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female Irish sprinter Phil Healy 2nd 11.30 100m and later posted a 22.99 200m, another sprinter to keep an eye on
Erasmus is a shoo in to break 10.00. That guy is a genetic freak!! Guliyev should break his PB for the 200 before the season is out, and Tortu his for the 100. The sky is the limit for Teeters. He is still well within the age range to break his PB. And when is Tortu going to contest a 200. With his height, top speed and form, he should obliterate his current PB.
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Eline Berings of Belgium 100mh in 12.72 good time for this level of racing.
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Hi everyone,
Sorry I haven't posted earlier but I am back.
Quick background. We have had a difficult year, Emile's mom was involved in a horrific car accident in November 2017. We nearly lost her. In December Emile suffered an Achilles injury and had to withdraw from the indoor Worlds. Consequently he did not participate in the South African season. He was cleared fit to compete in the Common Wealth games only 2 days before departure.
Answer to your question he is nearly 6'4" and 231 pounds, and yes he can catch a football. He played 7's rugby at school and was included in the junior "Blitzbokke" team in 2009 and 2010.
About his season in Europe. He started off in Germany and ran 10.21(heat) and won with a 10.20 after 27 hours in transit. Rested for 10 days, won in Copenhagen 10.11, 2 days later won in Sollentuna 10.15 and 3 days later ran 10.01(heat) ran the final 2 hours later in 10.02 and shaved .39 of his 200pb to 20.48 three hours after that.
Initially he wasn't included in the world cup squad because he never posted times but after his 10.11 he was included in the 4x100 but Athletics South Africa could not secure his visa in time. He was invited to run Bottrop on the same day as the world cup relays and accepted the invite as he could not travel to the UK. It was not a good race for him as you can imagine he was a bit tired. His flight back home to South Africa is booked for the 19th and so he decided to run in Cork where he won in 10.14 beating a Lynford Christie record from 1988.
I am including a quote from his coach after his 10.01 and about breaking 10sec
"Frans van Rooyen who coaches Erasmus admits that his athlete is in for a
tough challenge to find the extra speed to improve by a mere few
hundredths of a second however he believes the secret to doing so lies in
the execution of the race.
“Any good athlete should know what he had done from the start to the finish
of his race. If he does not, it was a waste of time. One of the reasons why
Emile is continuously getting faster is because he can remember exactly how
he executed each of his races. Afterwards, he knows what he did right and
where he erred, and that makes a big difference. Emile does not have to
‘reinvent the wheel’ when he races it is a case of adjusting small things in his
technique.
“Something that excites me about Emile is his fighting spirit. In Sunday’s final
the moment he got challenged by China’s Xie Zhenye he managed to dig
deep for one final surge of speed to ensure that he wins.”
Emile will arrive back in SA on Friday and leaving for Nigeria in the next week for the African Champs where we hope he will get a 100m shot.
That will end his season for 2018.
His rankings at this stage is 17 in the world, 3 in Africa and 2 in SA.
Thank you again for all the support from you guys and I will convey this to him.
He is one of the most popular athletes in SA and is known by his fellow athletes as the "Gentle Giant", "The Beast" and "the White Whale".
Regards for the moment.
Johan
Sorry I haven't posted earlier but I am back.
Quick background. We have had a difficult year, Emile's mom was involved in a horrific car accident in November 2017. We nearly lost her. In December Emile suffered an Achilles injury and had to withdraw from the indoor Worlds. Consequently he did not participate in the South African season. He was cleared fit to compete in the Common Wealth games only 2 days before departure.
Answer to your question he is nearly 6'4" and 231 pounds, and yes he can catch a football. He played 7's rugby at school and was included in the junior "Blitzbokke" team in 2009 and 2010.
