Christophe Lemaitre "White Lightning" 9.92 and 19.80!

[albinosprint]

he's getting there!

 

[white is right]

An interesting article about Lemaitre and the article brings up points that are discussed here often...http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jun/19/christophe-lemaitre-london-2012

 

[Twinsen9]

Anyone can translate this video ?

http://youtu.be/Zh5LEYFvK1s

 

[Twinsen9]

Do you know thoses statistics ? Number of runs sub 10 in the career :

- Asafa Powell : 67 (amazing !!!)
- Maurice Green : 53 (amazing too...)
- Usain Bolt : I don't find news about that... maybe between 10 and 20
- FrancisObikwelu : 6 (I'm not sure...)
- Yohan Blake : 6 (I think...)
- Dwain Chambers : 4 (just 4 !!!)

Do you know where we can find news about that ?

Edited by: Twinsen9

 

[ZELLGADISS]

Twinsen 9 i can give you the times:

Asafa POWELL 67*
Mo GREENE 53
Ato BOLDON 28
Frank FREDERICKS 27
Tyson GAY 27*
Usain BOLT 22*
Carl LEWIS 15
Donovan BAILEY 15
Justin GATLIN 12*+7(banned)
Dennis MITCHELL 11
John DRUMMOND 10
Walter DIX 8*
Nesta CARTER 8*
Richard THOMPSON 7*
Daniel BAILEY 7*
Darvis PATTON 7*
Tim MONTGOMERY 6+11(banned)
Yohan BLAKE 6+2(banned)*
Mike RODGERS 5*
Cristophe LEMAITRE 5*

*in active

Old runners: Minimum 10sub10
Actual runners: Minimum 5 sub10




Edited by: ZELLGADISS

 

[Twinsen9]

Thanks a lot !<div>
</div><div>So with 5, CL will be part of the best in few years no ?

With maybe 4 or 5 races (or more) sub 10 per year from 2012, Christophe can easily be part of the best...

- 2010 : 3 sub-10
- 2011 : 2 sub-10 (and maybe 3, 4 or 5 !)</div>

 

[ZELLGADISS]

Yes Twinsen9 Lemaitre will be historical sprinter sure.
Although record of Powell i think that is almost impossible hehe.
Because he ran a lot of races by year and the most races sub10.

 

[Twinsen9]

I've got news about CL's agenda.

According to the belgium website RTBF.be, Christophe will run the 200m at the Roi Baudien stadium at Bruxelles the</span>septembre 16. Maybe Bolt will be here...

http://www.rtbf.be/sport/autres/detail_lemaitre-et-bekele-affiches-du-van-damme?id=6339663
</span>Edited by: Twinsen9

 

[LoLy]

here is a link with a long interview of Christophe lemaitre (in french)
he's still very shy and humble, but he improves on tv
the tv guy called him "supersonic lemaitre": another nickname for him

as it is in French, here are 2 interesting things he said:
1- he was supprised by his 9.95 time, because at the start, he didin't feel "dynamic" nor "awake". So that let a lot of room for improvement when he'll be "awake" ;-))
2- he said that for 200m with usian bolt in paris diamonf league, he expect a very low time (if the weather is good) as Bolt will make him run faster

enjoy

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Edited by: LoLy

 

[mastermulti]

thanks to you recent posters. The Euro posters add a new dimension to this board

 

[frederic38]

christophe also said in the video that he would have run under 20.00 in the 200m with better weather

he also said that there were a lot af things for him to improve in the 100m, so we can expect lower times in the future

 

[Bk21]

Jamaican championship will be held this week-end (Bolt won't be, since he's already qualified for Daegu)<div>
</div><div>(this year):</div><div>
</div><div>Steve Mullings (9''80)</span></div><div>Nesta Carter (9''92)</span></div><div>Asafa Powell (9''93)</span></div><div>Michael Frater (9''94)</span></div><div>Yohan Blake (9''95)</span></div><div>Nickel Ashmeade (9''96)</span></div><div>Mario Forsythe and Lerone Clarke -sub 10 in 2010</span></div><div>
</span></div><div>Dexter Lee (10"09)</span></div><div>Jacques Harvey (10"09)</span></div><div>Oshane Bailey (10"11)</span></div><div>
</span></div><div>the concentration of sub 10's is so dense this race will be harder than the "world chps"!</span></div>

