tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682535647252441645.post910363564839185726..comments2024-03-27T10:52:37.310-07:00Comments on Paul Merca: What were the odds of Usain Bolt false starting out of the world championships?Mercanatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639654289715033166noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682535647252441645.post-43692557607348984132011-08-28T06:23:27.780-07:002011-08-28T06:23:27.780-07:00I'd say the odds of him false starting were mu...I'd say the odds of him false starting were much higher than the chance he would have lost the race. He had some more pressure on him and couldn't just sit in the blocks like he is used to. However, the false start may have benefitted Puma. If he won in a mediocre time, then it wouldn't have made many headlines. Now the controversy will put Bolt (and his puma uniform) in newspapers Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15619332184994092131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682535647252441645.post-20854206663251408022011-08-28T06:03:35.061-07:002011-08-28T06:03:35.061-07:00Kim Collins (bronze in Daegu) has a lot of false s...Kim Collins (bronze in Daegu) has a lot of false start history - first, he won the 2003 World Championship final where Drummond threw his tantrum. But second, in the 2001 NCAA 200m final, Collins false-started and was DQed. By not scoring a single point for the TCU Flyin' Frogs, he cost them the title - and the meet was won by Tennessee, led by a young freshman named Justin Gatlin.pjmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09681209670821753600noreply@blogger.com