“I never say anything is impossible” Maurice Greene on 100m World Record & Current Men's Sprinters

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[@humanstation8193]

Shame that Maurice Greene isn't commentating for Eurosport. He was amazing, amiable and humanised the sport. And absolute legend

[@duncanbleak3819]

The one and only Maurice Greene!

[@velvephimbo7040]

I have total respect for M Green. One of the greatest to ever do it

[@audleymclean3724]

Words of wisdom from a sprinting legend,,, Maurice Green..

[@lincolnweir6284]

Mo Greene. A wise man. Very knowledgeable of the sport.

[@sonic_marsh5342]

y doesn't he start coaching, i think he could be a great one

[@michellemalla4365]

He is a coach. Sha cari, TT, etc is coached by him

[@sonic_marsh5342]

@@michellemalla4365 really i didn't have that

[@BDQ1975]

@@michellemalla4365 Sha'carri and TT are coached by Dennis Mitchell, with Kung Fu Kenny Bednarek and Courtney Lindsay

[@Yes_I_c4n]

Maurice nailed it. Bolt was an anomaly, leave him out of the equation. Even when out of his prime (2013 onwards), he was still winning and running 9.7s when needed.

[@godwinmathias363]

Facts bro facts

[@Yes_I_c4n]

​@@godwinmathias363Maybe in 2013 Bolt was still close to his prime, as he ran a 9.77s into a headwind and in the rain. And still split 6.35s at 60m, which is a good indicator for a relatively in shape Bolt. Surely in better conditions (still wind and no rain) that time would have been a 9.6s race.

[@khumokwezimashapa2245]

You're 100% correct about Bolt. He was insane. You know what's crazy. Back in 2013 on NBC. Ato Bolden said that Bolt could've run his 10th best time and win. He was not exaggerating 1. 9.58 Berlin 2. 9.63 London 3. 9.69 Beijing 4. 9.72 New York 5. 9.76 Kingston 6. 9.76 Brussels 7. 9.76 Rome 8. 9.79 Oslo 9. 9.81 Zurich 10. 9.82 Lausanne These were his 10 best times just before the Moscow final. Gatlin ran 9.85 to take silver. Bolt literally could've run his 10th best and still win. Hell even if you want to remove multiples. 1. 9.58 Berlin 2. 9.63 London 3. 9.69 Beijing 4. 9.72 New York 5. 9.76 Kingston 6. 9.79 Oslo 7. 9.81 Zurich 8. 9.82 Lausanne 9. 9.83 Zurich 10. 9.84 Paris Again, all of these are his 10 best before the Moscow final. That man was absolutely yoked in his prime.

[@Yes_I_c4n]

​@@khumokwezimashapa2245From 08 to 2013 he was unbeatable. From 14 onwards, he was still a very, very fast man, just not quite on the same level as when he went God mode before. Even with his crappy 2015 season, he still pulled off a 9.79s into a 0.5s headwind and 19.55s in the 200m, lol. These are the times he clocked in likely his worst season ever, lol. In 2016 I think he was in better shape again but the results didn't show that and were actually worse (as in slower) than in 2015.

[@khumokwezimashapa2245]

@@Yes_I_c4n I also feel he was in better shape in 2016, but I have no idea what happened. Time wise he underperformed at Rio, which is insane to say, because 9.81 and 19.78 is not slow 😅

[@donovanhendricks6815]

Great answers, Mo Greene, you definitely know the sport.

[@theresalemkie1021]

Green, it was nice to see him race. His antics before the race was spectacular …Game face and else.

[@blainenewton7188]

Mo is an interesting guy to listen to. It's always good to get the perspective of someone that's been at the super elite level and can articulate the various nuances involved.

[@kobbieafriyie2172]

Maurice Green--my favorite sprinter of all times!

[@crosslink1493]

Nice to see he's still out there and showing up at meets. Very cool! I heard him speak a while ago (maybe 10 years?) and he was quite articulate when answering random questions from an audience. No hemming and hawing on topics. Seems like a great guy

[@anthonychristie8378]

Great interview

[@Running111]

Such a good analysis! Good interview.

[@troykemp2591]

Nice interview Mo!

[@LD-jb5zi]

OG still looks good!

[@ImagineJoyy]

The athletes not having a break these last few years (because of pandemic lockdowns pushing back the 2020 Olympics) is a really good point. I feel a lot of people don’t realize how vital rest/recovery is for the body particularly at this level of competition.

[@PunanyChemist]

I don't agree. It's really only the men that are struggling. The women are killing it.