About his season in Europe. He started off in Germany and ran 10.21(heat) and won with a 10.20 after 27 hours in transit. Rested for 10 days, won in Copenhagen 10.11, 2 days later won in Sollentuna 10.15 and 3 days later ran 10.01(heat) ran the final 2 hours later in 10.02 and shaved .39 of his 200pb to 20.48 three hours after that.
Initially he wasn't included in the world cup squad because he never posted times but after his 10.11 he was included in the 4x100 but Athletics South Africa could not secure his visa in time. He was invited to run Bottrop on the same day as the world cup relays and accepted the invite as he could not travel to the UK. It was not a good race for him as you can imagine he was a bit tired. His flight back home to South Africa is booked for the 19th and so he decided to run in Cork where he won in 10.14 beating a Lynford Christie record from 1988.
I am including a quote from his coach after his 10.01 and about breaking 10sec
"Frans van Rooyen who coaches Erasmus admits that his athlete is in for a
tough challenge to find the extra speed to improve by a mere few
hundredths of a second however he believes the secret to doing so lies in
the execution of the race.
“Any good athlete should know what he had done from the start to the finish
of his race. If he does not, it was a waste of time. One of the reasons why
Emile is continuously getting faster is because he can remember exactly how
he executed each of his races. Afterwards, he knows what he did right and
where he erred, and that makes a big difference. Emile does not have to
‘reinvent the wheel’ when he races it is a case of adjusting small things in his
technique.
“Something that excites me about Emile is his fighting spirit. In Sunday’s final
the moment he got challenged by China’s Xie Zhenye he managed to dig
deep for one final surge of speed to ensure that he wins.”
Emile will arrive back in SA on Friday and leaving for Nigeria in the next week for the African Champs where we hope he will get a 100m shot.
That will end his season for 2018.
His rankings at this stage is 17 in the world, 3 in Africa and 2 in SA.
Thank you again for all the support from you guys and I will convey this to him.
He is one of the most popular athletes in SA and is known by his fellow athletes as the "Gentle Giant", "The Beast" and "the White Whale".
Regards for the moment.
Johan
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Mielie23
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Very excited about Steenkamp. She is the same age as Emile lives in the same city and they have been running the same meets since 2006. She was out for 2 years with injury but she is back!!
mastermulti
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Great to have you back, Mielie23.
I sincerely hope your wife has made a full recovery.
I remember thinking after Emile's runs in France that both were almost "still wind" and that this form with a +1.5 or so would have seen him sub 10 that day.
Great that he'll end his season further believing in himself and setting goals with realistic expectations.
We've surmised that Christophe Lemaitre's sub 10s in 2011 may have been a driver in giving hope to young guys that even those not of west African descent can become world class. Has that ever spurred on Emile?
I sincerely hope your wife has made a full recovery.
I remember thinking after Emile's runs in France that both were almost "still wind" and that this form with a +1.5 or so would have seen him sub 10 that day.
Great that he'll end his season further believing in himself and setting goals with realistic expectations.
We've surmised that Christophe Lemaitre's sub 10s in 2011 may have been a driver in giving hope to young guys that even those not of west African descent can become world class. Has that ever spurred on Emile?
mastermulti
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That's great news. Before 1993 these two would have been running for the same country (Czechoslovakia) so they should push each other to bigger things. There is exactly 2 years age difference.
Stromsik also ran 10.11 (+3) a month ago so this result looks no fluke.
I wish them both a good Euro championships. Could be finalists together with Tortu and Guliyev
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Thank you, still a long road for my wife to full recovery!
Yes, the 10.01 was a +0.6 wind and the 10.02 -0.3.
Honestly no, the belief came in 2014 when Magakwe became the 1st South African to break 10 and break a 26 year SA record, but he became aware of running with top guys in 2014 at the u/23 nationals. He ran a 4th place with Simbine winning, but they ran 10.74, 10.75, 10.76 and Emile 10.77 at sea level with a 6.5m/s head wind. His pb going into the 2014 season was 10.47 and he jumped to 10.23!
