Christophe Lemaitre "White Lightning" 9.92 and 19.80!

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Olympic Development Men's 100m dash Event 480Saturday 3:30 PM

Start List
ID School/Affiliation Athlete
1 USA Justin Gatlin
2 USA Ryan Bailey
3 USA Doc Patton
4 Germany Patrick Domogala
5 CPTC New Balance Jeremy Bascom
6 The Executives Track Club Ramon Gitten
7 CPTC New Balance Kevin Thompson
8 Wws Academy Africa David Tinago
9 Wws academy Africa Tatenda Tsumba
10-alt Gotham Spark Athletic Club Michael Blake
11-alt Dare 2 Dream Track Club Alix Durand
12 France Christophe Lemaitre
13 France Pierre Alexi Pessonneaux
14 France Manuel Reynaert
 
Thanks for posting those great updates on Christophe and his time so far in the U.S. It sounds like they are having fun while getting into better shape for the summer season.

I'm interested to see if Christophe can go sub 10.10 in his first race. That would be a great start.

I'm also hoping the young german Patrick Domogala can p.b. as he is now racing with the big boys. Time for him to grow up quick. It's alot
easier to be successful at the youth level and he will have to really step up his game in the next few years. I like this kids talent though. I just hope he isn't too nervous in his first big test. If he can finish in the top 6 or 7 I would be happy although I'm sure they will have to races and he will probably be in the B Race. Either way, good luck to Patrick and Christophe!
 
USA vs. the World Men 4x100

Event 463Saturday 1:30 PM
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Bahamas


CAN
Canada


FRA
France


GBR
Great Britain


GER
Germany


JAM
Jamaica


TRI
Trinidad & Tobago


USA-b
USA Blue


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...just read that Lemaitre is running a 100m race at the Penn Relays, in addition to running the relay.
So we'll see if he's been training hard in Florida or just watching alligators and hanging on the beach!
 
white lightning said:
Thanks for posting those great updates on Christophe and his time so far in the U.S. It sounds like they are having fun while getting into better shape for the summer season.

I'm interested to see if Christophe can go sub 10.10 in his first race. That would be a great start.

I'm also hoping the young german Patrick Domogala can p.b. as he is now racing with the big boys. Time for him to grow up quick. It's alot
easier to be successful at the youth level and he will have to really step up his game in the next few years. I like this kids talent though. I just hope he isn't too nervous in his first big test. If he can finish in the top 6 or 7 I would be happy although I'm sure they will have to races and he will probably be in the B Race. Either way, good luck to Patrick and Christophe!
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Live coverage of the 2013 Penn Relays will be on nbc tv this saturday from 1.00 - 3.00 pm eastern standard time. So it willl be a great chance for all of us here to watch the mens 4 x 100 french relay team and later on watch Christophe open up his outdoor season in his first individual 100 meters race against a high quality field in front or around 70,000 people. I can't wait!:becky:
 
white lightning said:
Live coverage of the 2013 Penn Relays will be on nbc tv this saturday from 1.00 - 3.00 pm eastern standard time. So it willl be a great chance for all of us here to watch the mens 4 x 100 french relay team and later on watch Christophe open up his outdoor season in his first individual 100 meters race against a high quality field in front or around 70,000 people. I can't wait!:becky:
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I know some of you guys are very negative towards the black sprinters (some rightfully so, especially for the cheats), but Ato Boldon has shown nothing but praise for Lemaitre and here is what he says about him...from a French site...Kudos to Boldon for seeing what I have been saying!

http://www.eurosport.fr/athletisme/...-ne-le-sait-pas-encore_sto3730794/story.shtml
 
[h=3]Wind: "-0.5

RESULTS[/h]
PLIDATHLETESCHOOL/AFFILIATIONMARK
11Christophe LemaitreFrance10.29
27Ramon GittenThe Executives Track Club10.37
33D’Angelo CherryUSA10.46
42Emmanuel CallenderTrinidad & Tobago10.49
56Jeremy BascomCPTC New Balance10.61
64Patrick DomogalaGermany10.79
78Kevin ThompsonCPTC New Balance10.83
85Pierre Alexi PessonneauxFrance10.85
911Manuel ReynaertFrance10.97
10Tatenda TsumbaWws academy AfricaDNF
 
I'm glad that he won but why did Gatlin not run? Second, it was a very slow opener despite a slight negative wind. I'm hoping it's due to some intense training because a 10.29 is a very average time and he should never run that slow. I love the kid but I have to be honest.

