Even a $1 million race couldn’t end the Michael Johnson and Donovan Bailey beef 

Yep, no sicko is starting an argument with this lol.

Who would say “Oh Michael and Bailey are way better than Usain!” LMAAOOO

Someone beat bolts record this yeat

Michael did a great documentary on Usain.

@@josephpalmer831 what record? 9.58? 😂

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@G-man Canadians are afraid of the dark

G-man Wrong Sir. I loved that he did that. Soldier. Michael Johnson was dope too but I remember all of this pretty well it was fun. The Gold shoes in The Olympics were so lit though.

Bailey is Canadian, this was the equivalent of talking trash about Johnson's mom and calling Johnson a m'fer on TV. I think they're allowing him to keep his Canadian image Canadian.

Yeah, they failed on this one pretty badly. The other part they failed to mention is that Jamaicans (Bailey) and Trinidadians (Boldon) have longstanding beef within the Caribbean (think Argentina vs. Brazil), so Boldon trolling Bailey is almost to be expected.

But then he missed half of the next season so I think it’s harder to call then that

@@cadenbrown8985 he knew what he was doing if faking an injury for 6 months was his bail out he was going to do it

@@cadenbrown8985 You want him to fake the injury and then come back for the next season like nothing happened? The guy was a great actor, he followed through on his bullshit.

That race was over before he pulled up. Real of fake (it was complete bullshit) Bailey was still ahead and he's not going to be caught on the straightaway.

@@cadenbrown8985 missing 6 months is nothing in track

Interesting that it's fine for Donovon (who was #1 in 100m for all of two years) to claim Johnson has to run the 100 against him, but Donovon wouldn't run the 200m against Johnson. Donovon was definitely better in the 100m but Johnson was basically the proto-Usain Bolt of the 200/400. He dominated the 200/400 for about a decade.

@@danlorett2184 they met in the middle ground for a 150m race but Johnson "pulled up" jackass

@@danlorett2184 100m requires a higher top speed, thus Donovan was the fastest man. Or is Kipchoge faster because they're not beating him in a marathon (or a half marathon)?

@@danlorett2184 the point is that the 100 is the race that determines fastest man in the world, so Johnson would have to have run that race for anyone to make that claim of him.

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Why not NRL?

Kai Zafra Good point, rugby players have less collateral damage.

‘confused gun enthusiasts’ That was perfect wording!

Aljubrielle Mcdonald National Outdoor Sprinters’ League? I prefer the Network Of Sprinting Experts. Hits right on the nose.

September2004 They were just unprepared to watch people running, that predator instinct really kicks in when holding a new AR-15.

Pretty much. Well said. Exactly what happened.

You bring up a good point but I think you're not giving Michael Johnson enough credit. While they both broke records, Johnson was the Usain Bolt of that time period. I'm more or less talking about fame rather than "fastest man alive". Not only did scorch the previous 200m record but he won gold in both the 200m and 400m. He accomplished something that sent shockwaves not only though the track & field community, but the rest of the world. You wanna know why no one argues if anyone is faster than the 100m champ like they did Bailey? It's because no one did what Michael Johnson accomplished. It was such a rare feat in sports that people began to speculate if he could beat the current 100m champion. Not because a countries jingoism or bias. If that were true, they would do it with every athlete.

People also claimed that the winner of the decathlon was the world's best athlete. People say silly things sometimes

@@seancosgrove1 How is that silly?

Americans using media to promote, help and change rules for american athletes? Maaaan you trippin more than m Johnson 😂

Thank you

From time immemorial it has been that way ....the 100 meter champion is considered the worlds fastest athlete.

Facts!

Of course, only one country had a problem with it. Even they knew it in their conscience

Idk.. I mean.. what if they have to run 400m?? Then who is the world's fastest man

I mean he had better feats than Bailey. Bailey record stood for 2 years after that you become irrelevant. Johnson ran the 200 and 400 and dominated BOTH. Dude literally was the face of track. He deserves the recognition he gets. Dude was ahead of his time to run a damn 19.32 and a low 43

Johnson is probably the 2nd greatest sprinter of all time after bolt so it is not surprising at all

Bailey is an icon here in 🇨🇦

It's not really surprising. Bailey's no slouch at all but his feats didn't match up to Johnson's at the time and definitely didn't stand up well going into the future. Johnson is considered easily top 3 sprinters of all time. Bailey was on top in the 100m for about 2 years and set a record that didn't last long either. Johnson was basically the king of 200/400 for about a decade.

