Becoming A Great Sprinter

Usain Bolt

To be a great sprinter one needs determination, grit and speed. It takes many years of training, sacrifice, hard work and overcoming challenges. However, it can be done. With time sprinters learn their bodies and what works best for them. Coaches and trainers have varying techniques, some which have proven quite successful. Here are a few inspirational quotes from successful sprinters Jesse Owens and Usain Bolt.

Jesse Owens

Well all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort.

The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that’s where it’s at.

Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it, showcase it, and you’ll start believing in it.

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds

One chance is all you need.

Usain Bolt

Don’t think about the start of the race. Think about the ending.

Learning the mind is as important as understanding the body.

If I keep my core and back strong, the scoliosis doesn’t really bother me.

 

I have learned over the years that if you start thinking about the race, it stresses you out a little bit. I just try to relax and think about video games, what I’m gonna do after the race, what I’m gonna do just to chill. Stuff like that to relax before the race.

I know what I can do so I never doubt myself.

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Jamaican sprint star, Asafa Powell, tested positive for the innocuous banned substance, Oxilofrint, after taking on new trainer, Christopher Xuereb of Canada and has been given an 18-month retroactive ban by the Jamaican government. This was the first time in Powell’s 13-year career that a test came back positive for a banned substance. Previously, Powell was drug tested 150 times and each test result was clean. It is clear Xuereb is the problem.

 

Since the time of the announcement, regarding Powell’s hotel room and that of fellow sprinter, Sherone Simpson, being raided by police in Italy over the positive test, a number of facts have emerged in the case. For example, Xuereb's girlfriend, sprinter Esther Akinsulie, tested positive for a banned substance and was given a six-month ban in Canada. Xuereb was also a lesser known worker in a lab whose supplements created positive tests for U.S. track stars.

 

The banned substance found in the drug Epiphany that Xuereb gave Powell and teammate Simpson, also did not enhance their performance, as stated by a scientist under oath. It is a substance commonly found in high blood pressure medication.

 

Powell testified he trusted Xuereb, but after the positive drug test found out the supplements he gave him, Epiphany, contained Oxilofrint, while the Epiphany from the drug company’s website did not contain Oxilofrint. Lab tests revealed this fact. Epiphany is advertised online as safe, so any due diligence done regarding research on the drug would turn up nothing illegal, banned or sinister.

 

However, lawyers assert, as subsequent lab tests revealed, the Epiphany tablets Powell and Simpson were given was tampered with by Xuereb. Epiphany is advertised online as safe, so any due diligence regarding the drug would turn up nothing illegal, banned or sinister.

 

 I find it hard to believe that Powell and Simpson, who’ve been clean for well over a decade, would take a banned substance all of a sudden and on the day of the national championships when they knew they would be tested. I was informed by a credible source, “They did not know the extent of what they were taking” due to Xuereb having deceived them regarding the true contents of the supplements lawyers publicly allege the new trainer had tampered with.

 

Why would these athletes wait until so late in their careers to start doping up and on a day they knew they would be drug tested for track trails to qualify for the national team (neither qualified, attesting to the fact Oxilofrint does nothing to aid the performance of sprinters).

 

As the ban is retroactive, this means 31-year-old Powell will only be ineligible for another few months. However, he should work to publicly clarify the misconceptions surrounding the case, where he and Simpson were unfairly sabotaged. Xuereb should be held legally accountable for his harmful actions. Any trainer or medical adviser that provides an athlete with tainted substances should face prosecution under the law.

 

In short, athletes in all sports need to be careful regarding who they trust, the supplements they are given and where they eat. Not everyone is your friend. Some have terrible motives based in bribery, money and malice.

 

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Pistorius is set to compete in the World Athletic Championships this summer, but the question is, will he be ready, both physically and mentally. Pistorius lost key training time due to his crucial murder case and he is also in a fragile mental state. Running well takes physical and mental strength. A distracted and troubled mind can prove a hindrance. Additionally, how will audiences react, as the public is divided on the case.  

Usain Bolt's Top Track And Field Coach Glen Mills Receives Doctorate

 

Left to right: Usain Bolt, Glen Mills, Warren Weir and Yohan Blake in Jamaica

Congrats to coach Glen Mills, a long time friend of my dad's, on receiving a Doctorate of Laws from the University of the West Indies, for his outstanding contributions to Jamaica. He truly deserves it. Mills is considered the top coach in track and field and is enjoying unprecedented success.

Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt and Warren Weir collecting their medals at the podium in the memorable London 2012 Olympics, which was a lot of fun for spectators and sports fans around the world

Mills has done so much for Jamaican sports, training men like Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and Warren Weir, who completed Jamaica's medal sweep of the 100meters at the London 2012 Olympics. That's quite a resume and a great accomplishment. Congrats and Jamaica thanks you.

