Der schnellste Mann überhaupt

I followed Asafa Powell for years and couldn’t wait until he was the fastest man again. Then this impossible Jamaican emerged on the scene, not built like any typical sprinter before. He is just so tall, his strides are impossible. And he is as powerful as any typical sprinter. This means he is able to turn over those long strides as fast as Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay, effectively covering more track in the same time. This is why he can finish the 100 in Berlin, in front all these Germans at 9.58 while Tyson Gay had to take 9.71 and Asafa Powell 9.84 to finish.

 

               Der schnellste Mann überhaupt

 

Did you see

Eyes blink and it was gone for me

Runners take your mark, then pow

Shot out like a bullet now

Critics could never say

He can be beaten by Tyson Gay

No more dissention, he put them out

Extinguished all uncertainty, any doubt

Lightening Bolt blast through the pack

Left the others far behind and only once, glanced back

So as to please the fans he ran through the line

There was no wave taunting the others behind

Every blood vessel pumping

Muscles exploding

And the track

Never looking back

Never seeing them choke

Über 60,000 watched the smoke

But no fire engine came

Engines are used to his fame

Regularly burning tracks wherever he goes

His is Der schnellste Mann anyone knows

At 9.58 seconds in this 100m dash

Usain Bolt has made all records trash

Putting the new record beyond all others grasp

The fastest man ever ran and I never saw him gasp

 

Posted by Khaidji at 17 Aug 2009, 8:32 PM
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