John Wall Races Olympic Gold Medalist Aries Merritt
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- čas přidán 21. 12. 2012
- Washington Wizards Point Guard John Wall has a foot race with London 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist Aries Merritt and Orlando Magic point guard Jameer Nelson at the Reebok Headquarters in Boston.
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John Wall was serious the whole time. He had a face like shut up and get ready.
+Jose Esquivel i noticed that too
exactly he wanted to win so bad
Why not?! That's why he is where he is; at least, in large part.
+Jose Esquivel It's called competitivenes.
Yeah, John was in denial about what league he is in compared to that guy. That serious face says he thought he might actually win lol.
Everyone else were joking around but john wall seems so serious
Good eye. It's the quality that got him into the NBA. Competitiveness.
John was doing it for the gang
@@beelzebubbeelzebub2410 lmfaooo fax
A race is serious in the hood
Just the way they were in start position you knew who the sprinter was
Damn, it looked like Aries was jogging. That's crazy.
No hes a hurdler
That's basically the same thing moron.
Zach Hurdling and sprinting is completely different dumbass.
***** hurdler is someone who jumps over obsolesces, it is different from sprinting. Sprinting has no obsolesces.
The Hurdles and 100m dash is 2 different things. Aries Merrit doesn't win 2 gold medals because he won the hurdles and just because he won the race while sprinting.
Clear to see the gold medalist was sizing John up.. Not his full spped.
of course not, he was probably actually jogging mid way through.
leon scott they both stopped running hard about half way thru but yeah the Olympic runner was prob going 70-75% at the start
John Wall coulda probably won some gold medals tho if he trained in track
onlyrog5 lol not even close
DeAndre Stewart never know really
You can be the fastest man in the NBA but you will not get on a track with an Olympic gold medalist and win
Hot take
John Wall is fastest man in the NBA - said no one ever
@@bwp2bruce Doesn't matter who carries the title. The logic still applies.
Facts!
@@ColeSpeaks103 Profound indeed
John Wall did his best.. But the dude is an Olympic sprinter damn
Curtis Jackson more like a hurdler
You don't know shit bro he is a hurdler how the fuck don't you know the WR holder shit
+King Phil Yeah, how dare he not know the world record holder for something as important as running and jumping over pieces of plastic. what a fuck boi
And putting a leather ball in a plastic hoop is more important? All sports are just silly games without the context.
panner11 Most sports are methodical Track&Field is mainly athletic ability where as a sport such as Basketball or Football are both about 40% athletic ability and 60% mental approach, if you don't have the right mindset or instincts you're not going to be as good as you think...
Dude was in 2nd gear the whole time, as a former runner myself I know that stride. I respect john wall and his competitiveness.
😂 yep once he proved he was faster off that initial jump he was toying with wall.
@@freddycalipari4242 John also didn't have the right placement before the run started. Look at the positions both runners took. John was in a position as if he was running a suicide . That's when the gold medalist knew he won.
Sooo..... no one had a camera at the finish line ?
Right lol
exactly
There is no finish line...
Legend has it, they're still running to this day
Jordan Stroud lol
Jordan Stroud I'm dead asf
I like how they had nice cameras and mics there....but we watch the video filmed by a razor flip phone
kmsl frfr tho
Peep what aries merritt says @ 1:20... jokingly says "yall hurting my kidneys" because of laughter. this dude actually had a kidney transplant this year. power in words yall
nice sayin' man
Damn this is deep
yep, he did rlly well in the 2015 world champs considering it wasn't too long after his transplant
maybe he really felt his kidneys and didnt even realize it
Francis dolloway he had kidney problems for years and was taking medicine for it but it recently got so bad he needed surgery
John was so focused like he was really convinced he could beat a guy who's put the same amount effort hes put into his sport into thier own.
exactly
Edit pokemon my
hes a competitor ofc hes gonna compete
"Coming up next, John Wall plays 18 holes with Tiger Woods, has a home run contest with Prince Fielder, and battles Lewis Hamilton in matching cars."
lololol had me rollin on ground.... My boy Wall all sorts of serious in all of them too!
alkh3myst lmfao
Doubt it. Did you see him throw out the first pitch at a baseball game? Looked like he never touched a baseball. Embarrassing. My eight year old throws ten times better.
