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Solid race. De Grasse had a good start, but seemed to get caught by the pack, then turned on his burners and was comfortably in 2nd.

But Bolt is not human.
 
De Grasse is gonna be a killer after 4 more years of training. His technique is so raw. That ****ing arm man. He's gonna be so fast when he fixes that flailing arm.
 
For his age, I don't think it's any exaggeration to say that De Grasse has put up one of the greatest performances ever by a sprinter. He's such a special talent.

The crazy thing is that he could be so much better. Once he gets more refined in terms of his technique and once he fills out his frame, he'll be truly awesome.
 
JaysCyYoung said:
For his age, I don't think it's any exaggeration to say that De Grasse has put up one of the greatest performances ever by a sprinter. He's such a special talent.

The crazy thing is that he could be so much better. Once he gets more refined in terms of his technique and once he fills out his frame, he'll be truly awesome.
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Well, to be fair, at the roughly same age, Bolt was first setting all the World Records at the 2008 Olympics, so De Grasse is still a long ways from Bolt. But as mentioned, Bolt is not human, so in terms of physical human accomplishments, De Grasse has put up a truly impressive run. I mean, he's already arguably the best Canadian sprinter of the last 70 years, and still a kid.
 
Bolt is crazy good. GOAT no doubt.

Amazing showing for the next one De Grasse. Was reading his Wikipedia page and saw he went to the high school I graduated from in Markham -- Father Michael McGivney. Pretty cool.
 
UWHabs said:
Well, to be fair, at the roughly same age, Bolt was first setting all the World Records at the 2008 Olympics, so De Grasse is still a long ways from Bolt. But as mentioned, Bolt is not human, so in terms of physical human accomplishments, De Grasse has put up a truly impressive run. I mean, he's already arguably the best Canadian sprinter of the last 70 years, and still a kid.
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I still think bolt is better than Phelps.
 
De Grasse is a late bloomer, and one time basketball player.

These guys from Jamaica are the product of a well oiled machine that develops them from an early age, akin to hockey here.

That said, Bolt is still out-of-this-worldly.
 
Habitants87 said:
I still think bolt is better than Phelps.
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It's definitely close between them. Phelps has basically won every race he's been in for the last 4 Olympics. Bolt has won every race he's been in for the last 3 Olympics. I think the main difference is that we've seen other swimmers before who have been nearly as dominant, but we've never seen a runner who's been even close to what Bolt has done.
 
JaysCyYoung said:
For his age, I don't think it's any exaggeration to say that De Grasse has put up one of the greatest performances ever by a sprinter. He's such a special talent.

The crazy thing is that he could be so much better. Once he gets more refined in terms of his technique and once he fills out his frame, he'll be truly awesome.
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Exactly
 
I loved the factoid they mentioned that Bolt's first olympics he failed to even qualify.... he was overwhelmed at his first time. But for Degrasse to do this well at 21 is crazy good.
 
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