He changed coaches in Sep 2012 to Frans van Rooyen who is a real scholar of the sport, himself a sun 10.3 athlete. He had to put Emile's weight into the equation and research the best way to turn it into an advantage.
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His previous coach always talked of him being the first white guy to break 10 but started to stagnate in 2011 and 2012 hence the change in coach.
mastermulti
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Smelyk 10.16 Sokolov 10.17 in Ukraine champs, legal. Borsov to beat?
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mastermulti
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Well, I just saw the Monaco women's 100 on live TV and I stand by my thoughts of a month ago.
Schippers finished 5th in 11.12 (0.1), again behind Prandini.
Seeing it live was the key for me - she looked tense from the time they ran out while being introduced into the arena. Something's not working for her and I DON'T see her as a shoe in for the Euro championships this year.
That time in nice, steady conditions (as testified to by a WR and a U.S. RECORD in the previous race and a sub 49 women's 400 not long before) is nothing to be confident about. It could well breed more self doubt.
Schippers finished 5th in 11.12 (0.1), again behind Prandini.
Seeing it live was the key for me - she looked tense from the time they ran out while being introduced into the arena. Something's not working for her and I DON'T see her as a shoe in for the Euro championships this year.
That time in nice, steady conditions (as testified to by a WR and a U.S. RECORD in the previous race and a sub 49 women's 400 not long before) is nothing to be confident about. It could well breed more self doubt.
sprintstar
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hmmmm Ivory Coast athletes 1-2 they seem to be alot faster this year than all others. Yams? Womens 3000m sc winner breaks world record by a ton....I wonder? Semanya and brother 1-2 in the 800m.... something has to be done to even the playing field between these 2 men more than women runners and the real women.
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On a bright note:
Guliyev ran 2nd for his first sub 20 this season. He looks to be rounding into shape nicely for Euros.
Danil Lysenko won the HJ in an equal world lead 2.40m
The Ingebrigtsen brothers were 3rd an 4th in the 1500, with Filip in a national record 3.30.01, Jakob 3.31.38
Evan Jager a gallant 2nd in the steeple in 8.01.02, only 1/2 second from his PB
Shubenkov romped in the 100H in 13.07
Jakob Ingebrigtsen is only 17 yet now number 5 in world junior history. He has the rest of this season and then another to move further up
Guliyev ran 2nd for his first sub 20 this season. He looks to be rounding into shape nicely for Euros.
Danil Lysenko won the HJ in an equal world lead 2.40m
The Ingebrigtsen brothers were 3rd an 4th in the 1500, with Filip in a national record 3.30.01, Jakob 3.31.38
Evan Jager a gallant 2nd in the steeple in 8.01.02, only 1/2 second from his PB
Shubenkov romped in the 100H in 13.07
Jakob Ingebrigtsen is only 17 yet now number 5 in world junior history. He has the rest of this season and then another to move further up
(1.1) Kristina Tsimanouskaya 11.09 at the Belarus Championships.
She could surprise at the European Championships next month.
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Won't forget that name. It sounds like a Greek- Belarussian hybrid
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In the German National Champs Julian Reus finished in 2nd for the first time in 6 years. He had won 5 straight national
champs in the 100 and others in the 200 but he has struggled with injuries this year at 30 years of age. He will still be
in the individual team for Berlin at the European Champs and also on the 4 x 100 Relay Squad.
I was happy to see one of the younger guys break through. The times were slow but a win is a win. Kevin Kranz (20 years old) is the new national champion and will be running in Berlin. Hope he can continue to slowly improve.
champs in the 100 and others in the 200 but he has struggled with injuries this year at 30 years of age. He will still be
in the individual team for Berlin at the European Champs and also on the 4 x 100 Relay Squad.
I was happy to see one of the younger guys break through. The times were slow but a win is a win. Kevin Kranz (20 years old) is the new national champion and will be running in Berlin. Hope he can continue to slowly improve.