[TooEasy123]

So, who do you all think is going to reach the final tomorrow? And who is going to win? Predictions of times?

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Imo 5 of the places are already taken provided there are no false starts:
Bolt, Blake, Gatlin, Gay and Powell.

The other 3 are for the taking and quite a few are capable of doing it. Too many to name actually but I'm actually thinking, without actually being biased towards GBR, Gemeli, Chambers and Ryan Bailey.

Can't believe Dwain Chambers ran a 10.02, having a SB of 10.25. I think he can actually make the final. Well, it was a +2m/s wind, but despite that he destroyed Vicaut, as well as Bledman who ran 9.86 last month, so you can rule those out as taking the spot imo.

Also, can't believe this BS:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19126909 - "St Kitts and Nevis sprinter Kim Collins has dramatically dropped out of the Olympics after falling out with his team for visiting his wife."

[TooEasy123]

Semi-Finals

Heat 1
MARTINA Churandy
SANNEH Suwaibou
POWELL Asafa
VICAUT Jimmy
MEITE Ben Youssef
GATLIN Justin
BLEDMAN Keston
DASAOLU James

Heat 2
ADAMS Antoine
SU Bingtian
BOLT Usain
CHAMBERS Dwain
BAILEY Daniel
BAILEY Ryan
THOMPSON Richard
PHIRI Gerald

Heat 3
HYMAN Kemar
SORRILLO Rondel
GAY Tyson
YAMAGATA Ryota
BLAKE Yohan
GEMILI Adam
ATKINS Derrick
WARNER Justyn

[Four Queue]

Can't see past Bolt, personally.

[Jin3011]

Bolt is on the hunt, especially after what happened at the world championships. Saying that, Blake is at the top of his game and will surely put up a good fight. Nevertheless, it'll be explosive, can't wait!

[silent ninja]

Bolt looks very worried and wasn't that impressive in his heat. Upset on the cards here...what time is the final?

[Idle]

(Original post by silent ninja)
Bolt looks very worried and wasn't that impressive in his heat. Upset on the cards here...what time is the final?

You can't really say it wasn't impressive because as Michael Johnson said, he didn't sprint at any point during it.

[pbsjohnz]

Bolt was slow off the line, but damn that own can move, his strides are like 10m.

I'm going for Bolt btw, and I think it would be very close to WR time

[Augmented hippo]

(Original post by silent ninja)
Bolt looks very worried and wasn't that impressive in his heat. Upset on the cards here...what time is the final?

Final is at 21:50. If Bolt has a good race he will win but a bad start could mean he never catches up with Blake.

[silent ninja]

(Original post by Idle)
You can't really say it wasn't impressive because as Michael Johnson said, he didn't sprint at any point during it.

We'll see in the semi final how much he's got left. He had a concerned look on his face during the interview. He's not in Beijing form so it's not in the bag by any means.

[Bitethedust]

Blake looked so focused in his heat. He means business. If Bolt gets a poor start and Blake gets a very good start, I expect this race will look a lot like the 100m at the Jamaican trials.

[TooEasy123]

The track is meant to be fast so we should see good times regardless of whether they're in the best shape (Bailey =PB of 9.88 yesterday in heats). So I'll have to change my mind from a 9.7x to a 9.6x, provided it doesn't rain.

Bolt didn't even execute his drive phase so he has a lot more left, you can also see he was jogging and relaxed shoulders at about 50m. But if he does win, it'll be very close imo.

I just hope there is a decent tailwind and it's warm lol

[Fleximetrics]

I'm taking a punt on Blake, i saw an interview with their coach saying that Blake is consistently better over 100m in training. However Bolt will win the 200m I'm sure.

Either way it will be amazing!

[PGtips]

We all know that Bolt will probably go into ultra mode and snatch the victory.

If Gatlin wins, it will be such a farce. I think a lot of people won't acknowledge him as the true winner because of his doping offences. And to a smaller extent if Blake wins, since he had a positive test a few years back. But I would rather have Blake any day.

I hope a brit gets through to the final, I'm rooting for Gemili, but Chambers probably has the best chance.

[sucess]

what time are the semis

[silent ninja]

Just installed the BBC app. It's at 19.45.

This app is pretty cool. All channels, schedules and some highlights available.

[rachelkeira]

(Original post by Fleximetrics)
I'm taking a punt on Blake, i saw an interview with their coach saying that Blake is consistently better over 100m in training. However Bolt will win the 200m I'm sure.

Either way it will be amazing!

Yeah, someone I know trains with them and not many of the Jamaican team can see past Blake for the gold. I'm so excited

[MagicNMedicine]

lol Bolt jogged the final quarter of his SF and still got 9.86

[TooEasy123]

Gatlin looked pretty dangerous IMO. 9.82 and looking around, but yeah Bolt was very impressive. Chambers missed a spot by 1 place, dammit. Gemeli had a bad start and ran 10.06, so close to reaching the final, too.

This is the final line-up:

Startlist
+ Lane Bib Athlete PB SB
+ 2 3051 THOMPSON Richard 9.85 9.96
+ 3 2184 POWELL Asafa 9.72 9.85
+ 4 3217 GAY Tyson 9.69 9.86
+ 5 2169 BLAKE Yohan 9.75 9.75
+ 6 3216 GATLIN Justin 9.80 9.80
+ 7 2170 BOLT Usain 9.58 9.76
+ 8 3205 BAILEY Ryan 9.88 9.88
+ 9 2547 MARTINA Churandy 9.91 9.91

I can't believe it - having those 5 athletes ALL lined up together like this is going to be epic. I was expecting either a false start (still could happen) or injuries to ruin it.

Also can't believe Powell shut down and looked the wrong way lol. Martina did awesomely in beijing as well.

[Rahul.S]

pace is insane. cant wait for the final!

I want BOLT to win.....great inspiration

[Olie]

It sure will be epic, but unless he does something drastically wrong, I can't see Bolt not winning it, would be amazing to see him beat his record, how much quicker than 9.58 can he go?