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The fastest man in the world has been declared in the post- Bolt era .

On Saturday, Christian Coleman won the 100 meters final at the Doha World Cup, easily and big time. Your brand: 9.76. Behind, Gatlin and De Grasse did not approach, although they also flew (9.89 and 9.90, respectively).

I enjoyed this race as a child, because as a sprinter - and a fan of speed - I am aware of how exceptionally he ran. Also, because each of the eight finalists contributed different details to the race, and we can appreciate the subtle differences to learn something. I will focus on the three medalists.

For better or worse, Bolt used to see us racing from another planet every time he played a track. However, Coleman was the eighth sprinter in history to lose 9.80. It is the sixth of all time, ahead of my idols like Maurice Greene, Donovan Bailey and Ato Boldon , but what surprised me most was how he achieved that mark.

Coleman's strategy was to make a lightning bolt, accelerate like no other and endure. In just 20 meters Coleman already destroyed the best sprinters in the world with an explosive exit. No, explosive no ... the following. Coleman is currently the world record holder of 60 meters and has a tremendous exit, one that had never been seen (or when Greene was running). On the next street, Gatlin came out like a rocket, but we didn't even notice. Coleman reached his top speed before anyone else (at 40 or 50 meters) and then tried to keep it. It does not run especially "pretty", a quality that reflects its lower tip speed than others. Therefore, although he was the winner, he was not the one with the highest speed. Now I explain.

I loved De Grasse's career, even if he didn't win. His departure was not Coleman's, but he extended his acceleration by 10 meters (up to 50 or 60 meters) and reached what seemed to me the highest top speed of the eight riders. He doesn't have much time in about 100 meters, however De Grasse had time to overtake Blake and Simbine . He was even catching Gatlin and shortening the distance with Coleman in the last 30 meters.

The 100 depends on several elements: optimize explosiveness, acceleration, top speed and running technique, to reduce the inevitable deceleration in the last meters. Coleman bets on his explosiveness. Gatlin has good acceleration, later takes its top speed and once reached, holds it better than Coleman. De Grasse has less explosiveness than Gatlin, but greater acceleration and top speed. It is undoubtedly the best technique of the three medalists and that is why we see how De Grasse usually "hunts" his rivals.

In short, we saw three different ways of running the 100 and this time won the superhuman explosiveness. I suspect that Coleman has dropped 200 meters because he knows he will not be able to enjoy the same advantage he has had in the 100s, over those athletes who have the highest top speed, such as Lyles , Guliyev and De Grasse.

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