 

[Twinsen9]

Not harder, but... it's the best national champs, sure...<div>
</div><div>So I don't understand how Mullings is here.</div>

 

[frederic38]

Not harder, but... it's the best national champs, sure...<div>
</div><div>So I don't understand how Mullings is here.</div>

it can be harder, because not all the jamaicans are allowed to go to the world champs
if a country dominates a sport (like jamaica for sprint, and previously USA, or russia for gymnastics or pole vault) national selections are harder than the world champs

 

[LoLy]

the good thing for Lemaitre is that only 3 jamaican will go to world champs (if I'm not wrong).So that leave much of his competitors out of the track. He will have 3 jamaican +3 US + 1 trinadad + 1 Zimbawe as to competitor. so if you add CL, it's 9 top competitor for 8 runner in the final. let's hope, he 'll not be the one out .

 

[ZELLGADISS]

I think that will be 4 jamaicans, 3 by trials and Bolt by byes by to be champion world last time.
By other hand, if Lemaitre is in Daegu in 9.90-9.95 he will be in the final easily...

 

[LoLy]

<div>So I don't understand how Mullings is here.</div>

look what happen 6 years ago to mullings (caught with tesosterone). And he was running above 10.00.
http://www.letsrun.com/2005/mullings.php


Now he is supposed to be clean, and now when aged 29, for the first time he runs below 10.00 and scored a 9.80 !!

I really want to have his new training method,

 

[frederic38]

I think that will be 4 jamaicans, 3 by trials and Bolt by byes by to be champion world last time.
By other hand, if Lemaitre is in Daegu in 9.90-9.95 he will be in the final easily...

it will be a very big test for him, because whan he is facing elite opponents like bolt or asafa powell, he gets impressed, and runs slowly usually

 

[Twinsen9]

Lemaitre ?

Hum, I don't think that. Ok, in 2010, his race wasn't great against Bolt. But in 2011... it's different.

 

[ZELLGADISS]

Yes frederic38, Twinsen9 tells the truth, this year Lemaitre ran with Powell and Bolt and he ran very well 10.00, and now he is in better shape,so i think that he go make several sub10 more this year( i think 3 or 4 more)

 

[frederic38]

Yes frederic38, Twinsen9 tells the truth, this year Lemaitre ran with Powell and Bolt and he ran very well 10.00, and now he is in better shape,so i think that he go make several sub10 more this year( i think 3 or 4 more)

i hope so, but in the past i have often been desappointed, because he should smash his PB against bolt or powell, not only run OK
but it was because he had a lot of pressure, the ten second barrier, ect
let's see what he can do now
i hope a PB if weather is OK!

 

[Twinsen9]

I don't hope personnaly. I'm sure <div>
</div><div>Now, Christophe have an amazing reaction time.</div><div>
</div><div>Ok, his first 10 meters aren't the best - as Bolt... - but he's equal (or almost equal ) to the best runners of the world (except Bolt... hum, but not in 2011 for now).</div>

 

[ZELLGADISS]

In the trials Usa in first round Mike Rodgers another sub10 legal, 9.95(+1.3). Probably will be qualified for Daegu Gay,Rodgers and perhaps Dix.
In Jamaica after first round trial favourites are Mullings,Powell and Blake.

Lemaitre for fight in good conditions against these rivals have improve for get about 9.90 in Daegu.

Regards

 

[Twinsen9]

It's amazing... Where is Nesta Carter ? Now he's under Mullings and Blake ? And last year he runs 9,79...

 

[ZELLGADISS]

Twinsen9, Carter is a little injuried after Diamond League in Eugene, of course he has options yet for get first 3 places, but i think that in this moment Mullings,Powell and Blake are in better shape.
Today we will know who go Daegu(i think that Carter has few chance in the final).

Regards Twinsen9