Gout Gout

[4 the all in brawl]

Thats what I yell to the wife after a heavy night on the piss.

Hahahaha....

[4 the all in brawl]

An Aussie would never have juiced up

Hahaha, wonder if Clarke juiced up? His time in 88 was out of the box, 88 was almost peak steroids, Flojo anyone???

[ism22]

Yeah I had the similar hopes for some of those blokes (Clarke and Shirvo) though I did doubt any of them were going to be a serious contender to win the 100 or 200m. But I thought they would have done better than what eventuate for them their careers in the 100 and 200m.

However, Darren Clarke turned out to be a world class 400m runner, finished 4th in the 400m final in Seoul in 1988. I think one or two of the medallists, who were all from the USA got busted for doping not long after. I think in that final there might have been a couple of sub 44s times which was rare back then. I think Clarke might have run low 44s in that final which was his best ever 400m run.....

IMO Shirvo's thing was that he ran a 10.03 in 1998 which put him in a REALLY good position to make the 100m Olympic final in 2000 (he got ridiculously close to breaking the magic sub-10 barrier, which woulda put him in the conversation as a medal contender back then as sub-10 was much less common).

As somebody who trialled for the 2000 Olympics, he inspired me to do better (as did Cathy Freeman). It was a magical time... it disappoints me that the magic sorta died out after 11/9 as I reckon the lead-up to Y2K was really special. To me Shirvo played a significant role in that story for Australian athletes.

[Carlos Parra]

IMO Shirvo's thing was that he ran a 10.03 in 1998 which put him in a REALLY good position to make the 100m Olympic final in 2000 (he got ridiculously close to breaking the magic sub-10 barrier, which woulda put him in the conversation as a medal contender back then as sub-10 was much less common).

As somebody who trialled for the 2000 Olympics, he inspired me to do better (as did Cathy Freeman). It was a magical time... it disappoints me that the magic sorta died out after 11/9 as I reckon the lead-up to Y2K was really special. To me Shirvo played a significant role in that story for Australian athletes.

My best was about 10.8.