- published: 22 Aug 2016
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The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 (1964 for women). On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and race in separate lanes for the entire course. In many countries, athletes previously competed in the 440 yard dash (402.336 m)—which is the length of a quarter of a mile and was referred to as the 'quarter-mile'—instead of the 400 m (437.445 yards), though this distance is now obsolete. An athlete who competes in the 400 m may still be referred to as 'quarter-miler'; the distance or event might still be called the "quarter."
Maximum sprint speed capability is a significant contributing factor to success in the event, but athletes also require substantial speed endurance and the ability to cope well with high amounts of lactic acid to sustain a fast speed over a whole lap. While considered to be predominantly an anaerobic event, there is some aerobic involvement and the degree of aerobic training required for 400 metre athletes is open to debate.
Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, CD (/ˈjuːseɪn/; born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican sprinter. Regarded as the fastest person ever timed, he is the first man to hold both the 100 metres and 200 metres world records since fully automatic time measurements became mandatory in 1977. Along with his teammates, he also set the world record in the 4×100 metres relay. He is the reigning Olympic champion in these three events, and the first man since Leonidas of Rhodes to win six Olympic gold medals in sprinting, and an eleven-time World champion. He was the first to achieve the "double double" of winning 100 m and 200 m titles at consecutive Olympics (2008 and 2012), and topped this through the first "double triple" (including 4×100 m relays).
Although gaining worldwide popularity for a sprint double victory at the Beijing Games, Bolt has had more victories as a 200 m runner. While he had not won any significant 100 m title prior to the 2008 Olympics, he had won numerous crowns in the 200 m event at the youth, junior and senior levels. Further, at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, Bolt completed a hat-trick of 200 m world titles by winning his third straight gold in the event. His 2009 record breaking margin for 100 m, from 9.69 seconds (his own previous world record) to 9.58, is the highest since the start of fully automatic time measurements.
Verse 1:
Talking: Ladies, tell us, are ya ready Well, come on, yeah
Eenie, meenie, miney moe
Which one of y'all wanna go with me
To party, on friday, where it be, it's crazy Get funny, spend money, so love,
lean with me
You will see that I'm only tryin' to do my thing
Ain't tryin' to waste no time you see
So, whatcha sayin' to me
Chorus:
Hey, hey, whatcha say
(Whatcha say, whatcha say)
Hey, hey, whatcha say
(Do you want to party with me, yeah)
Hey, hey, whatcha say (Hey yeah)
Hey, hey, whatcha say
(Whatcha say, whatcha say)
Verse 2:
Everybody here, everybody there
Throw your hands in the air
(Throw your hands up, throw your hands up)
Keep it tight, all night, alright right, ok now
I'm gonna show ya how to get down
(Get down get down, get down get down)
Ain't no half steppin'
People in this place come on, now
Tell me whatcha say
Chorus:
Hey, hey, whatcha say
(Oh whatcha say, whatcha say, yeah)
Hey, hey whatcha say
(Get down with me, yeah)
Hey, hey, whatcha say
(Hey yeah)
Hey, hey whatcha say
(What ya sayin')
Hey, hey whatcha say
(Tell me)
Hey, hey, whatcha say
(Hey, hey, whatcha say)
Hey hey whatcha say
(Do you wanna party)
Hey, hey, whatcha say
(Oh what cha say)
Bridge:
Tonight is the night
When we make it so tight
I'll get down 'till the light
To all the girls and the boys
Now you make some noise
Don't be afraid to join
Oh, sing it
Chorus:
Hey, hey whatcha say
(What you say)
Hey, hey whatcha say
(Come on and party with me)
Hey, hey, whatcha say
(Hey, yeah)
Hey, hey, whatcha say
(What ya say, what you say)
Hey, hey, whatcha say
(Uh oh what you say)
Hey, hey whatcha say
(Hey, hey yeah)
Hey, hey whatcha say
(Oh I want you to say)
Hey, hey, whatcha say
(Come on and party with me)