53 years after Erik Madsen's Danish Championship in the 100 meters set grandchild, Morten Dalgaard Madsen, 19, at the Danish sprinter throne.
78-year-old Erik Madsen is not only the grandfather of the new comet, but with Hans Henrik Aackmann super speech's coach in Skive AM.
- It's been some great days. Morten has the talent to be the best when it comes to, say, a happy Erik Madsen.
The old master was with Morten Dalgaard Madsen at the Junior World Championships in Eugene, USA, a week ago, and he was among the spectators at the National Championship at Odense Athletic Stadium.
In Eugene ran future name 10.38, while DM-gold was secured in 0.5 meters per second headwind in 10.80 with a margin of 21/100 to the Spartan Mike Kalisz.
For over half a century ago ran Erik Madsen on the excellent hand stopped time 10.5, and with a degree in physical education, he has been an accomplished teacher of the grandchild. Not least on the mental level.
- It is interesting to follow Morten. My trainer colleague Hans Henrik, who has built up Morten, predicts that Morten will one day run during 10.0. But I dare not speak, says a smiling Erik Madsen.
Only one European, Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre (9.92), has been running under ten blank, so there is something to aim for.
Unfortunately, you can not DM-duel between disc-athlete and last year's Danish champion, Kristoffer Hari, 16, which concentrates on the Youth Olympic Games and 12 August trips to China.
Morten Dalgaard Madsen, who after the summer to be up in 3 g of Viborg Cathedral School, is the fourth teenager in a row to win the championship in the royal discipline 100 meters.
- The head wind and jet lag (came home from the U.S. on Tuesday, Ed.) Was against me. It was not today, I had to chase down a toptid, he says.
- It was all about the location, and I reached my goal.