Berlin Diary 09, Day 1, Session 2, Mens 100m, Round 2: Powell, Gay, Bolt, by Larry Eder

The second round of the hundred meters shows how tough it is to be one of the world’s best sprinters. Dwain Chambers of Great Britain won heat one in 10.04, his seasonal best. U.S. sprinter Mike Rodgers won the second heat in 10.01.

Usain Bolt, World Champs, August 15, 2009, photo by Photorun.net.
In all honesty, even if Usain Bolt says, anyone can be beat, he is in such amazing shape, that it is scary to predict anyone beating him. But this is the WC and it is fun to stir it up.

Tyson Gay, World Champs 2009, August 15, 2009, photo by PhotoRun.net.

In the third heat, Asafa Powell got out well and ran 9.95, for the fastest time so far in the champs. Darvis Patton ran 10.05 for second, with Marc Burns of Trinidad in third in 10.12 and 2003 winner, Kim Collins did not qualify, with a 10.20.
In heat four, Tyson Gay ran 9.98, with a pretty slow start. Michael Frater was in second in 10.09 and the Jamaican moved on, as did Norway’s Jaysuma Saidy Ndure.
In heat five, Daniel Bailey and Usain Bolt looked at each other, and Bailey ran 10.02 to Bolt’s 10.03. Bolt said, ” I will talk later.”
Tomorrow is the semi final and the final in the 100 meters.
Larry’s Picks: Tyson Gay, Usain Bolt, Darvis Patton.
Time: 9.58-9.62. It should be warm, both are fit and the race is going to take a full effort to win.
In all honesty, even if Usain Bolt says, anyone can be beat, he is in such amazing shape, that it is scary to predict anyone beating him. But this is the WC and it is fun to stir it up.
Reasoning: I think that both Gay and Bolt are fresh, and ready to run. I do not believe, that with two such gifted athletes, that one runner could be that supreme, but who knows, as my readers have suggested before, I could be hallucinating.
The final of the 100 meters is going to be a race supreme. I do believe it is very, very close, and time, to me, does not matter. I want nine sprinters, showing all of their stuff, running through the finish.
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12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics
Berlin (GER) – Saturday, Aug 15, 2009
100 Metres – M Quarter-Final
Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 1 fastest time (q) qualified.
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Heat 1
15 August 2009 – 18:50
Position Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark . React
1 3 492 Dwain Chambers GBR 10.04 Q (SB) 0.150
2 4 1116 Richard Thompson TRI 10.08 Q . 0.145
3 5 457 Martial Mbandjock FRA 10.22 Q . 0.150
4 6 636 Emanuele Di Gregorio ITA 10.26 . 0.156
5 8 595 Adam Harris GUY 10.39 . 0.144
6 7 926 Arnaldo Abrantes POR 10.40 . 0.159
7 2 540 Martin Keller GER 10.40 . 0.136
8 1 683 Masashi Eriguchi JPN 10.45 . 0.123
Heat 2
15 August 2009 – 18:57
Position Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark . React
1 6 1224 Michael Rodgers USA 10.01 Q . 0.147
2 7 496 Tyrone Edgar GBR 10.12 Q . 0.149
3 4 693 Naoki Tsukahara JPN 10.15 Q . 0.128
4 5 1254 Gerald Phiri ZAM 10.16 q (NR) 0.146
5 8 869 Egwero Ogho-Oghene NGR 10.19 (PB) 0.161
6 1 965 Simon Magakwe RSA 10.71 . 0.146
. 2 281 Daniel Grueso COL DQ .
. 3 459 Christophe LemaÃ®tre FRA DQ .
Heat 3
15 August 2009 – 19:04
Position Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark . React
1 1 665 Asafa Powell JAM 9.95 Q . 0.130
2 3 1215 Darvis Patton USA 10.05 Q . 0.141
3 8 1110 Marc Burns TRI 10.12 Q . 0.184
4 5 1032 Kim Collins SKN 10.20 . 0.157
5 6 954 Samuel Francis QAT 10.20 . 0.147
6 4 860 Olusoji A. Fasuba NGR 10.25 . 0.174
7 7 454 Ronald Pognon FRA 10.27 . 0.149
8 2 694 Shintaro Kimura JPN 10.54 . 0.138
Heat 4
15 August 2009 – 19:11
Position Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark . React
1 6 1183 Tyson Gay USA 9.98 Q . 0.155
2 5 660 Michael Frater JAM 10.09 Q . 0.142
3 3 877 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure NOR 10.16 Q . 0.146
4 4 171 Andrew Hinds BAR 10.23 . 0.128
5 1 163 Adrian Griffith BAH 10.28 . 0.160
6 7 863 Obinna Metu NGR 10.36 . 0.118
7 8 632 Fabio Cerutti ITA 10.37 . 0.136
8 2 383 Ãngel David RodrÃguez ESP 10.39 (SB) 0.149
Heat 5
15 August 2009 – 19:18
Position Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark . React
1 3 111 Daniel Bailey ANT 10.02 Q . 0.149
2 4 656 Usain Bolt JAM 10.03 Q . 0.155
3 7 1178 Monzavous Edwards USA 10.15 Q . 0.157
4 8 101 Churandy Martina AHO 10.19 . 0.205
5 5 503 Simeon Williamson GBR 10.23 . 0.156
6 2 599 Rolando Palacios HON 10.24 (SB) 0.215
7 6 1111 Emmanuel Callander TRI 10.27 . 0.149
8 1 905 Dariusz Kuc POL 10.38 . 0.184
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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

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