And?????🙄

A track event brought Canada to a stop. How sad.

@@chiefkeith18 you elected Trump, a reality TV star, as president. You really have no room to talk.

@@one0onelion248 nice! Americans not even educated enough to have a comeback for that: The Fords. I’m just playing 😂

@@restreven4455 Ford isn't prime Minister lol

@@one0onelion248 yeah but they’re comparable to Trump. One was an idiot and a cocaine addict and made Toronto famous worldwide and the other just cried recently on tv out of sheer incompetence. They’re the closest we’ve got to Trump in terms of dumbasses.

They usually make these 12-15 minutes long. They don’t have the time to make a 12-15 hour episode for that one?

ABs not done yet so that video won't be made until someone steals his spotlight or something more important comes along. Stay tuned.

They did one with Big Ben

It seems more like AB vs CTE honestly

Gotta wait a while still, he's still popping up, most recently with whatever the hell the bag of gummy dicks situation was.

Yeah, who would actually want fun rivalries like this that drew tons of eyeballs to the sport. Such "bullshit".

@@e2go Don’t take it too seriously my man.

Lol. That’s funny

Sono Luminescence how tf is this racism they’re both black lol it’s a nationality thing not a race thing

@Sono Luminescence what does that have to do with the video or the comment you replied to

Canadians lose, "but were just Canadian", 😂😂

The aged very well

They should do a rewind for that

Plus the giant brawl at the world Juniors, where they switched off the lights on the arena to stop the players from fighting

punch up in piesteny deep dive would be SIIIICK

Rewind of either the Summit Series or 2010 Olympic Final needs to happen.

@@Schizukai WHY NOT BOTH!?!?

To be fair, Bolt came way later. But yeah, probably wouldnt even ne a competition

Usain is on ALOT of roids bro

Well....96 Olympics were in Atlanta.

@@charismatic9904 bruuhh 😂 literally every single champion was and is on roids!!! Especially americans! The difference is only russians get busted because of politics smh

How does someone ruin your career after you already retired?

Yes

U are cool

Oh my gosh I’m a huge fan of your performances ‼️

Peed all in the shower yellow down the drain !!!

I remember these years. Obviously, I know who was the fastest man all along 😜🇨🇦🤣. Congratulations on your success Preacher. It is well earned.

You guys should showcase the Raptors as well !

P K Bandwagon!!!!!

@@bikrambal791 lived in Toronto my whole life dude.

Donovan Bailey is that you for real

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If you think Bailey was the fastest of all time, fine (even though he got stomped by Maurice and might have lost this race). He still acted like a classless a$$. Lamont Jacobs just pulled out of the World Championships, while Fred Kerley is on a tear. Do you see Kerley calling Jacobs names, insulting him, and making uninformed claims? No, you don't. That is the exclusive domain of teams from Canada and Jamaica. Both are an embarrassment to sports in general. The only thing worse is the fans who praise such ignorance.

@@SeisanStnc Cry me a river

@@SeisanStnc you just a bitter jingoist

​@@SeisanStncJohnson was a coward Simple as that

​@@SeisanStnccmon now this was highly entertaining it was like pro Wrestling

True

Exactly

This!! People really need to understand the bigger context of frustration with the US in Canada.

Nonnsense. Johnson was caught and guilty using fooking anabolic steroids. Lewis never failed any dope test for PEDs. There were minuscule amounts of stimulants found, that were not illegal (to the degree of a ban/fail). There was NO coverup. USOC investigated and the result was no ban or case to answer. Lewis was legally cleared. Just because the public weren’t aware the investigation and conclusion doesn’t mean there was a coverup.

