Gatlin denied world 100m record

[muriel_volestrangler]

Justin Gatlin has been sensationally denied the world 100 metres record he had claimed last Friday in Qatar.

Governing body the International Association of Athletics Federations has revealed that Gatlin ran 9.766 seconds, not 9.7 secs as first thought.

According to IAAF rules, that time should have been manually rounded up to 9.77 secs - matching but not beating Asafa Powell's existing world record.
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The IAAF said it acted after being informed of the error by Tissot Timing.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/4989558.stm

[malaise]

1. And all of Jamaica breathes

a collective sigh of relief :D:

[Jack from Charlotte]

7. Just the man trying to keep a Carolina boy down. (nt)

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[On the Road]

2. Are the Times Officially Rounded to Tenths of a Second?

Seems kind of odd if times are routinely kept on the field in hundredths of a second.

[Tesha]

3. I suspect that "9.7" should have read "9.76" (NT)

[Tesha]

15. A story on NPR confirmed this: "9.76" (NT)

[northzax]

4. it's getting to be time to measure the 100

in thousandths of seconds, no one is going to shave off more than one or two hundreths until something really dramatic happens.

[Javaman]

6. Like rocket boots? nt LOL

[northzax]

9. that, I guess, or a race of superhumans

bred for speed, not comfort.

or just the next generation of untestable steroids. one of them.

[Javaman]

11. OH NO! not human/animal hybrids!!! Like a cheetah and a human? LOL

[northzax]

13. I was thinking more like a cheetah

and a gazelle.

[One Honest Guy]

5. This is a display of blatant anti-Americanism!!!

and anti-semitism! Oh wait, he's black and not from that part of Brooklyn? ... ummm anyways... Bomb Iran!!! ...I mean, bomb Ku-taar! :sarcasm:

[malaise]

10. Perspective is everything

everyone in Jamaica felt Gatlin breaking the Jamaican's record was anti-Jamaican. Truthfully I'm waiting to find out what they're both taking.

[KansDem]

8. Hey, I feel cheated!

When I was in high school 35 years ago, I was a pole vaulter on the track team. My all-time height was 11'6" (yeah, yeah, I know...pretty mediocre). Anyway, no one...I mean NO ONE ever suggested it should be rounded off to 12 feet.

NO ONE....:mad:

[Javaman]

12. We live in a repuke world now, were fudging is part of life... :( nt

[Blue_Tires]

14. that seems kinda shady