I have a theory. Usain Bolt, who became a global celebrity by shattering the 100m sprint record without even really trying, sandbagged his Olympic sprint. He spent the last 20m celebrating rather than running hard, most likely so that his time would be just "slow" enough that he could easily break it in subsequent races. Subsequent races with huge paychecks offered by promoters who think that "Come out and see Usain Bolt break the world record – again!" is the most attention-grabbing marketing line in the sport.
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From his perspective it makes sense. Why go balls-out if going at 90% is enough to win gold and break a record?
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Save going 100% for the big payday.
Nick says:
Honestly, I think if you're at the point where you can basically break a world record just for shits, you might as well go ahead and make some money off it.
BK says:
I like the black helicopters as much as the next guy, so I'll throw my own theory in here…
Bolt – like a whole lot of sprinters – was on some sort of performance enchancing substance when he ran the race. I think he didn't run all out because blowing out the WR in the olympics by as much as he would have had he run the whole race would have raised more red flags than the Chinese government…
Then again, I they are all tested and specimens kept so as to be able to take away medals later on…
David says:
1) Sergei Bubke effectively did that in the pole vault.
2) But, then, you can *choose* by how much you want to win the pole vault. Anyone who's participated in track knows there's no way to "hold back" so precisely. He's lucky he still won.
3) Yes, yes, of *course* all of the track athletes are on performance enhancing drugs. [Again, look at the shoulder/arm muscles and neck hypertrophy on the sprinters. Now, compare that to, you know, athletes that are fundamentally *using* their arms/shoulders. Isn't it peculiar that his biceps are as big as some of the gymnasts, and bigger than most swimmers?]
My out-there theory is that we may have finally gotten a few "genetic-doping" competitors this year. So they'll never be caught…instead of finding evidence of foreign substances, they'll just find a physioligical "freak".