@@truthhurts837 very cool 😐
Lol LH44 the The GOAT
Fucking John Wall is ALWAYS SERIOUS
Damn he sped up so fast. Crazy to think bc John wall is top 3 fastest in NBA and had no chance here
he better win if thats his profession...i bet the guy couldnt get a single bucket in a nba game
How do you know he's top 3 fastest?
he is THE fastest
+Gerald Deliva im jus sayin he couldnt score a bucket cuz the guys post said wall had no chance to win a foot race
Nope , I think Westbrook is the fastest and it ain't close🏃💨
Aries merritt is on another level of fast. basketball fast is different. its more about quickness in basketball because your only going soo far. accelerating and maintaining your speed is a different story. Aries makes it look soo easy.
Who's here 8 years later because it was in their recommended
"he wasnt really running man. he was running with john." slowed down to run with john wall.
its funny cause wall was soo serious LMFAO!!!!!
G MONEY you know! Like he thought he was really gon win 😂
Jay G z
He’s a competitor.
@@iayyam it’s called being competitive
skip to 1:30 for da race and to save some life
+B BONES Thanks homie
VinBones is
lost an equal amount of life scrolling down to find this time stamp. great, now i'm wasting even more life making this comment. dammit!
Cee Gee I'm fucking crying 😂😂💀
"SAVE SOME LIFE" ICONIC
As a track & field athlete myself, you have to give much respect to John Wall. In this age of prima donnas, many elite athletes like John Wall would never swallow their pride enough to even attempt such an arduous task as racing an Olympic sprinter. Again, much respect to John Wall!
At this point of walls career in this vid(before the injuries) hes one of the fastest or the fastest nba player...
Wall is a great sprinter considering he trains to play basketball and not track
@@TheTaekwon3 he had those fast twitch fibers in him.
It’s just a race.... so much praise for what lmao
@@devan8310 he just showing off cos he do track in high school 🤣
Who else got this recommend to them after watching the DK Metcalf 100 meter race?
Did they shoot this with a razor? Wtf
Why you hating? They obviously didn't shoot this with a razor. WTF does that even mean. They obviously shot this with a slice of onion connected to a cornchip extension.
VolsPride 💀💀💀
Michael juda LoL😂
Michael Juda lmfao
CZcams Channel I see what u did there😉
John's pretty fast, his form's all over the place IMO but still fast as hell
Wall was like "so you gon run or what" 😂😂 my mans was dead serious 🤣🤣🤣
The race didnt even start but my heart went to aries when he said "kidneys" and the rest is history. Glad he is okay after the transplant. a good and humble man indeed
the wackest race angle ever
Exodus EXACTLY my thought
It's quite clear that Aries was jogging. He took off fast to shake them quickly, and then just jogged the rest of the way. John Wall and Jameer Nelson tried. . . to no avail. I love watching Aries.
guy stopped running after like 20m
they do crossfit
that would make sense. In his mind, he was probably thinking "all I have to do is get ahead of him within the first second"
Jogged the rest to not embarrass john wall
black kids know not to try hard
Probably pulled a muscle
Aries doesn't even look like he was trying. He's talking and John is running as hard as he can.
John wasn't really trying
@@dragonsolomon3189 nah man it’s clear John giving it his all while Olympian is in cruise control
It's crazy to think that the fastest man in NBA is like a nobody on the race track.
Thats crazy cause Wall is fast and Aries looked like he was just jogging. #Savage
I remember when I used to win gold medals in track & field...
...ahhhh, the good ol' days....
...on my Nintendo.
haa! I was on a basketball kick at the time.
I'm all through with John Wall videos. Saw him get toasted by the Hawks in the playoffs last June. I was like, "uh uh, I'm done, playa".
Georgie Arn lol same here
Tone Montana wouldn't that mean ur on all the videos too
THIS MADE MY DAY 😂😂😂😂😂😂
IRL you gotta love them participation medals
"John got em tho"
"Oh he shut him down" 😂😂😂😂
John wall is underrated
Abdullah Khan14 he grade A trash
his speed is not...
Petty Wap must be a Nets fan lol
The Great Wall of Chinatown I'd go top 3
Abdullah Khan14 he's overrated, even back at his Kentucky days he was overhyped
yo john wall was so serious
michael abah fr I noticed that John bout his business when it comes to speed
He has to be serious if he wants to try and beat someone like that
If u look closely lebron travelled!
