runronnirun

depends how you define better tbh. having run (iirc?) the four fastest times ever, Powell's got a pretty legitimate claim in terms of pure speed?

retired_lyriclemelodee

Just hard for me to comprehend how anyone could think that was more important than peforming when it really matters?

Each to their own, but I really do feel that thinking anything but "Gay > Powell" is pretty bizzare.

retired_jennifer89889

I don't know anything about athletics, but how could the world record holder (who has actually just broken the record again 5 minutes ago) be dismissed so out of hand?

retired_wendynoelle

I've always kinda thought thet someone could be the best golfer/tennis player or whatever in the world, like have the most natural ability but dont know cause they've never played the sport.

retired_C Mack

Says he got 9.78, but was the fastest time ever run in accordance to the wind and stuff?

retired_hinchmaa

He was easying up at the end as well.

retired_sera

I'm with you on this. I have never followed atheltics and probably never will, but if Powell, throughout his life, has run 4 of the best times in history (or whatever it is), I'm finding it hard to see how thinking Powell>Gay is 'pretty bizarre' purely because Gay beat him in one specific race, or something like that.