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Old 08-20-2008, 09:44 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Crono7 View Post
I read about this

after about the 70 meter mark(i think its 70, i can be wrong), athletes are at top speed,

they can only get slower, and they do, (again its a slow deceleration)

thats why what ben johnson did is so incredible

you would expect the 200 meter time to be lower then the 100 meter time doubled
No you wouldn't. Not only do you have to accelerate from 0 twice, you also have to react to the start gun twice. That's why 200M time has always been faster than double of 100M time.
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