule of the first and second finishers automatically going into the finals. The best times in the Heats should be in the finals. Then we will get to see some fast races.
Cheers
Bill
If the best times were used, it would be more fair. Some heats are more competitive than others, though they are all competitions against world class athelites. Would you rather be in the heat with Bolt or in another heat where you needed to be one or two?
I saw one race where a woman in the heat thought she was 2 not noticing someone on the inside closing. She came in third due to pulling up and had to wait to see if she qualified on time.
You would think that after training for something so hard and with a once in a four year interval, a sensible person wouldn't leave anything to chance as it relates to 1-2 last seconds of effort, but that's me.
Usain eased off when it became clear to him that he wouldn't finish in under 19 seconds which is what he hoped for.
If you want to see a far more serious case of slacking watch the men's triathlon final.
Ali Brownlee stopped, turned around, walked a little backwards and then casually strolled across the finish line to finish 6 seconds ahead of his little brother Jon.
...in the preliminary qualifying events when they are in the first 3 places.
First, if it's a heat, then why wouldn't you slack off? Do you want opponents to know what's in the tank? This is psych warfare. Second, the energy expense is not slight. You have more running to do. Third, it's human nature to back off when the goal is secured. You can't hardly stop it from happening. Why so critical from the easy chair? You calling them lazy?
I get the heat thing.
It was Bolt in the 200 final. He slacked up at the finish. Later in an interview, he said he wished he had run harder.
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