5alidal 😂😂😂
lmao
5alidal If you Look closely you have no life
lol
😂😂😂
Wall is fast of course, but his best attribute is his speed with the basketball in his hands, nobody dribbles end to end faster, Rose and Westbrook might give him a run for his money but John Wall is lightning.
Damn fam i saw this 3 months after you commented this and laughed when i read rose😂 rose gonna tear his acl waiting for the pistol
Drada ...Not 3 months, he commented that 3 YEARS ago. That must be why he said Rose.
Rose full court is not even close to westbrook
I like that John Wall was serious about competing !!!
Yo Im a Blazer fan but I just wanna say that John Wall is one of the most competitive player Ive seen! LOVE that he takes EVERYTHING serious!
1:15 this part cracks me up every time how Aries keeps looking at Wall dying😂 and that man Wall got a straight face, you can tell it was personal for him. Then Aries burns Wall with ease😭
Top track athletes are always way faster than top athletes in other sports. Merritt didn't need to run his hardest to stay in front of Wall. However, Wall still runs really well to be able to even run down the track with Merritt at all. He is possibly the fastest NBA player ever. Merritt had a kidney transplant only two years ago and while he might never challenge his world record again he's already back to being one of the best in the world with 13.09 this year in the hurdles ... amazing.
Don't lie this been suggested to u for like 2 years and u finally said "forget it I'll watch it"
'That's the third time, man!" - (gunshots)
Also, lol at the lack of a camera at the finish. Good stuff.
Just now getting this on my recommended
respect to john for being serious the whole time 😂... But that shit was never going to be close. He got walked on.
Respect that competitiveness for sure, but if Aries was a 6 speed, he was probably in 2nd gear here 😆
The fact that John can even step to 1/5 of one of the best runners period. Besides, if y'all have the ability, don't y'all wanna see how y'all stack against the best? He already dominated the NBA in speed at the time, what's the harm in him seeing where he stacks up?
He wasn't jogging... the fast ones just make it look effortless
Never gets old
Lmao to the ppl saying he was jogging like you see him take off full speed and he only started slowing down when he seen he was a few steps in front of john wall
stop that full speed, go watch that mans full speed he's faster than 90% of the world with hurdles in the way
Exactly why he isn't gonna beat his record it's not being a poor or whatever sport it's how in how hard you have worked and that it has paid off if I was usain bolt I would blow past the other guys Blake has beat him before in practices e claims
VCHStrack correction he's faster than 99% of the world
ryan bell agreed
***** I understand maybe beating Wall by a wide margin in a race is unnecessary, but it's incredibly silly to say beating the world's best in a highly competitive race by a wide margin is as well. Not only are these guys competing on the highest level, they are going for world records. It is in no way bad sport to try your hardest through out the whole race. In the case of Bolt in the Olympics, I remember him being far ahead and he ran backwards for the final bit or at least slowed up in some manner. I see that more as him being cocky or at least wanting to celebrate his victory early rather than slowing up for the sake of sport. Not faulting him for that, but I doubt it was for the reason you say.
Running starts 1:28
gricius Jeez thanks I didn't know it was that long after.
Race was over before it started! It’s like if the running athlete competed in a 1vs1 bball game 😂🤦🏻♂️
Wall was running so hard kept up very well not surprised top NBA player but dude looked like he was running light n was much faster , the way it looks when Olympic sprinters run is different ! Respect too sports
When I started the video I didn't know which one was Aries Merritt, but after I finished it I'm pretty sure he was the one in red
Merritt's acceleration is unreal man. the technique....
Great videography
John is a man of focus, commitment, sheer fucking will.
-john wall
Aries: Y'all hurting my kidneys 😂😂
John wall: I don't see WTF is so funny nigga 😑
Imagine what John could have achieved had he been in shape even once in his career...
He’s in shape right now He put on tons of muscle but I don’t know if you mean if he stay in shape back then
@@nayquanparker878 now is a bit too late tbh...
