Welcome to SPRINTERS.TV - your portal
for videos of world-class sprinters, sprint competitions
and sprint training drills and
techniques. Sprinters
train for and compete in races in which they run at
close to full speed for the duration of the event.
Thus sprinting events are much shorter distances than
other running competitions. The most common Olympic
sprinting races are the 100 meter and 200 meter
sprints though some classify the 400 meter race as a
sprint competition. Indoor competitions will include the
60 meter sprint while American football players will often test
their speed with the 40 yard dash. Sprinters also
compete in the 4x100 relay in which each team member passes a
baton inside a limited zone to the next teammate.
Sprinters who hold the fastest time in the 100 meter event are
often termed, "the world's fastest man" or "world's fastest
woman."
Sprint events normally begin
with the competitors exploding out of adjustable starting
blocks which assist to propel the body forward as quickly as
possible. The start of shorter sprint events such as the
100 meter race is critical as there is little distance to
compensate for a poor start. Sprinters
will often wear cleated shoes to gain additional traction
on the track surface. In the 60 meter and 100
meter events, sprinters are lined up side-by-side in adjacent
lanes and run a straightaway which allows for the fastest
acceleration. Sprinters will approach full-speed around
40 meters at which point each sprinter's pure speed is the
deciding factor in the event. The 200 meter and 400 meter
events are run around an oval track in which sprinters
have staggered starts which accommodate for the longer distance
around the track in the outer lanes.
Sprinters run inside
four-foot wide lanes and must avoid multiple false starts to
avoid being eliminated from the
competition. Thus sprinters must carefully time the
start to explode out of the blocks at the sound of the
gun but avoid a disastrous false start.
Custom Search
These videos capture some of
the world's finest Olympic sprinters in sprint competitions -
100 meters & 200
meters.
