Justin Gatlin Beaten By High Schooler

[VolnJC]

I'm hoping he makes the Olympics so I can have a reason to watch.

 

[volfanhill]

Meh he's a cheater

 

[roosterjbh]

I'm hoping he makes the Olympics so I can have a reason to watch.

He's already made it. Ran the worlds fastest time in the 100m this year with a 9.80

 

[VolnJC]

He's already made it. Ran the worlds fastest time in the 100m this year with a 9.80

Oh OK..good I was thinking they still had to qualify at the US trials.

 

[ajvol01]

Meh he's a cheater

Seriously?

 

[Crew]

Have we offered, Mr. Norman?

 

[Remy]

He's already made it. Ran the worlds fastest time in the 100m this year with a 9.80

Bolt came up a little lame somewhere last week, Gatlin may put Bolt away this year.

 

[VolnJC]

Have we offered, Mr. Norman?

USCw...he's a SoCal guy...seems like a level headed kid from his Twitter

 

[molsen81]

Bolt is playing possum. He pulled the same thing at the World Championships acting like he was injured. Gatlin started licking his chops thinking he finally had him and Usain shattered his dreams again.

 

[volfanhill]

Seriously?

Well he has been suspended twice and should have received a life time ban. He was lucky. So yeah seriously.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

There was another High School kid who won one of the other heats.

 

[VolnJC]

Justin came back to win in the final with a crazy 19.75!

Justin Gatlin 19.75
LaShawn Merritt 19.79
Ameer Webb 20.00
Noah Lyles 20.09
Michael Norman 20.14

 

[n_huffhines]

JG is an amazing athlete, and Tennessee fans need to embrace him. Nobody is perfect. Everybody deserves a second chance. As far as we can tell, this guy has done everything possible to earn back our respect and admiration.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Justin came back to win in the final with a crazy 19.75!

Justin Gatlin 19.75
LaShawn Merritt 19.79
Ameer Webb 20.00
Noah Lyles 20.09
Michael Norman 20.14

It will be interesting to see how well Lyles & Norman (both just Grad HS) will develop over the next 4 years. Despite all Gatlin has done the US hasn't really had a dominate sprinter since Michael Johnson. IMO

 

[jvol1]

Gatlin just made some poor choices. I don't think it was intentional.

Considering his age, it's time for someone to step up in the sprints for the U.S.