@@TK-nc3ou I mean yeah but he still got a couple years in him if he go to a more better team he could possibly go for a championship run
that would definitely be a big help, but imagine if Washington knew how to build a winning team in the 2010s. Wall did pretty well without having a megastar on his team (Lebron, KD, Kawhi, Giannis, etc.), not that he couldn't have made improvements on his own
@@Joe_Parmesan there is no reason not to be in shape, and there is an increased risk of injury when you arent
CZcams thanks for recommending this
Was the guy in the long sleeved red top the same guy from the "John Wall shuts up high school kid" video?
John Wall is great athlete and it seemed that he was running really hard. But damn Aries just won that race with ease. John isn't no slow poke either.. He's one of the fastest guy in the NBA.
Exactly the NBA😂😂😂
@@SlimracksOfficial Ya fr, there's levels to this.
Lavar Ball: My son Lonzo can run faster than ALL of them.
Shawn Williams combined
And shoot better than Steph.
John was like ok let’s race while dribbling a basketball next 🤣
Why was everyone lined up at the start and not the finish line lmao
Aries wasn’t even trying and he still smoked wall.
Almost like he was a professional runner. Weird.
@@DoctorJammer he is not a professional 100 meter runner
Man Wall could of gone to the Olympics if he really wanted to
It was in a closed practice... I remember the Raptors were by chance in the same city and practice facility as Wall and the race happened.
Spotted St. Anthonys Coach Bob Hurley at the end there
good enough in the NBA
lots of technique involved in sprinting
these guys look so explosive
8 years later and we here😂😂
The guy lowkey looks like Andre Iguodala
Race starts @ 1:30
was that Bob Hurley at the end ???
Is that Bob Hurley at the end?
People have no idea how fast top-flight sprinters are. Basically, think of the fastest pro-sport athlete you've ever seen and then beat him by 8-10m in the 100m. I've heard that CJ2K ran a 10.45s 100m at his best, which is 0.9s slower than Usain Bolt's record. They finish the race running at about 14m/s, so at his fastest CJ2K is 12m behind Usain at his fastest! Everybody in the finals of the 2012 Olympic 100m Men's Final ran sub 10s, so no pro-athlete could ever touch that.
Well put. I have said the same thing to friends of mine who might watch the 100 meters and say that the dude that got last is slow. No he's not! I always tell them to look at the time he ran. They'll say, "He ran 10.3. Is that fast? And i'm like "Are you kidding me? Hell yes! That is moving!" To anybody that thinks that the last place dude in the Olympics is slow, go race him and then say that!
Darrell Green had a ridiculously fast 100. Trindon Holliday is up there as well but for the most part you are right.
That being said, Bolt beats other top-flight sprinters by 5-6 meters to start with.
+Relbl while that is true many of these NBA and NFL players like CJ2K, even John Wall are running at speeds relatively close to Olympic gold medalists without any formal track training.
You take John Wall give him a year of track training and this race is much closer.
To add to that, if you take John Wall and Arries and put them in an agility drill and John Wall probably wins by a larger margin than Arries wins in a straight sprint.
my point is the NBA players are better overall athletes than sprinters.
Relbl duhh!!!!! dats y they professional sprinters n not bball football or baseball players!!!! u comparin apples to oranges
We need to organize an all around professional race with speedsters from all the different sports! I'd pay to watch that! Perhaps:
Usain Bolt (Olympian)
Tyreek Hill (NFL)
DeSean Jackson (NFL)
Mike Wallace III (former-NFL)
Tim Locastro (MLB)
Trea Turner (MLB)
Billy Hamilton (MLB)
Andre De Grasse (Olympian)
Matthew Boling (J Olympian)
Teddy Ginn Jr (NFL)
This would be awesome to watch!!
Thank you.
Was that bob hurley at the end? 🤯
I'm watching this in 2017
john got speed
that sprinter coulda dusted john wall just like john wall coulda dropped numbers on him in a 1-on-1, either way black excellence on display
He's a hurdler ( he actually holds the WR ) you ignorant
still need to be fast to hurdle, lol whats your point.
Michael Racist
hshshshshshshs bye troll
hshshshshshshs Factsssssss
Is this after the ACL tear?
Why are Jameer Nelson and John Wall hangin out?
they should try to beat cwebb... there they really would have to run through the tape!
John's like "let's compare bank accounts"😁
+Micah Florence 😎
Can the race actually start?
