elispeedster
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Some comments about Lemaitre from the posters at Track and Field News who are not as obsessed with Lemaitre as we are:
"Lemaitre never could start. Look at the video. He has the best reaction of the field but his mechanics are helpless. Shortest first stride + I doubt he even stretches his front leg out of the blocks, might as well not use blocks. He comes out way too high. It seems he belongs to the school that thinks the best starter is the one who clears the blocks first."
"Not even so much describing his physique since we know he's a slim, lanky guy without great levers but his poor start and acceleration point to being very deficient in terms of strength/power. I have no idea what his lifts, multi throws or short jump tests might be but I'll bet based upon being relatively poor in that phase of his race that he has a lot of room for improvement in this area."
Lemaitre has a great start, he is not lanky, and is very very strong. The posters at Track and Field News know nothing of sprint!