Sista ran 100m in Olympic trial and won.

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I was more shocked when I found out she only 5'1". How you gonna have little legs that short and still run that fast?
MO Greene and Tim Montgomery were very short.

When you look at sprinting as a series of bounds bering catapulting by your power it makes more sense. They aren't reaching. They're pushing
 

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hmmmm if you extend your arm out like that does that constitute as breaking the plain? why dont more runners do that? :jbhmm:
 

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hmmmm if you extend your arm out like that does that constitute as breaking the plain? why dont more runners do that? :jbhmm:
Nah, it's the torso that counts. Hands/foot/head are irrelevant to who finishes first.



If you really want to extend for real you gotta go all out.

 

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5'9"-5'10" is normal male height. The fact that they seemed "very short" just emphasizes that sprinters are usually above average.

5'1" is way short even for a female.
Most sprinters aren't tall. STILL, 5'9 is short for the average elite male athlete.:mjlol:



Stop it. I actually did this. And I gave you the reason in simple terms why height doesn't particularly matter.
 

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Most sprinters aren't tall. STILL, 5'9 is short for the average male athlete.:mjlol:

Stop it. I actually did this.

Breh, you're making no logical sense at all. :russ:

"Sprinters aren't tall, but average male height is short for a sprinter."

Average American man is 5'9", average American woman is 5'4". That makes Sha'Carri 3 inches shorter than the average American female. So why don't you just point out to me the 5'6" male sprinter that won a US Olympic Trials? Oh, that's right....
 

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Nah, it's the torso that counts. Hands/foot/head are irrelevant to who finishes first.



If you really want to extend for real you gotta go all out.


wait, i thought they put their head forwards to break the plain first?
 

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wait, i thought they put their head forwards to break the plain first?
Nah, leaning your body forward by pushing your head out first might get your torso slightly ahead but it's the torso that needs to cross, not the head.

The finish: The first athlete whose torso (as distinguished from the head, neck, arms, legs, hands or feet) reaches the vertical plane of the closest edge of the finish line is the winner.

Track & Field 101: Rules
 

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Nah, leaning your body forward by pushing your head out first might get your torso slightly ahead but it's the torso that needs to cross, not the head.

The finish: The first athlete whose torso (as distinguished from the head, neck, arms, legs, hands or feet) reaches the vertical plane of the closest edge of the finish line is the winner.

Track & Field 101: Rules
so it starts at about the shoulders when you lean forward. interesting.

means this woman could have gotten a faster time, but she probably wasn't sweating it since she knew she won and it's just the qualifier. lets see how she does in the olympics. those jamaican gayls are no joke. :whew:
 
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