Christophe Lemaitre "White Lightning" 9.92 and 19.80!

[Lisa D]

What a great race of Lemaitre!

This performance was not expected.
This morning, I read in the newspaper L'équipe that his trainerPierre Carraz thought Christophe Lemaitre would be far from his personal record, because of his tiredness. But he added : "but with Lemaitre, you never can tell".

So I didn't expect hewould break his record.

I'm so happy today.

Good surprise!!!

He is like a carefree kid, isn't he?
oh, and I love his look, his blue eyes are beautiful...

Edited by: Lisa D

 

[white lightning]

There are many things that separate Lemaitre from any white 100 meter sprinter that we have ever seen. His height, genetics, strong mind and sheer will power. Mastermulti said in a previous post that he was scared that Christophe gets too mad when he loses. That tended to hurt Shirvo and many other white sprinters careers. That may be true but this kid feeds off it!

I cannot point that out enough. He can't stand to lose at anything. It is this beyond competetive desire that will help him rise to the top. He fears no one and believes that he can be the best. Christophe believes in his mind that he can beat Bolt someday! That is what I would call the ultimate self confidence. It is this self belief that will make him train and lift like he has never done before. He will remember these losses in his mind and it will push and drive him to the point of madnesss. This workout sessions will pay dividends on the track. Craig Pickering had this same desire but didn't seem to get things all worked out. He should switch to a new coach.

Wariner has a coach in his 70's just like Lemaitre. It just goes to show that sometimes, the old school ways of training work best. These old white guys who still coach also don't believe in the stereotypes. They tell their sprinters that they can break world records. The mental aspect of sprinting is very important. Lemaitre is blessed to have a great coach and a supportive family around him. He also has teammates that for the most part encourage him.

I think we our seeing a guy who will go in the 9.80's next year and beyond that in the future. The kid is amazing. I just want to see some of our other sprinters both young and old start to rise up as well. Especially the young guys. We may see some really big things within a decade or two all as a result of kids growing up watching Christophe and finally believing that they too can be the fastest man in the world.

 

[Lisa D]

Great post, like always, White Lightning.

We may see some really big things within a decade or two all as a result of kids growing up watching Christophe and finally believing that they too can be the fastest man in the world.

It's true. I can see that in France. There is a "Lemaitre effect". People see a young boy who is just like them break records and it's very encouraging for them. They feel proud.
(I can tell you a few personal anecdotes about it if you are interested.)Edited by: Lisa D

 

[Alpha Male]

Please do so...

Our athletes need all the inspiration they can get!

 

[JReb1]

Congratulations Christophe Lemaitre, you make your people around the world extremely proud!

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[white is right]

There are many things that separate Lemaitre from any white 100 meter sprinter that we have ever seen. His height, genetics, strong mind and sheer will power. Mastermulti said in a previous post that he was scared that Christophe gets too mad when he loses. That tended to hurt Shirvo and many other white sprinters careers. That may be true but this kid feeds off it!
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<div>I cannot point that out enough. He can't stand to lose at anything. It is this beyond competetive desire that will help him rise to the top. He fears no one and believes that he can be the best. Christophe believes in his mind that he can beat Bolt someday! That is what I would call the ultimate self confidence. It is this self belief that will make him train and lift like he has never done before. He will remember these losses in his mind and it will push and drive him to the point of madnesss. This workout sessions will pay dividends on the track. Craig Pickering had this same desire but didn't seem to get things all worked out. He should switch to a new coach. </div>
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<div>Wariner has a coach in his 70's just like Lemaitre. It just goes to show that sometimes, the old school ways of training work best. These old white guys who still coach also don't believe in the stereotypes. They tell their sprinters that they can break world records. The mental aspect of sprinting is very important. Lemaitre is blessed to have a great coach and a supportive family around him. He also has teammates that for the most part encourage him. </div>
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<div>I think we our seeing a guy who will go in the 9.80's next year and beyond that in the future. The kid is amazing. I just want to see some of our other sprinters both young and old start to rise up as well. Especially the young guys. We may see some really big things within a decade or two all as a result of kids growing up watching Christophe and finally believing that they too can be the fastest man in the world.

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The older coaches remember the old days when the elite White sprinters held their own against the Caribbean and Black American sprinters. I don't think any elite coach would be as stupid as Bowden and laugh off the thought of having a White pupil in the 100 meters but you can tell by who they have in their camps what the thought processes are....

