But before all that, Veronica Campbell-Brown was considered the island country's best sprinter. She failed to make it out of trials, though she did go in the , where she won her second straight Olympic title. Four or more contenders for three spots: It's a situation some men would like to believe exists, as well.
Actually edging Powell in their heat was Nesta Carter, whose official time was also The class of the fourth heat was Michael Frater, a long-time figure on the Jamaican track scene, who owns gold medals from the last three major relays -- Beijing, and the and world championships. Skip to main content Skip to navigation.
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Blake equalled his personal best of 9. Bolt had come into London with doubts about his fitness and his form, having been beaten by Blake in the Jamaican trials. But he made it successive Olympic titles in the m and can win a further two golds in the m and 4xm relay.
Asked to respond to the doubters, Bolt said: "I'm not concerned. I've said it from the start, people can talk, all they can do is talk. When it comes to the championships, it's all about business to me - and I brought it. Bolt also praised the atmosphere inside the Olympic Stadium. There wasn't a doubt in my mind that it was going to be loud and it was going to be great.
Bolt is the best there has ever been, there is no doubt about it. Shelly-Ann ran The woman who beat Felix in Athens and Beijing is Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica, who is going for her third consecutive title at meters, but now finds another familiar face also posing a threat.
That's Fraser-Pryce, who was not considered a specialist but beat Campbell-Brown to the line by 0. We all have to show up when it matters the most.
In Beijing, Jamaica won 11 medals at the track — not bad for a country of about 2. Buoyed by sheer numbers up and down the lineup of events, the United States led all nations with 23 medals. But that matched the country's second-lowest total since , and two medals were squandered when both 4xmeter relay teams dropped the baton.
So instead of celebrating after Beijing, the U. The result: "Project 30," a boldly stated mission to win 30 medals in London — a goal that leaders of the track team have only tepidly embraced since former CEO Doug Logan was fired not long after setting it. Among America's best sprinters is Carmelita Jeter, the world leader at meters before Fraser-Pryce ran faster, and the strongest U. And on the men's side, there are a couple of familiar names: Tyson Gay and Justin Gatlin.
Gatlin is the Olympic champion at meters who is back on the international scene following a four-year ban for excessive testosterone. Gay is the world champion — the man to beat before Bolt burst onto the scene — who is still working his way back into form from a hip injury, one of a number of ailments starting to dwarf his list of accomplishments. Gatlin and Gay have met twice in recent weeks, with Gatlin winning at the U. Olympic trials, and Gay taking a victory in Paris.
If form holds, they'll be racing for the bronze in the in London. But as Bolt found out at his Olympic trials, these races are not won on paper. At meters, America has both of the favorites in Sanya Richards-Ross, who still needs individual Olympic gold to fill out her resume, and LaShawn Merritt, trying to take a second gold in a row after serving a month doping ban between Olympics. Rankled at the thought that Merritt can defend his title after a doping ban, Britain's Dai Greene has promised to give him the cold shoulder should the two meet at the track.
Certainly something to watch for. But for sheer intrigue in the men's , all eyes will be on Oscar Pistorius of South Africa. Pistorius is a double-amputee and runs on carbon-fiber blades.
After years of pleading his case in hearing rooms and months of trying to earn a spot on his country's team, he'll become the first amputee runner to compete in an Olympics.
The best 1-on-1 matchup this side of Bolt vs. At the Athens Games eight years ago, Liu became the first Asian man to win an Olympic sprinting event. Two years later, he broke the world record. Two years after that, Robles ran faster. Then in Beijing, there was the drama of Liu's withdrawal from a morning heat because of an Achilles tendon injury, leaving a billion or so local fans bitterly disappointed.
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