Not really. Not if you begin to accelerate late in the 200 and have a crazy kick

Agreed, especially with the curve

The curve was too short for Johnson to ever win this race. If it was a 100/50 he’d do better. His style was suited to a longer curve. But he agreed to race and so we have the result we have

@@nsxperformance Any curve would suit Johnson, Bailey never had to train/contend with curves. Heck even 4x100 Bailey ran the straight.

cim888 You must not have seen Bailey run or ever known of his training. He was more than equipped to run bends at high speeds. This guy ran 1st leg on Canadian relay team a few times aswell as anchor

same here broski. evrybody watched on channel 30 (T.Dot)

Tdot Yardman take care of y’all chicken

not famous81 john d on dope ass was fake ing

I thought it was fake too. Michael should've just kept what he was doing because he's going to be stronger after 100M, but he lost confidence and faked a hamstring pull.

Johnson still has that injury. It is visible on his CT scan.

Eric Silver the destruction of a 24 point lead deserves a deep rewind

@@hailbg91 why you got to remind me

Eric Silver lol

You’re wasting so much talent with that coach

@@hailbg91 yeah we know, but I'm pretty sure the owner forgot she even owned a team

What about Andre Degrees then? Olympic 200m Champ, and just won the 100m in Oregon last week. I'd say HE is the worlds fastest man, right now.

@Jackson Five Uh, no. He is the OLYMPIC 200m champ...so not "a", but "the"...and he just blazed a super fast 100m at Diamond League as the fastest man in the world on that day. there is no question he is one of the fastest men in the world, on any given day. Just like the other two. Autocorrect t on the spelling doofus.

@Jackson Five Asswipe? Ok Jackass 5. He is the Olympic Champ in the 200m. He also won the bronze medal at the Olympics at the 100m. The times doesn't matter, unless you are comparing to Bolts all time WR?? The win is the thing doofus. Andre then won the 100m (prefontaine) in a wind aided 9.74, beating the Olympic silver medalist in the process. You know nothing. Try comparing apples, to apples, fruitcake.

@Jackson Five Yer also wrong about the being fast on one day thing too. Thats what it's ALL about turtle boy. Who is the fastest, ON RACE DAY. Next.

Lol. 😁😂👍

I never got hurt bad enough to take me out of a competition. I only ever got "injured" when my younger cousin would be winning...or I'd find a way to change the rules to make his win irrelevant, forcing a do-over that I made sure to win 🤣 Strangely enough, this was in the 80s and early 90s pre-Donovan/Johnson Beef. And I'm Canadian... Johnson faked 100%

@@Adendum82 you and I had the same kind of injuries XD "sadly your win didn't count" kind of injuries. I was also born on the 80`s maybe it's a condition for us XD

@@tmrevenge I blame Saturday morning cartoons that taught me different ways to achieve an underhanded win, in their do-gooder quest to teach us impressionable youth about not cheating to win and being a fair team player while not being a sore loser. I usually didn't give two shits about the teachable moment, and was pretty impressed with deviousness of the initial scheme, and almost equally impressed that the plan got foiled so easily. I would immediately believe I could've successfully pulled it off. What did they expect from the generation whose grandparents watched Perry Mason, Matlock, Murder She Wrote, and Columbo religiously? With our own added dash of the WWF's best characters and all time world class fakers! 🤣🤣🤣 Once Hank Hill came out with "the asterisk" beside a questionable win, I started announcing that every one of my cousin's wins came with an asterisk beside them. Needless to say, my "injuries" got more frequent the bigger, faster, and stronger puberty made him. Turns out he was a 6'5" ginger giant that hadn't sprouted yet, and my advantages didn't last long once he did 😂🤷‍♀️ Plus he has this thing now where he really hates injustices and watching the societal "little guy" get pushed around. (She smuggly smiles satisfyingly at self) I built that character 💪🤣 He hasn't yet, but I feel a thank you coming about one day... (Pats herself on back)

@@Adendum82 hey wait a minute Saturday morning eating breakfast while watching cartoons could have never teach us skills we could use for evil purposes... XD and I can tell you are still finding a way to win no matter what because not only your cousin is against injustice because of what you "though him" but also you are implying you meant to do that XD, you are a riot!! By the way who is your favorite cartoon villain from the old cartoons? For me is Joker from BTAS and Shredded from TMNT

American arrogance preventing Americans from accepting something? That's news

@Mark Steenson you seem triggurd m8

Mark Steenson I’m American, and I also think that America is WAY too arrogant.

