Christian Blum

[white lightning]

I think JayConn could shock some people as well. He has doubled for several years now. I think his 200 meters ability can really help him making it throught the rounds. Some guys can run a quick 100 meter once and then they can't do it again for a while. To make the semis or finals of the Olympics or World Champs, you have to make through 4 or 5 rounds of the best sprinters in the world. It is not easy to stay consistant and be fast enough to qualify round after round.

This is where Pickering probably has a huge edge. Guys like Osovnakar, Hession, Connaughton and Unger also have alot of experience in the big competitions. Another thing is that all of these guys run both events except Craig. Speed endurance can be huge in the big competitions!Edited by: white lightning

 

[white lightning]

One more thing. In recent history in the w.champs or olympics, only Unger and Osovnikar have made the finals among white sprinters. I know we medaled at the Euro Indoors and Euro Outdoors but I'm talking the World Champs and Olympics. Multiple races in a couple of days is hard. Also the stress kills alot of sprinters. This is the highest level.

That being said, we need some young guys to break through. Especially one mate from the UK!Edited by: white lightning

 

[white lightning]

For those of you not familiar with JayConn(Jared Connaugton). He has some wheels on him. Jared set personal bests in the 100 & 200 last year!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rbK-E6Agt8&feature=relatedEdited by: white lightning

 

[StarWars]

One more thing. In recent history in the w.champs or olympics, only Unger and Osovnikar have made the finals among white sprinters. I know we medaled at the Euro Indoors and Euro Outdoors but I'm talking the World Champs and Olympics. Multiple races in a couple of days is hard. Also the stress kills alot of sprinters. This is the highest level.

That being said, we need some young guys to break through. Especially one mate from the UK!

Craig is that guy, no doubt. A 10.18 and then another in the Olympics is very fast and consistent. That race he ran 6.58 in 2007 for the silver would have been sub 10 if he had kept running 100 meters. And the race from this years versus Kim Collins where he ran him down to run 6.58 shows an even higher top speed. If he worked on his form and starts this spring, which no doubt he did, he will be the fastest he's ever been. Hopefully he is fully healthy too. Simone Collio is also very good throughout rounds, usually improving as the stakes get higher. And like you said 200 runners like Unger and Connaughton typically do well throughout the rounds.

 

[StarWars]

For those of you not familiar with JayConn(Jared Connaugton). He has some wheels on him. Jared set personal bests in the 100 & 200 last year!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rbK-E6Agt8&feature=related

If only Craig had form that good!

 

[white lightning]

Gee, tell me about it.

As far as I know, Christian Blum and a few other German Sprinters will be opening up their season this Saturday. They had all been in training for around 2 weeks in South Africa until this week. The meet is in Germany as far as I know. Good luck to these German Speedsters. They will be the pride of Berlin in August.

 

[white lightning]

The meet is the Kurpfaiz Gala Winheim. I just checked the start lists and I was wrong unless they update them. Christian Blum, Tobias Unger, Sebastian Ernst, and all of the big nams are not running. It is more of a smaller meet for their up and coming sprinters. He will probably be racing next weekend then I imagine.

 

[albinosprint]

I really hope Blum is fully recovered from his fall.

 

[white lightning]

I'm not sure if Blum is running tommorow or not but there is a huge meet in Germany. It will be broadcast live over the internet for everyone to watch. I know Unger is racing in the 200. I'm sure you will see at least Martin Keller, Stefan Schwab and some others in the 100. I'm hoping Christian Blum will compete. I can't imagine what he is waiting for?