[@Yes_I_c4n]

@@PunanyChemist Yeah, I don't think it has anything to do with it unless you need time to recover from an injury. From 07 up to 13, Bolt only had 1 year off major competition (2010) and that didn't do anything good for him, as 2011 was much worse than both 08, 09 and 12.

[@ImagineJoyy]

@@PunanyChemist rest/recovery is one of the most vital parts of the sport. The lack of which makes one more susceptible to injury (and there were quite a few injuries/breaks among the top women sprinters). I think there’s nuance with the conversation though. And I agree that the women are on fire particularly Sha’Carri who competed in her major global championship last year (meaning there’s less wear and tear on her body vs other athletes that competed in all 3 back-to-back)! 🙌🏿

[@PunanyChemist]

@@ImagineJoyy Rest and recovery is paramount that's something I totally agree with. The only people that have been injured in the last 3 or 4 years were Shelly and Elaine that I can remember from the top of my head. Shelly was still able to complete at a high level. Elaine was a different story and she has been plagued with that hamstring. Which I believe is chronic. Outside of those ladies , everyone else has been quite healthy and posting great times. The men simply have to step up their game.

[@ImagineJoyy]

@@PunanyChemist Abby Steiner and Britton Wilson (major contenders in their respective events) both got injured too and are still making their way back from that. Also, Athing Mu spoke out last year about the burnout of back-to-back championships with no break. It took a toll on some of the athletes. And I hear you if you’re talking about challenging the WR but I’m going to acknowledge there’s been some great times in the last two years by male folk, particularly Noah Lyles who continues to improve. Tebogo & Knighton deserve a shoutout too. And the men’s 400m hurdle times have been impressive as well!

[@_carbon]

LEGEND🎉

[@cesarcoelho7227]

Usain Bolt is Pele of sprinting . Can’t be compared

[@Deelight664]

Mo Green! Will we hear his commentary via Citius Mag in Paris?!

[@ShaneCrawfordGreatness]

i've always liked Mo. cool guy.

[@mellowmonsoon278]

Unbiased and professional. Mo is too good to be an American.

[@darkenergy361]

He American he is black person that lives in America

[@mellowmonsoon278]

@@darkenergy361 Did you understand my comment?

[@Dave-lr2wo]

@@mellowmonsoon278 I understood your comment. It was ignorant xenophobic small-minded bullshit.

[@jamaicanpunch]

@@Dave-lr2wo Its not...he\she speaks the truth. If you ask that dog Carl Lewis the same questions he would not speak like Maurice

[@Dave-lr2wo]

​@@jamaicanpunch Guess what? On a per-capita basis, Jamaica's RATE of ped use is the highest. You can deny this, but you can go do the reasearch yourself. (But I doubt you're capable of being objective and also doing actual research at this level.) Facts are facts. Now what? Go ahead and run along.

[@vaticinus]

They are all running slow compared to previous years.

[@sprintsja]

Mo the real deal

[@delta_tango_dt]

Usain may have been an anamoly but you can't take him out the equation cause he's the one they all gotta beat time wise. Wouldn't even call him an anamoly he didn't just come on the scene and run those times. He was running for many yrs before 2008, competing during his teens at hight school in Jamaica and at world juniors. He just maximized his gift with the help of his coach from 2008 onwards and turned a corner in sprinting that others have not reached as yet. Not sure when we will see someone get close to the corner to be honest.

[@afrobuddy4801]

He is an anomaly because there is no sprinter as tall as bolt with his insane turnover. For a 1.95m sprinter to have as good a start as bolt (2nd fastest 60m split in history behind su) is insane and not normal. It cannot be replicated so people that want to beat his record shouldn't use him as a blueprint

[@Skippygoesharder]

The day a 6 ‘5 or taller sprinter comes along who can turnover very well they will break the WR for 100m. I truly believe it’s such a power event that the person who can take the less steps will run the fastest.

[@Yes_I_c4n]

Height alone has got nothing to do with it. You can't just say that a tall guy, whose turnover is very good, is going to break the WR. It takes much more than that.

[@Skippygoesharder]

@@Yes_I_c4n it isn’t ONLY that my man… come on stop that

[@afrobuddy4801]

Lol you don't need to be a copy of bolt to break the record. The person that will break it will probably be nothing like bolt

[@Skippygoesharder]

@@afrobuddy4801 Tobogo can break it. And he is a lot like bolt

[@afrobuddy4801]

@@Skippygoesharder Tebogo is literally like nothing like bolt. He is just a young phenom like bolt but nowhere near as tall as bolt and his form is very different from bolt

[@joestrickland5153]

KCK

[@mandlas.4305]

To run as fast as Bolt at 9.58sec, you would need to be at least 6 ft 5 and muscular slim. None of the athletes we have right now is built anything close to that.

