Borlée twins

[The Master]

I did not find any information about these guys here so let me introduce you the Borlée brothers.

They come from Belgium, they are twins and are barely 22. They run on 400m.

Jonathan has a PB of 44'78 and Kevin 44'88.

I think that's very interesting regarding their ages, I'm confident they will improve and maybe become sub 44.

Jonathan opened his season with a 32'50 in the 300m race in Ostrava (it was not good condition that's why Bolt failed).

Their wikipedia pages :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Borl%C3%A9e

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Borl%C3%A9e

They are very talented and train in the Usa.

Edited by: The Master

 

[mastermulti]

thanks for the input.
We have discussed these guys on occasion. I think the last post was about the 4x400 in the worlds, where Kevin ran the second leg in 44.4 and took Belgium from near the back into 2nd place. He was quicker than everyone but Wariner (43.6).
Very impressive, and I like Olivia too!

 

[mastermulti]

here's a vid of Bolt's 300.
I was impressed with Borlee's running though. He ran his own well judged race even though Bolt blasted by him early. He wasn't spooked by that.

Bolt 300/ Borlee 2nd

 

[trackster]

The Borlee twins may soon be running in different events. Their dad believes that Jonathan has more potential in the 400 and that Kevin should stretch it out to the 800. I'd love to see that. but Kevin isn't in a hurry to make the move yet.

http://www.european-athletics.org/general-news/european-400m-champion-kevin-borlee-has-a-future-over-800m.html

 

[trackster]

The Borlees will be attacking the European indoor 600m record this winter:
http://www.european-athletics.org/31th-european-athletics-indoor-championships/belgiums-borlee-twins-looking-for-relay-gold-in-paris.html