Briton Jonnie Peacock Wins Gold In Record Time In The 100m Sprint At The 2012 Paralympics

Jonnie Peacock

Handsome British sprinting star, Jonnie Peacock, roared to a gold medal finish yesterday in the 100m Paralympics sprints in London, England. The home crowd erupted in thunderous applause for the 19-year-old from Cambridge, England and his record setting victory of 10.9 seconds.

Peacock's leg was amputated at age 5 after a serious bout with meningitis. The sportsman has worked hard for many years to become a world class athlete and his victory last night was a crowning achievement. Congrats to Peacock on his win.  

 

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With the tremendous success of the Jamaican athletics program, breeding such sprint stars as Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake, Warren Weir, Michael Frater, Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell and Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce, to name a few, the government wants to host a Diamond League track and field meet on the island. 

Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce

In light of Jamaica's contributions to the sport, it would be fitting, not to mention, fun. The Jamaican government has stated retrofitting would need to be undertaken on the national stadium, but it could be done. There would also be no shortage of local volunteers to help with the event.  

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British athletics champion and Olympic gold medalist, Mo Farah, held his annual charity ball in London, England at the Grosvenor Hotel. The Mo Farah Foundation Annual Fundraising Ball was attended by other athletes, such as Jamaican gold medalist, Usain Bolt, who came out to support him. 

Attendees of the event put in bids for signed sports memorabilia, by folks like Farah and Bolt. Farah's foundation raised money to help the needy. Well done. Congrats to Farah on the birth of his twins, Aisha and Amani. I love their names. You and your wife have very good taste in baby names.

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Blake has tied with Bolt's record of the second fastest time. While Bolt continues to hold the record for the fastest time. Fellow Jamaican Nesta Carter, who won gold with Bolt, Blake and Michael Frater at the Olympics in the relay race, came third. What's amazing is Blake ran the race after feeling sick all week. Blake commented, "I've been sick all week, thank God I recovered."

22-year-old Yohan Blake rang the bell at the prestigious Lords cricket grounds and has expressed his love for the sport. Blake recently filmed a new spot for Adidas, which he endorses and held a packed signing for the brand in London, England this month.

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Usain Bolt Takes Issue With Carl Lewis Steroids Comments He Brands An Insult

Usain Bolt

Former sprint star and gold medalist, Carl Lewis, issued controversial statements about Jamaica, criticizing the island nation's steroid screening program, due to the massive success of sprinters such as Usain Bolt. According to U.K. Sport, Lewis, who was cited three times for doping, but had each citation overturned in U.S. court, made inaccurate and incorrect statements about the nation of Jamaica by stating, "I think there are some issues. Countries like Jamaica do not have a random (drugs testing) program, so they can go months without being tested. I'm not saying anyone is on anything, but everyone needs to be on a level playing field. I'm not saying they've done anything for certain. I don't know. But how dare anybody feel that there shouldn't be scrutiny, especially in our sport?"

Lewis kept making disparaging comments from the time of the Beijing Olympics, escalating it, upset that Bolt had broken his record and began implying Jamaica had somehow found a magic steroid that had not been detected, which is untrue. Furthermore, Bolt was the most tested athlete at the Beijing and London Olympics.

Yesterday, Bolt finally responded to Lewis' comments during an interview. Bolt expressed admiration for U.S. Sprinting legend, Michel Johnson, but spoke of his disdain for Lewis' statements. Bolt stated, "I'm going to say something controversial right now. Carl Lewis, I have no respect for him. The things he says about the track athletes is really downgrading for another athlete to say something like that. I think he's just looking for attention, really, because nobody really talks much about him. That was really sad for me when I heard the other day what he was saying. It was upsetting. I've lost all respect for him. All respect." 

Carl Lewis

When further questioned about his response, this prompted the fastest man alive, Bolt, to reveal the nature of Lewis' statements that had offended him, in the aforementioned interview yesterday. Bolt replied, "It was all about drugs. Talking about drugs. For me, an athlete out of the sport to be saying that. That was really upsetting for me. Really upsetting. To jump up and say something like that. As far as I'm concerned he's looking for attention. That's all."

I was disappointed that Lewis had made those statements. It would have been nice if he had just been happy for his fellow global sprinters that have done well. Bolt's rise and that of his teammates has advanced the sport, making it even more popular with a new generation. That should be one of the goals of every sport.

When you look at what newer stars such as Lebron James has done for basketball, Michael Phelps has done for swimming and Bolt has done for sprinting, among others, deceiving us all into thinking we can go out there and do the same and not fall flat on our faces (or end up with a busted lip because you falsely think you're Michael Jordan), as they've made it look so easy and fun, it's a good thing. Somewhere in that global group of admirers, future athletes are inspired to work hard and make it to the top as well. That doesn't deserve pessimism.     

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