Justin Gatlin
Justin Gatlin
Justin Gatlinis an American sprinter, who is an Olympic gold medalist in the 100-meter dash. His 100m personal best is 9.74 seconds. He is a twice World indoor champion in the 60-meter dash...
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth10 February 1982
CityBrooklyn, NY
came dreams gold guys icing job obviously sorry win
My job was to come out here and get the 100 and 200 gold medals. That's what I did. The (relay) was icing on the cake. Obviously there's no icing now, but I feel sorry for the guys who came here with dreams to win a medal. ... They didn't get that chance.
key michael people records success
When you look at people like Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson, Maurice Greene, the key to their success was not world records - it was their dominance,
fast strong
With a fast track, right conditions, and strong competition.
debating focus heads looking people putting year
Most people would be debating in their heads what to do in a year like this. It is all about preparation and I am just looking at putting out superb times. All I have to do this year is focus on my race.
greatest guys however
Maurice is one of the greatest competitors in the world. However this is a new era, the young guys are coming.
best mentally physically
Mentally and physically I am the best sprinter.
beaten course record threatened wish
Of course I wish Asafa had run, ... I think the world record would have been threatened if he was there, and I think I would have beaten him.
certain countries egos people point proven reliable run stick team themselves
One thing we don't have that other countries have is discipline, ... You have egos that get in the way, people who want to run certain legs, or who feel they should be on the team when they haven't proven themselves to the point where they're reliable enough to get the stick around.
bit competition credit finishing good name performance pleased season tight
I am really pleased with the season this year. I feel I have established better credit to my name and feel I am more consistent. My hamstring was a little bit tight about 20 meters to the finishing line, but it was a good race, I think my performance was good, the competition was great.
again gives good local next satisfied track
I am satisfied with the race, especially the track and the local fans. Shanghai gives me a very good impression. I will come here again next year.
bummed head run slow strong wind
I'm a little bummed that we had a strong head wind like we did. I haven't run that slow in a long time.
came equal fast game good ran running sean technical
Leonard Scott ran a very good technical race, Sean Crawford came through easily, everybody's running really fast and times are pretty much equal in the first round. So everybody's going to have to come out and put their game on.
anybody awe shock
I think I'm in shock and awe more than anybody else right now.
dominant fast great prayed running season winning
Really? So I did get some kind of record, huh? It's great to show how dominant I am this year, running fast times consistently and winning every race. I prayed before the season to be dominant, and it's all come together.