The biggest takeaway—maybe more of a revelation—while watching any heat of the women’s 100-meter dash is the sheer violence of those bodies. Those are bodies designed at a molecular level to do one thing: sprint.
NBC’s Tom Hammond said after the women’s 100-meter final that, “In fact, for the top three that’s one of the greatest finals in history. They put up some kind of final.”
That top three—English Gardner, Tianna Bartoletta and Tori Bowie—ran three sub-10.8 times and stand the best chance at dethroning the Jamaicans from the podium at the Rio Olympics.
Fun (fast) fact: That's the first time ALL three women's 100m Olympic qualifiers have had to run under 10.