If you want to watch the meet. Go to google.com Type in german athletics. Then click on DLV. You can even get a translated version of their website. Probably not for the broadcast but who cares. If I find out the time I will post it here. I'm looking forward to watching this. I'm kind of depressed right now and need a little good track action to get my spirits right. Enjoy gentlemen.Edited by: white lightning

 

[white lightning]

I'm watching the meet right now. Just to let you guys know. Stefan Schwab just won the 100 in a new p.b. of 10.19! This young speedster is really having a nice season so far. Congrats to Stefan. We really need to start a thread for him individually.

http://translate.google.com/translate?tl=en&sourceid=ie8-activity&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.donaukurier.de%2Fnachrichten%2Fbayern%2FLeichtathletik-Sprinter-Schwab-schafft-WM-Norm-im-Vorlauf%3Bart591,2109952Edited by: white lightning

 

[white lightning]

I also forgot to mention that he ran a 10.20 in the prelims and then scorched to a 10.19 in the finals. Great form for the young lad!


http://74.125.19.132/translate_c?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.leichtathletik.de/index.php%3FNavID%3D1%26SiteID%3D28%26NewsID%3D22596&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dgerman%2Bathletics%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7ADBF_en&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhgWazw3zyCjjL33LyFMeGo2zPBxQQEdited by: white lightning

 

[white lightning]

For anyone interested, the meet is still going. It started raining however and that is too bad. There is about a half hour left. In around 10-15 minutes, Tobias Unger will be running in the 200 meters. I was hoping the sun would have lasted a while longer. After the mens 200 is the womens 200. They already ran the 4 x 100 Relays and all the 100 meters races for both the men and women.

 

[StarWars]

What about Blum? and Unger?

 

[white lightning]

Unger actually finished 2nd to Till Helmke. I think it was around 20.70's - 20.80's. Christian Blum was no where to be found. The mens and womens 4 x 100 Relay Teams ran the fastest times in Europe this year. They looked great even with out Blum. He needs to race soon. I wonder if he is healthy? He hasn't raced one time since the major injury.

Stefan looked great as he easily beat Martin Keller. The time was wind legal so it stands. Alexander Kosenkow looked good winning his 100 and 200 races.

 

[kre08]

18 year old Robert Hering had the fastest time in the 200 meter dash setting a new personal best of 20.67 seconds. He did this with essentially 0 wind. Thats an incredible feat for an 18 year old kid, I don't know why but ever since he finished third in the junior championships in the 200, I believe behind Lemaitre, I've had a funny feeling he's going to be very, very good. His name has just kind of stuck in my head and to see him pop up with a time like this with no wind early in the season beating guys like Tobius Unger, its extremely exciting to say the least.

 

[white lightning]

You are right about Herring. He is very talented and continues to improve. He basically did what Christophe did yesterday in bad conditions as well and with no wind. That is simply amazing. I love seeing an 18 year old kid beat grown men. It's just doesn't happen that often and you know that they usually have a good upside as their body is still growing and maturing. Germany is a hot bed for sprinting at the moment. If only we could also get Christian Blum back out there soon.


Imagine if America supported and pushed white kids into the sprints like a small country like Germany does? The results would be off the charts with a country of our size. So many white americans have amazing genetics but almost always go into different sports. They are also told not to run or jump. They are told that sprinting is for blacks. This makes me sad and mad at the same time. Things need to change in the US.

What I really love about a Pickerng(England),Lemaitre(France) and a Herring(Germany) is their potential. Also the fact that kids will idolize them and hopefully many will follow in their footsteps. As hot as Athletics is in Germany now, ten years from now can be even better. I have also heard that Germany wants to lead the way in improving Athletics popularity with more web(podcasts) and meets on tv along with advertising. I'm all for that as well. Good luck to all of these young sprinters.

 

[white lightning]

Bad news guys. I was looking at the race results and I didn't
even realize that Christian Blum ran in this meet. He only ran a
10.47 and a 10.53! He is obviously far from being in shape. In
addition to his ham string injury indoors, he caught a major
respitory illness and missed the training in Spain. He is not any
where near sprinting shape at the moment. The question is can he
get there in only 2 months time. It will be very hard. Christian
believes he can and he will do everything in his power to be ready
for Berlin! What a shame he had so much happen to him in a short
period of time.

Imagine this. If Stefan Schwab can run a 10.19 with a 6.68 time in
the 60, just imagine what Blum can do with a 6.56 in the 60! It's
exciting to think about. Here is to a quick recovery/comeback to
race shape! May God help him to get back where he needs to be.