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[ToughJ.Riggins]

Wow, this kid is "no fluke". I agree WL, with a better start and technique and continued progress in strength and explosive training, he should dip into the 9.8s by London. If he hits the low 9.8s in London, we should see a medal if there's a cleaner field. Time to change the title of this thread to 9.97!

 

[LoLy]

have you seen Lemaitre's face when he see the time on the screen (9.78)? it's clear for me he don't believe it (that is a clean run)

 

[mastermulti]

his last two strides appeared to be 3.2m each. Phenomenal!

This race was a perfect illustration of where things are at the moment. A couple of standouts (Gay, Bolt, sometimes Powell and now Carter) then a bunch of half a dozen youngsters clumped around the 9.90s.
Any decent final could now see the whole field sub 10.

And Lemaitre competes on an even basis with the second tier of sprinters. He REALLY DOES belong there in that group and they all know it now.
He paid Mike Rodgers back from last week which is a measure of his determination. And I saw at least three guys there who know Lemaitre is always getting ready to run you down.

Ryan Bailey continues to hone his craft well.Edited by: mastermulti

 

[foobar75]

Well, what an unexpectedly pleasant surprise! I imagine that with each sub 10s time, CLM's confidence will only grow further, while our expectations of him will only continue to rise.

I believe that by 2011, he will become not only a regular sub 10s runner, but will be pushing the boundaries of the 9.8s zone. In fact, whenever he doesn't run under 10s, we'll be disappointed, and that's a good thing. I'm also very happy to hear that there's a "Lemaitre effect" in France with young white kids, and let us hope as he gains more exposure world-wide, some of that effect moves to beyond France to rest of Europe and here in America.

And yes, you have to be a totally brain-dead DWF to not realize that Carter is another drug cheat who will get exposed soon.

 

[Bk21]

a few words after the race about his performance:

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he sets his peak in 2-3 years to compete with the best sprinters, maybe he'sinspired bywhite lightning here..

I have a few qestions for the specialists here if somebody wants to enlighten me
I've read here and there that this or that field is known to be a "fast" one, and others to be "slow", what does it mean? except for the wind, I can't figure out what can make a field faster or slower than the other.. any explanation?
I've noticed that Christophe starts his race by leaning only his head while others lean their whole upper body.. why is so? is it a bad technique, or just another technique??

 

[trackster]

Bk--when I say he's going to face a fast field, I'm referring to the level of the competition. There were nearly 20 runners entered into the Rieti 100, all of them world class studs, so that they had to run heats just to qualify for the finals. So it was a strong performance by LeMaitre and a good indication of where he is at his age.

Rieti, of course, is a fast field in another sense. It's quite possibly the fastest track in the world for distance and mid-distance runners. It is widely known to have a gentle wind blowing down the homestretch, but the same wind is blocked by buildings or something on the backstretch. That's why this otherwise obscure town draws in such elite fields year after year.

As for the lean, I do think he leans with his torso, often a little too early, in my opinion, but that would affect his time far less than his dreadful start.

 

[ZELLGADISS]

Rieti is of course very fast track. 5 sub10 in the final in Rieti like in a world championship is not normal. Rudisha he ran very fast too.

I think that Lemaitre has very hard down 9.90 the next year, 9.90-9.95 i see it more logical.
Of course ALL is possible, but i see it very hard.
For 2012 yes, i see 9.85-9-90

The most important for Lemaitre is that he run usally down 10.00, if he make it, he will improve very much. In this moment his reaction time and his first 30m are the worst that he make.

 

[white lightning]

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<DIV ="v2_paragraphepremier">Stephane Caristan, the former national coach of the French Athletics Federation , said that Christophe Lemaitre , author of a new record in France ( 9'97 ) this weekend in Rieti , can still greatly improve. " He is able to run in less than 9'90 in two years , ensures the former European champion of the 110m hurdles . It may well enable him to appear in the final of the London Olympics . After all the hopes are allowed. His great desire to win could even bring it down to 9'80 . Even better ... " For this, the native of Annecy , triple European champion Barcelona (100m , 200m, 4x100m ) should compete more regularly including gratin world . "The confrontation is what is best to make progress, certifies Caristan . Especially that Christopher is a boy obsessed with victory. It can only pull up . "Edited by: white lightning

 

[nash99]

9.97 is excellent and a legitimate improvement. But am I suppose to believe Nesta Carter is the fastest man in the world now? He picked up like .2 seconds on his best time. That guy is huge. He looks like Ben Johnson back in the day. I mean at least try to hide it a little, Nesta....

