Even though their is a slight headwind at the moment i expect the record to go, I reckon Powell to break it with Shaun Crawford just behind him. It should be a great race - i really cant wait.

The Jamaican should get the record or at least the gold medal, becuase Jamaicans are always jammin' and taking it easy, and he wasn't even trying and ran under ten seconds, and let Maurice Green win. That was off the hizzy fo shizzy....

GOLD Powell
SILVER Greene
BRONZE Crawford

but i doubt a world record

GOLD - GREENE
SILVER - POWELL
BRONZE-CRAWFORD
WATCH IT THE MENS 100M 10.15 TONIGHT BBC1!

I got my dad to bet £20 of my money on maurice greene winning its almost a cert.

It isnt a cert, Powell practically jogged under 10secs and Shaun Crawford also jogged home talking to his team mate Justin Gatlin in the other semi.

mufc the final is at 9.10pm on BBC1 not 10.15pm.

Ok it was an overstatement to say it was a cert but greene has been here before and this is probraly his last shot so he'll be pumped. It'll definatly be an amazing race though.

Who would of thought it the outsider Justin Gatlin wins

well my tips Powell and Crawford tightend up big time, i never thought Gatlin would come through to win.

Big shock, but fair play to him. I was glad Greene and Powell didnt get it. Just sad no brits made the final this year.

Nice upset, none of you talked about Kim Collins I am surprised, I thought he would have done the business in the final...

if a race is under 9.90 seconds, kim collins will never win it, cos he can't go that fast, he even admitted that himself

Gatlin 9.85

World Record 9.78

told ya it wouldnt happen

however im dubious about that record. wasnt that tim steroidgomery who got it?

i expected a better race...i wanted more of a battle with powell and crawford...it was a very fast final but it didnt feel like the ran ther best but none the less congratz too Gatlin

Even if you don't count Montgomery's record:
Gatlin 9.85
Greene 9.79

true

A little bit off the subjuct but has anyone like me been following Amir Kahn for Great Britain, our only boxer. I think this guy will get the gold, he is an outstanding boxer...

HAH!

Not, even a olympic record, thats surprising. Canada still holds the Olympic Record then. .....Were so bad this Olympics . But were better in the Winter Games

Great Britain are bad at the Winter Olympics, I think this year we will be in fierce competition with Barbados, especially in the luge...

Who said is wasn't a fast race? I believe Crawford ran 9.88 and look how far behind he seemed to be. Im really dissapointed with Powell though, i think his time was round 9.96, i expected him to go much faster than that.
Watching the race though i thought Obikwelu was gonna win it.

The commentator was talking about how he looked very nervous. He'll learn from this after all he still is very young and will come back stronger.

Francis Obikwelu all the way!!!!

Yeah he's a pretty good Nigerian

Yeps even though it says Portugal on his shirt

Yeh, he is a Nigerian, he is about as Portuguese as Jay Jay Okocha...

He's Nigerian he used to represent Nigeria before he changed to Portugal.
WELL DONE TO JUSTIN GATLIN!

on the subject of 100m whats everyones personal best on here mine is 12.70 but im only 15 so ill hopefully get faster

Never tried. im better at swimming croll.

Obikwelu gave an interview where he says all his heart is portuguese. Because apparently he was explored in labour at Nigeria and then he ran away to Portugal and the rest is history. Anyhow he is a portuguese immigrant, this is a win to all of them, like professor Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa says.

So, if i ran for Canada, it wouldn't count because i was born in Portugal. C'mon!
Zidane is armenian i Believe, same with Trezeguet, etc.

zidane was born in marseile (speling?).

Zidane is Algerian
Trezeguet is Argentinian
Vieira is Senegalese
Desailly is Ghanan
Pires is Portuguese
Hargreaves is Canadian
Raymond Kopa(France's best player until Platini) is Polish
Just Fontaine is Moroccan (sp?)

14.75 but i am 11 remenber

Well he wasnt born in Portugal but he speaks portuguese fluently, i've heard an interview. He also says before he retires he wants to play for Benfica, his team cant wait

Pires' mum is Portugese, he said he wants to finish his career in the USA when he first came to the club but now he says he wants to retire here.

both his parents are Portuguese, but i think he was born in France.

12.7 is good for 15 years old. I am 18 and my time is about the same as that.

As for whoever said Montgomery's record was dubious, well yeah he takes drugs. S do they all. The truth is I would say its impossible fore any athlete to break 10 seconds without drugs. Certainly at least 8 if not all of those in the olympic final were on drugs. Just look at them, thats not all training my friends.

Ben Johnson = fastest man ever, but he was caught unlike these guys. He is villified, his repuation ruined, but he just got caught. Don't think any other champion or record holder is any less of a cheat.