Patrick Domogala looked horrible.

These guys better both get back to training. Stupid NBC Coverage stopped a half hour ago so I couldn't even watch the race.


Anyone have a video link to this race? Thanks guys.
 
Wow, he's still just not there, is he? I really don't know what's happened to him over the past couple of years. Apparently, he's eating better and training harder, but, unless he really eased up and jogged the last 10 meters, this is another disappointing start. A win is nice, but there was no international-level competition in this race. 10.29, simply not that good given virtually no wind.
 
Keyser Soze said:
Wind: "-0.5

RESULTS


PLIDATHLETESCHOOL/AFFILIATIONMARK
11Christophe LemaitreFrance10.29
27Ramon GittenThe Executives Track Club10.37
33D’Angelo CherryUSA10.46
42Emmanuel CallenderTrinidad & Tobago10.49
56Jeremy BascomCPTC New Balance10.61
64Patrick DomogalaGermany10.79
78Kevin ThompsonCPTC New Balance10.83
85Pierre Alexi PessonneauxFrance10.85
911Manuel ReynaertFrance10.97
10Tatenda TsumbaWws academy AfricaDNF
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Sorry guys, but 10.29 for an elite sprinter of Lemaitre's caliber is a sad sad time.
Training in Florida has done nothing for him.
I am sooo disappointed in this guy..... in my opinion we will never see the Lemaitre of 2 and 3yrs ago again.
I know that sounds very negative, but the time (and the times he ran last year) speak for themselves.
Hopefully Gemili can brighten my spirits this season.
 
I'll try and put a positive spin on this: Christophe was 0.37 off his PB. The 2nd to 5th runners were 0.19, 0.42, 0.44 and 0.42 off their PBs (from the IAAF web site) for an average of 0.37. Recorded wind speed is not necessarily accurate.
 
Yes what was the temperature? Maybe were grasping for straws but the north eastern part of North America has been unusually cold for early spring.
 
jacknyc said:
Sorry guys, but 10.29 for an elite sprinter of Lemaitre's caliber is a sad sad time.
Training in Florida has done nothing for him.
I am sooo disappointed in this guy..... in my opinion we will never see the Lemaitre of 2 and 3yrs ago again.
I know that sounds very negative, but the time (and the times he ran last year) speak for themselves.
Hopefully Gemili can brighten my spirits this season.
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REALLY ! lol :faint2:
 
jacknyc said:
Sorry guys, but 10.29 for an elite sprinter of Lemaitre's caliber is a sad sad time.
Training in Florida has done nothing for him.
I am sooo disappointed in this guy..... in my opinion we will never see the Lemaitre of 2 and 3yrs ago again.
I know that sounds very negative, but the time (and the times he ran last year) speak for themselves.
Hopefully Gemili can brighten my spirits this season.
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Weather was fine...temp was fine...-.05 wind is negligible...He probably could of run 10.18-10.20 if he had competition like Gatlin, Bailey to push him. Still somewhat disappointing.

I wont say anymore on what the obvious problem is, but look at my post above and link to what Ato Boldon says needs to be done.
 
elispeedster said:
Weather was fine...temp was fine...-.05 wind is negligible...He probably could of run 10.18-10.20 if he had competition like Gatlin, Bailey to push him. Still somewhat disappointing.I wont say anymore on what the obvious problem is, but look at my post above and link to what Ato Boldon says needs to be done.
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My French isn't that good, but from what I can tell he is saying that Lemaitre has lots of talent, but bad technique generally, a poor drive phase, a passive attitude, and a lack of a competitive training atmosphere.These are ALL things that we've been saying for awhile on this thread.It's one thing for us to recognize these problems..... it's another thing for Lemaitre to fix them.It's pretty apparent what he needs to do.It's also pretty apparent that he is not doing these things.
 
Ato Bolden

Ato Bolden also critizises his arm technique, but Christophes arm technique is not so bad.

The other point, Ato Boldon said, is his poor drive phase .... not really news for us.
 
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