 

[nash99]

Let's be serious. When you have about 5 Jamaicans running sub 9.8s and I'm sure they will come up with another one next year. Most likely Dexter Lee will be doing it once they get his "medication" right.....you can forget about the Olympics for CL. He should just focus on getting his pb down to 9.9 or so...It would be nice if somebody like ESPUseless would do some kind of investigation into the Jamaican "success" story but we all know ESPN is so wedded to black "athleticism" they would never question it. But honestly there are about one million black men in Jamaican but somehow they produce a couple of 9.8 sprinters every year while there are about 500 million blacks in African and they don't produce any....so what up with that????

 

[white lightning]

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<DIV =teaser-extended>In breaking his own record in the 100m 9''97 France Sunday , Christophe Lemaitre is a little more went into the history of sprinting. Results that have not left unmoved ... the Ku Klux Klan.


Christophe Lemaitre © SIPA Become the first white sprinter to break down the mythical and symbolic mark 10 seconds in 100 meters is not going unnoticed . Down in this famous bar for the first time at the championships in France in 2010 by crossing the line 9''98 Christophe Lemaitre recent triple European champion , did even better . Then he competed in one of his last rally of the season , the native of Annecy has equaled his best time in series before getting better in the final : 9''97 . Another record France and ... fourth in the race for the key.
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But even without winning the race, the exploits this season have interested Christophe Lemaitre beyond fans of athletics . And even a disreputable group : the Ku Klux Klan ( KKK ), a Protestant white supremacist United States . TV show on Canal +, " Sport Interior " , broadcast last Saturday , the information was openly by the father of the champion . The American racist organization has sought to contact the White fastest in history, so to invite a visit "courtesy" Texas. An invitation politely rejected by the family Lemaitre , who preferred not to follow , not wanting "give too much importance to these people.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Congrats to Christophe on lowering his PB! I wish him the best in the future and look forward to his times getting lower and lower!

 

[white is right]

9.97 is excellent and a legitimate improvement. But am I suppose to believe Nesta Carter is the fastest man in the world now? He picked up like .2 seconds on his best time. That guy is huge. He looks like Ben Johnson back in the day. I mean at least try to hide it a little, Nesta....

Nestah! has gained a whole lotta size. If you look at recent world and Olympic file photos he looks slightly larger than Laimaitre and now he looks like a fresher faced Ben Johnson. Well it least his eyes aren't yellow...

 

[ToughJ.Riggins]

Yeah, white is right- I still think a low or mid 9.8- may win gold in London with a clean field. I think a PB low 9.8 is within reach for Lemaitre- while clean. Lemaitre is an AMAZING talent, but unfortunately most of his Jamaican competitors are likely using PEDs, while I don't think "The Master" is.

 

[white lightning]

http://www.european-athletics.org/general-news/lemaitre-clocks-french-record-of-997-in-rieti.html

 

[mastermulti]

here's a good common sense article. Hope some of you guys enjoy it.

LemaitreEdited by: mastermulti

 

[Bk21]

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I've seen the documentry at the television, at Canal plus, they followed chritophe for about a year, trainings and competition until his sub 10 run. the video of 20 minutes will be posted soon, I'll put the link here whenever it is online..
in the documentry you can see what kind of training he have, his coach and his family surrounding him. also his father telling that he received an invitation from the KKK, and Pietro Mennea speaking about him..

 

[white lightning]

Thanks for the info bk21. I can't wait to watch it. I wish it was longer but 20 minutes will still be very interesting. What a year he has had.

 

[ZELLGADISS]

PEDS,PEDS,PEDS,....
if this topic is about Lemaitre, is very hard talk ONLY about Lemaitre?
Like you tell, if you want talk about PEDS, you can open some topic about PEDS,and there you can talk all that you want about PEDS.
I would like see that here never talk about PEDS, and talkONLY about support,improvement,success of our Lemaitre.

Thanks