 

[white lightning]

Bad news guys. I was looking at the race results and I didn't
even realize that Christian Blum ran in this meet. He only ran a
10.47 and a 10.53! He is obviously far from being in shape. In
addition to his hamstring injury indoors, he caught a major
respitory illness and missed the training in Spain. He is not any
where near sprinting shape at the moment. The question is can he
get there in only 2 months time. It will be very hard. Christian
believes he can and he will do everything in his power to be ready
for Berlin! What a shame he had so much happen to him in a short
period of time.

Imagine this. If Stefan Schwab can run a 10.19 with a 6.68 time in
the 60, just imagine what Blum can do with a 6.56 in the 60! It's
exciting to think about. Here is to a quick recovery/comeback to
race shape! May God help him to get back where he needs to be.

 

[white lightning]

We can forget about Christian Blum for this season. He just ran a 10.64 last weekend. That is horrible. I feel so bad for this kid. Imagine having the World Champs in your home country and getting seriously hurt after being one of the best 60 meter sprinters in the world! He not only missed the Euro Indoors but now he almost for sure won't even qualify for the German Team for Berlin. A major injury is so hard at this level. Just look at Michael LeBlanc of Syracuse as an example. We can only hope and pray that these guys can return to the form that made them well known. Damn does this suck. I hope both of them come back with a vengence next year!

 

[white lightning]

It's good to see him at least put up a descent time today. He had a good wind helping him but it is still a great step back in the right direction and it was wind legal. This kid will be dangerous next season. He is one of the smoothest sprinters on the planet. He just makes it look so easy. I feel so bad for him after that freak injury after his race where he won in a 6.56! It looked to me as if he got his foot stepped on or slightly tangled up and he did a flip at full speed. That set him back a half year because of the injury. What a shame. This kid was dreaming about Berlin for four years now. Here is to finishing the year strong. Good luck Christian. You deserve all of the best for what you have went through. Here is the link.

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.leichtathletik.de/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dgerman%2Bathletics%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7ADBF_en&rurl=translate.google.comEdited by: white lightning

 

[swampfox]

If memory serves correctly;and there is no guarantee it does,Germany is looking pretty healthy right now.Schwab,Blum,Herring,and Unger is looking pretty tight.Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't he drop a 10.18 into a -2.5w. If my calculations are right(a loss of .o6 sec for every -1m/sec,a gain of .055 sec for positve wind) that's a poss. wind legal 9.92(2.0w max).Wonder if Germany's beefing up for WC

 

[white lightning]

Your talking about Unger and that is correct. It's frustrating that he hasn't raced since except for a relay in almost a month. Next weekend will be his final tuneup. I'm hoping for something special from him and Guliyev. Maybe a few others as well.

 

[white lightning]

I can't wait for 2010. Christian Blum is one of the three best german sprinters and he is only 23. The injury last season was very depressing but he should be back to form this year. Remember, this is a guy who can run in the 6.50's range in the 60. If he can get back to that form from early last year before the injury, he will smash his outdoor personal bests with ease.

I still say he is one of the smoothest sprinters out there. He makes it look so easy. Like a ballet dancer on the track. It looks effortless. I expect a big year from him and also from Robert Herring. I hope they both can push each other in both the 100 and 200 meters. Unger should have another solid year as well.

 

[white lightning]

I was over at his personal website. I was rewatching his Stuttgart Race where he one in a time of 6.56 from last Feb. of 2009. The thing I noticed is that he had an average start but chased down a high quality field including Simeon Williamson and Michael Rodgers of the USA. Michael ran multiple sub 10's last summer in a breakout season for the youngster. Also S.Williamson has a p.b. of 10.03 already. My point is that Christian Blum ran down the whole field after a bad start. His acceleration and top speed is world class. It's a shame how he tripped and fell because he suffered a major injury. My question is can he get back to being a 6.50's guy in the 60? If he can, he might just make a serious assault on running 10 seconds flat if he can maintain his speed endurance. Christian Blum is very talented. Just another one of many German Sprinters to watch in 2010!Edited by: white lightning

 

[white lightning]

I forgot to mention that Blum opened up with a 6.73 in the prelims last weekend in a small meet. He then false started in the finals. He will be racing again very soon.