Saturday, August 16, 2008

Calvin's 100m race in the Olympics. Heat 7. As usual, very good acceleration , however overwhelmed by the Blacks....

Calvin Came in 6th in his Heats and ran a 10.73s with a headwind of -1.4m/s. Came in 1st from Portugal, Francis Obikwelu (10.25s, 2nd Obinna Metu from Nigeria(10.34s) and 3rd Walter Dix from USA(10.35s). Many people asked told me that Calvin needs more strength, more speed endurance, more power, needs to bulk up and many many more. He did 16.1s for his 150m, did 21.7s for his 200m. He can half squat160kg and bench 80kg. Could it be his technique? Or could it be his race model of the 100m? We found out some problems with his last 30m during the Singapore Open which is few days before he flew to Beijing. But I don't expect him to master the technique in such a short time. He is still a Junior and many more years to come. Lets hope he will represent Singapore in the Olympics as a qualifier and not as a wild card entry.
Many big Thank You to all the coaches and friends who are so concern about Calvin and my training method, all your valuable comments is greatly appreciated. I will do my best and produce more Champions!!

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