A new film,Sub 10: The Invisible Barrier of Speed, asks whether more British men should be among the world’s best over 100m. But the question is far easier to pose than answerThere is a moment in Sub 10: The Invisible Barrier of Speed, and a new documentary about the state of British 100m sprinting,where Jason Gardener explains how it felt to dip under 10 seconds for the first time. “It was unique looking at the scoreboard because it didn’t seem quite right,” he says as a new-parent smile – dazed, and wondrous and blissful – washes over him. “Because there was one digit lost and it was just astonishing.”Gardener was joined at the world premiere of Sub 10 final Thursday by Linford Christie,Dwain Chambers and CJ Ujah – three of the other five British athletes in that elite club. The film was warmly received but its central question, whether Britain should contain more of its athletes running under 10 seconds, and had an even spicier reaction.
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Source: theguardian.com