>He ran 9.8x, not all that fast, even though that was a PB for
>him.

I classify that as "rolling", I'm not used to seeing Asian guys run that fast

>A 9.8x won the finals. That’s a huge drop-off compared to
>the
>previous Olympics and the world championships. Trayvon was
>basically
>running 9.7x prior to the Olympics.
>
>An Italian runner won the finals. They have no history
>of winning the event. That’s how slow the finals were.

the "Italian" was a guy named Lamont from Texas