Michael Johnson is STILL one of the greatest 200m and 400m sprinters ever though, no debate, while Bailey's 9.84s 100m WR been passed by like 15 different dudes

@@kags9367 all that means is there's 15 more dudes also faster than Michael Johnson.

Mark Steenson eh personally I didn’t mind but I’m guessing they let someone who knows track and field talk about a track and field beef

Mark Steenson idk I’m just bored dude 😂😂

BubbaJo nice comment bro

They have not deleted many within the top 60 or so comments, as far as I can tell. What have they deleted?

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Shaun Albert ^^

YES

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@Real boxing Fan1 Michael Johnson felt he had no choice but to follow through with his injury and miss a majority of the season. If he did not, he would never hear the end of it every time he entered an event for the rest of his career. By missing most of the following season, he was able to cling to plausible deniability. I may not be able to prove this theory, but nobody can prove it wrong either. My point is, just because Johnson missed most of the following season, that does not prove his injury was legitimate. In fact, it does not prove anything at all.

Real boxing Fan1 Also realize Johnson missed no major events. Sprinters actually do take time off "in season" quite often. It just worked out well for MJ.

@@mikeappleyard1898 “I may not be able to prove this theory, but nobody can prove it wrong either.” wow the world of nationalistic bravado yet surprises me

Uh, not even close? It was clear Johnson was going to lose before they even came out of the bend.

@@hugothomas776 ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

That’s exactly what happened.

Dude didn't cramp... He got that SMOKE !

Phil Tanguay And intentionally missed basically an entire season? Lmaoo. Sure.

He probably wasn't faking, but was going to lose anyway, even if not injured.

Plus he lost on the only part of the race he should've had an advantage on really. While Bailey would've had experience running a curve track, his primary event was all straight away, and Michael Johnson's primary events both had curved track. He lost on the curve, and had to have known in the back of his head there was no way he was catching Bailey on a straight away.

Must be all those years of servitude under the British. You learn how to fake politeness... really well.

FramrodLiggins Thanks!

He is Jamaican

I am an American. I never regarded Johnson as the fastest man at the time. It was American media hype. You can never trust American media.

I dunno, he is still very much in the race. Johnson was always going to be stronger than Bailey from 125m-150m so he really is still in a position to challenge when he gets injured. I think Johnson was injured legit. The female host isn't a track expert she doesn't seem to understand that athletes are deaccelerating from about 60-70m in and bailey was likely going to fade in the final 20m.

don't tell me that was the quote of the nightclub convo? lmao

$5 Canadian dollars! That is like at least $3.50 in the US. Do you know how many clubs in America you can get into for the price of a Big Mac. Hahahahaha!!!!! I don't know what is sadder that the club bothered to have a $5 cover charge or the fact that Donovan Bailey walked out of the house in the direction of a club without $5 in his pocket...

ALL FACTS...

Not necessarily. If you've seen MJ run he really pulls way from other racers around that last curb and if you stop the video right before he pulls up he got a bit closer. Don't know it he would've won but it definitely would've been a photo finish.

I noticed that too. Literally a split second before the injury he does start gaining on bailey.

False, there is a long way to go and Johnson speed endurance was insane. He likely would have closed down Bailey from 125m-150m.

I couldn't never false start to avoid racing a faster runner or fake an injury during a race. IDK wth ppl who do that were taught in their early years, but I'm sure THAT wasn't it. Lol

Same

Ditto.

@@curtisgill1931 It's very different if you are running 1v1, with millions of people looking at you and fighting for your reputation. They were both extraordinary, one fighting for attention and value and the other one trying to prove he was the best. Of course no one would if it's a normal track competition. Tbh I get why Mj would do that, I could see myself doing that in that situation. People would see you as a loser.

And miss over a year including the Olympics. Where he could have won 3 gold medals 200-400 and 4 by 100 relay

Rhetro Chips this beef gave us one of the greatest running event ever. We’ve never seen anything like this since.

It didn't ruin anything, it made it better

Yeah, stop being so nice, Bailey for the win!

