"Argie"--merci pour l'article en Francais. Tres interessant. I will now use my rusty French to summarize the article for my fellow English speakers.
It is a long feature in the French sports paper, L'equipe. Most of it is based on interviews with five track experts, include LeMaitre's coach, Pierre Carraz. Carraz thinks Christophe can medal in the Olympics. Donovan Bailey's former trainer, Dan Pfaff agrees. Ato Bolden thinks his best shot is in the 200. Christophe does not think he can currently medal, but he hopes he can in 2 years time.
There is then discussion of whether Christophe will focus on the 100 or 200 (apparently, the French are quite interested in this debate--if only Americans could get so involved in track!). It seems clear that his trainer, Carraz, believes the 200 will be Christophe's best event. Bruny Surin thinks he should simply run both events. Christophe states that he prefers the 100. He says that even if he runs only the 200 in a championship, he will run the 100 the rest of the season. So he's clearly not thinking about dropping the 100.
There is then discussion of whether he can beat Bolt (not bloody likely).
Finally, there is an article that seems to talk mostly about his personality. He is quiet and likes to have some time to himself in his room. In this article, by the way, the coach of the French 4 x 100 relay refers to Christophe as "the Mozart of sprint."
I hope I got all of that right!
It is a long feature in the French sports paper, L'equipe. Most of it is based on interviews with five track experts, include LeMaitre's coach, Pierre Carraz. Carraz thinks Christophe can medal in the Olympics. Donovan Bailey's former trainer, Dan Pfaff agrees. Ato Bolden thinks his best shot is in the 200. Christophe does not think he can currently medal, but he hopes he can in 2 years time.
There is then discussion of whether Christophe will focus on the 100 or 200 (apparently, the French are quite interested in this debate--if only Americans could get so involved in track!). It seems clear that his trainer, Carraz, believes the 200 will be Christophe's best event. Bruny Surin thinks he should simply run both events. Christophe states that he prefers the 100. He says that even if he runs only the 200 in a championship, he will run the 100 the rest of the season. So he's clearly not thinking about dropping the 100.
There is then discussion of whether he can beat Bolt (not bloody likely).
Finally, there is an article that seems to talk mostly about his personality. He is quiet and likes to have some time to himself in his room. In this article, by the way, the coach of the French 4 x 100 relay refers to Christophe as "the Mozart of sprint."
I hope I got all of that right!