[@cliffordhill2365]

You just described Bolt himself, but you left out 1 thing? you'd have to be on something illegal!

[@Inyuasha824]

@@cliffordhill2365 reefer

[@FormerIFBBJudge]

You don't have to be 6'5 didn't you just hear what Mo Mo said he said Bolt was an anomaly most tall dudes can't run that fast.

[@nigerccie1]

@@cliffordhill2365 bolt was not on anything illegal.

[@totallyraw1313]

Grandpa Mo looking about 60 yrs old now! 😂

[@seensay2132]

I said the same thing! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 that bruh lookin’ like somebody 63 yo Uncle talkin’ back in my day at the cookout

[@MrFlex5]

You realize he was in his prime in 1999 right? That's 25 years ago.

[@totallyraw1313]

@MrFlex5 Yes, but he's only 49 years old now. His face looks 60+!

[@newtonpeart8573]

So f.......what!!!!!

[@totallyraw1313]

@newtonpeart8573 Stay away from drugs, kids! They age you fast!

[@afrobuddy4801]

You should have asked him if he removed his goat tattoo 😂

[@jomohector5274]

I don’t give a damn about the shoes none of these nowadays sprinters are even running as fast as Justin Gatlin who is #4 on the list (100m)so try again with the shoes part😂

[@cliffordhill2365]

You got some folks who say " ALL " of todays top track stars are on something? what about Sydney M. Levrone?

[@Dave-lr2wo]

The people who say that don't know anything about the sport. They're casuals just spewing ignorant drive-by comments. No, not all athletes in track are on PEDs. In fact, it's only a small percentage who are, and then most of those are caught at some point in their career by their national system or the governing body.

[@cliffordhill2365]

Exactly!

[@ajrocks12x]

I remember when he tattooed that he was the GOAT on himself. Has he removed that tat as yet?

[@Andrembramwell]

i mean he was pretty good world champion, olympic gold medalist and world record holder in the 100 meter which US athlete has done that since him in that event? none lol Lyles is our best sprinter and has not even accomplished that and hes older

[@ajrocks12x]

@@Andrembramwell You said it. He was pretty good for his era. It was stupid and arrogant that he would consider himself the greatest of all time. I wonder if Bolt considers himself the greatest of all time.

[@ronnieyoung2075]

@@ajrocks12xit’s not stupid tho bc at one point he was . That’s like bolt getting that tat bc at this point bolt is GOAT but if someone surpasses his marks that done make bolt stupid for having that tat.

[@Yes_I_c4n]

@@ronnieyoung2075 one thing is to surpass Greene, another totally different thing is to surpass Bolt, though. How do you surpass a 21 year old winning 3 gold medals at the Olympics, breaking the 100m WR in the 100m while celebrating from 85m onwards, breaking what seemed at the time, an impossible 200m WR to break, and breaking the 4x100m WR too? And all at the same Olympics... If that alone is not enough, one year later, at 22 he breaks the WR in both the 100 and 200m in the most iconic times that stand till this day. And then he turned 23. Lol. At 25, in London 2012, he agains does his thing and gets new WR, new OR, runs a 19.32s while easing up and gets gold medals yet again. Lol, just out of this world...

[@ajrocks12x]

@@ronnieyoung2075 : It was stupid. And no, he never was. What do you think all time means?

[@jonathanalleyne2917]

Mo face cheeks got fat😅

[@CanadaMath]

100% of sprinters are drug cheats. All. Of. Them.

[@mellowmonsoon278]

If all of them are drug cheats , it’s still the one who worked the hardest, the most talented and the one who executed the best wins. They don’t teach those in Canada math I guess.

[@CanadaMath]

@@mellowmonsoon278 Nobody is clean. Usain was the dirtiest drug cheat in the history of track and field. Greene was juiced to the max. In fact every Olympic champion in the 100m since 1980 has been a dirty drug cheat. Every. Single. One.

[@GP-qd1yy]

Even the 1980 Olympic champion was juiced. I hate to say it but that was fact. Read the champion’s memoir before he passed. He admitted it so let’s accept it, it’s part of the sport.

[@Insert639]

​@@CanadaMath Why the fuck do you watch the sport if you don't like any of the athletes in it?

[@CanadaMath]

@@Insert639 Because your mother told me to.