Hopefully Andre De Grasse can carry the torch 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦

Nationalism is a hell of a drug

I’m just going to post something here that I also put in the replies to one of my comments to provide a small anecdotal counter to Mr. Steenson’s claims that SB Nation is deleting comments. Hopefully this will provide some reassurance to those who may be concerned over Mr. Steenson’s claims. (Begin quote) When I posted this, there were 56 comments before mine at the time I started typing. I just sorted the comments by newest and counted them, getting to about 64 before I hit mine, including one calling Clara a “thot” and another calling her “Elastigirl.” This implies that they have not deleted many comments, if any at all, unless they were more offensive than “thot” (End quote) TL;DR: I see no evidence of comment deletion.

future hofer actually that’s probably false currently the fastest 100m runner in the world in Christian coleman with a time of 9.76. The fastest 200m runner noah lyles has run 19.50. Lyles has run 9.86 in the 100m. The reason lyles isn’t faster in coleman in the 100 isnt cause of his speed its because of his start. This is the same case here Michael johnson was a “faster” runner but bailey was a much better starter which is more important for the 100m than the 200m, but Johnson’s top end speed was probably higher than bailey’s. Also the video was very biased on the 150m race and it failed to point out that johnson a 400m runner would likely of finished stronger than bailey a guy that never ran more than 100m wasnt trained to finished as strongly, also johnson was right on him in the video until he grabbed his quad and pulled up with an injury. For sake of transparency i am american, but im not arguing johnson for that reason. Michael johnson is the arguably the greatest sprinter ever that isnt named usain bolt so as an avid fan of track and field i find this video very blasphemous and deceiving. This video was made just cause for whatever reason someone wanted to hate on america. But in doing so they are trashing someone who had been maybe the greatest ever before bolt

hj lp The title of fastest man always has been and always will be for the 100m. Bailey ran a top speed of 27 mph in his 100m time which was the fastest ever recorded at the time. Johnson ran an all time great 200m and had better stamina, but there’s virtually no evidence that he ever ran faster than bailey.

@@howard7099 okay Murican. No one's reading the whole thing. Chill. Johnson lost. Bite it.

@@howard7099 sorry how can you be the second greatest track athlete of all time and have a "worse start", thats part of the run, if you cant do it as good as someone else, you're worse. Plus it clearly said Bailey hit 28miles per hour and Johnson 26.5 as their top speed 🤷‍♂️

@@howard7099 lol you are do wrong

AAA

The "fastest" woman is slower than any male collegiate runner and even some high school runners as well. Women never kill anything its a participation trophy.

You never ran track the competitive nature kicks in when you pull up but your muscle snaps back make you stop in your track

Chad Hamilton I did the same thing when my brother was beating me in a race and I run track and that was the fakest thing I’ve ever seen he looks over sees he’s losing by a lot so he just drops out

Hello Kevin! Can't wait for you to see the video, think you're gonna like it. Goodbye!

@UCDRmGMSgrtZkOsh_NQl4_xw why on earth did you replace the narrator? this one speaks with such a nasal voice, can't even watch more than 15 seconds

Twas trash

What

Quinn Murphy what happened?

@@Urrzx upload times

Ikr

Both are Carolina fans

Me too!

***my spliff

@@Shottamanrambo My Chicken Nuggets

@@craigfulton2586 lol

Nawww bro he ran as he drank the beer

Mayor Ajuana he said “pull up”

Especially when you're who is actually hurt

Are you accusing Bailey of doing the same in the second race?

Johnson missed half of the following season after the race, if he faked it he really put a ridiculous amount of effort to look credible.

@Jackson Five He just missed the US Championships and the 400 meters of the World Championships, plus he lost for the first time in years when competing in Paris five days after the showdown with Bailey. But of course you'll explain me that it's nothing important for a professionnal track and field runner to miss the national and world Championships.

@Jackson Five It doesn't matter that he already won the race one, t'en or a gazillion times or that you're interested or not by the event (by the way, the US Championships are also the only way for an american athlete to qualify for the Olympics or World Championships so it's a little more important than you imagine), the fact is that he missed the events, and he missed the events cause of the injuries sustained while running the 150 meters against Bailey.