But how fast is he dribbling the ball up and down the court with defenders trying to stop you??
Bro I'm so confused what race did this guy run, because the 100 and 200m gold medalist obviously was Usain Bolt from 2008-2016 so obviously he couldn't be a gold medalist in those, but any race longer than those isn't a sprint. So what race does he run???
Ok nvm I saw he runs the hurdles lmao.
110meter hurdles
Gdawg BallinKB 110 hurdles bruh
he's the 110m hurdles wr holder
the 400 is still a sprint and any runner from the mile down would dust john wall in a straight race
What if bolt play basketball.... Ohh basketball is done lololol
But he did steal it and dunk it in 9.8 seconds lol
Just coz his fast doesn't mean his good at basketball. He probs won't even dribble properly compare to nba players...
Can Bolt dunk? Can he pass? Can he post up? Can he defend?
Nathan Wilkerson Yeah its more about quickness than speed anyway
This has to be the stupidest comment I've ever seen on CZcams. Not only can he not shoot, but he's not the quickest. What was going through your head as you were writing this comment? Are you on drugs?
Welcome to the CZcams algorithm. Just here to say; y'all be talking about John Wall and Fox and Westbrook being fast. The olympian was jogging the whole time...
Why am I just now seeing this
i ran track for 18yrs no way anyone in any other sport can beat a true sprinter
You know certain people do both right? Especially in the NFL, you'll find tons of former high school track stars. A few D1 Track stars and the rare Olympian in certain eras of the NFL.
Yes I am aware I ran track, football, and basketball.
tghetto5 dude Carlin isles who set the fastest recorded 40m dash in nfl history at 4.19 could only run the 100m in 10.13 usain bolt and the rest of the top world sprinters are on another level.
Razatiger Ault My argument was against the guy saying no one from other sports can beat a "true sprinter." First of all, 10.13 is good for someone who doesn't spend all their time training in track. Second of all, 40 is different than 100m, there have been faster NFL 100m times, some even sub 10, go look it up. Even Aries said he can't run sub 10 as is. There are tons of NFL players who run in the low 10's. Tons of NFL players were former high school track stars and a lot were former NCAA track stars. Some even went on to the Olympics. If only the top 10 sprinters in the world are "true sprinters" then that is a pretty stupid definition.
My point is, the guys comment was pretty dumb. "I ran track for 18 years" if he's claiming he's a true sprinter than I'm willing to bet there are tons of NFL players that would dust him. His statement doesn't seem to make sense since a ton of athletes have track and field backgrounds.
You name one person that plays any sport professionally that can beat a 100m professional sprinter. Prime example Adrian peterson but he is not running the 100m. I "was" a true sprinter I never said "is or am now". I am 44 years old I can be dusted by anyone now. I am still insanely fast for my age even though I don't play any sports or exercise at all. Once you commit to a sport you change how you train. Do you or have you ever even run track?
www.flotrack.org/coverage/251077-News-from-the-Track-and-Field-World/article/29026-Suspended-Peterson-Considering-a-Career-in-Track
John Wall is not the fastest player in the NBA, neither is Derrick Rose or Russell Westbrook, there are guys with better full court sprint times. Ish Smith, Toney Douglas, Ty Lawson, Trevor Booker & Nate Robinson all had faster times.
Nate would beat wall no doubt. Collegiate ball and collegiate track I believe
Tobey Douglas dude stfu
Travis Price going by combine times stfu
Truth
I am too damn fast. Can't teach peak. Can't teach bunnies. And you can't teach wheels.
1:27 for the race
wow it's taking it seems like forever to get started.
Aries slowed down as to show a lil respect for wall! Wow
Aries destroyed him, and he wasn't even trying.
The result would be he would still lose badly. He's competing against an Olympic gold medalist; he's literally out of his league. People who've never competed in track have no understanding of how fast a great sprinter really is.
Your A Failure hes not trying... you can easily see that aries isnt driving at all & he slows down & he lets his form fall apart before the race is even over
To be fair, Wall's a ball player. If Aries played 1 on 1 with Wall he probably wont even get 1 point. You're being too serious compairing them. They're just trying to have fun. Sheesh.
He's chilling while running
John wall was serious and ready to get this over with the thumbnail says it all