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<blockquote data-quote="Vieux Talonneur" data-source="post: 932631" data-attributes="member: 73144">Fair point, although Dina Asher-Smith would only be a metre or so behind. May&#039;s lightning. For a rugby player. But top GB sprinters like Zarnel Hughes or Reece Prescod would make him look silly over 100m. The best time I can see for May is 10.71, which would have ranked him 70th In Britain last year. Even if he could do 10.4 now (unlikely), that would only have been good enough for 25th, maybe just about good enough for the first round of the national champs. If he concentrated on sprinting he&#039;d obvs get quicker, but still unlikely to get close to real international standard. The men&#039;s sprint team are all sub 10.1, a couple sub 10. Asher-Smith&#039;s GB women&#039;s record is 10.85 and I&#039;d definitely back her to beat Nowell.One well known sprint coach reckoned Watson might have been able to get into the low 10 seconds if he&#039;d concentrated on athletics.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vieux Talonneur, post: 932631, member: 73144"] Fair point, although Dina Asher-Smith would only be a metre or so behind. May’s lightning. For a rugby player. But top GB sprinters like Zarnel Hughes or Reece Prescod would make him look silly over 100m. The best time I can see for May is 10.71, which would have ranked him 70th In Britain last year. Even if he could do 10.4 now (unlikely), that would only have been good enough for 25th, maybe just about good enough for the first round of the national champs. If he concentrated on sprinting he’d obvs get quicker, but still unlikely to get close to real international standard. The men’s sprint team are all sub 10.1, a couple sub 10. Asher-Smith’s GB women’s record is 10.85 and I’d definitely back her to beat Nowell. One well known sprint coach reckoned Watson might have been able to get into the low 10 seconds if he’d concentrated on athletics. [/QUOTE]

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