White sprinter tearing up tracks

**Alexander Hamilton** · 11-27-2009

19 year old French sprinter is looking to have a great sprinting career.

European Athletics - European Athletics Rising Star LemaÃ®tre now looking at new challenges

Will Europe soon have a challenger to the phenomenal Usain Bolt? It has been a question on many people's minds ever since France's Christophe LemaÃ®tre set a new European 100m junior record of 10.04 seconds in July.

The 19-year-old sprinter and 2009 European Athletics Rising Star of the Year presented by MONDO is well aware of what people are saying. "It's flattering but I prefer not to think about it. I prefer to remain myself and I do not care really what happens around me."

LemaÃ®tre seems well adjusted to his new status as the continent's great sprint hope. "I have no problem with the attention that is being focussed on me. It's all fine, but I still prefer to concentrate on actually running," added the teenager from Aix-les-Bains.

However, there are certain physical similarities between LemaÃ®tre and the Jamaican who has changed the face of sprinting, indeed the sport as a whole, in the last two seasons.

He's tall and lean in comparison to many, more muscular, sprinters, including his compatriot Ronald Pognon whose French record of 9.99 he has in his sights for next season.

"After the European juniors, I went to the World Championships in Berlin with the ambition of going below 10 seconds and getting the French record. I didn't feel any pressure, even though competing alongside the seniors at a World Championships is another universe from junior competition. However, it didn't go that way. I was disqualified for a false start in my second race," reflected LemaÃ®tre, who currently stands 1.92m in his running spikes.

In the European Athletics Junior Championships 100m final in Novi Sad, Serbia, LemaÃ®tre produced a superb start when the spotlight was on him. He was quickest out of his blocks - with the amazing reaction time for a tall sprinter of 0.120 - and was straight into his running.

In warm conditions with the temperature gauge reading 33 degrees, but with virtually no following wind, there was a yawning gap between himself and the rest of the field by 40 metres and LemaÃ®tre never gave his rivals a chance to come back at him.

He stopped the clock at 10.04 and consigned the previous European junior record of 10.06, set by Dwain Chambers when the British sprinter won at the 1997 European Athletics Junior Championships, to history.

"I was only focused getting to the top of the podium. Of course, I was motivated to make a good time but in a championship it is always at the bottom of the list of priorities," added LemaÃ®tre after his record run.

**ArrowOdd** · 11-28-2009

This is great. It reminds me of Nick Symmonds at the 800 m Olympic time trials in 2008.
He sits at the back of the pack and on the last turn just goes beast mode.

YouTube - Eugene 2008 Olympic Trials Men's 800m (Recorded Broadcast)

**Poor Richard** · 12-01-2009

That was a great finish!

**PatrioteQuebecois** · 07-09-2010

Lemaitre first white man to run 100m in under 10 seconds

Fri Jul 9, 2010 1:43pm EDT

PARIS (Reuters) - France's Christophe Lemaitre became the first white man to run the 100 meters in under 10 seconds when he clocked 9.98 on Friday, the French athletics federation said.

Lemaitre, 20, set his time during the French championships in Valence, southern France.
"He is the first white man to run the 100 meters in less than 10 seconds," Jean-Philippe Manzelle, French athletics Federation press officer, told Reuters.
The former French record had been set by Ronald Pognon at 9.98secs in 2005.

Jamaican Usain Bolt is the world record holder with 9.58secs.
American Jim Hines became the first man to run the 100 meters in less than 10 seconds in 1968.
(Writing by Bertrand Boucey; editing by Miles Evans)

**PatrioteQuebecois** · 07-09-2010

Lemaitre first white man to run 100m in under 10 seconds

Fri Jul 9, 2010 1:43pm EDT

PARIS (Reuters) - France's Christophe Lemaitre became the first white man to run the 100 meters in under 10 seconds when he clocked 9.98 on Friday, the French athletics federation said.

Lemaitre, 20, set his time during the French championships in Valence, southern France.
"He is the first white man to run the 100 meters in less than 10 seconds," Jean-Philippe Manzelle, French athletics Federation press officer, told Reuters.
The former French record had been set by Ronald Pognon at 9.98secs in 2005.

Jamaican Usain Bolt is the world record holder with 9.58secs.
American Jim Hines became the first man to run the 100 meters in less than 10 seconds in 1968.
(Writing by Bertrand Boucey; editing by Miles Evans)

**Alexander Hamilton** · 07-09-2010

Originally Posted by PatrioteQuebecois

Lemaitre first white man to run 100m in under 10 seconds

Fri Jul 9, 2010 1:43pm EDT

PARIS (Reuters) - France's Christophe Lemaitre became the first white man to run the 100 meters in under 10 seconds when he clocked 9.98 on Friday, the French athletics federation said.

Lemaitre, 20, set his time during the French championships in Valence, southern France.
"He is the first white man to run the 100 meters in less than 10 seconds," Jean-Philippe Manzelle, French athletics Federation press officer, told Reuters.
The former French record had been set by Ronald Pognon at 9.98secs in 2005.

Jamaican Usain Bolt is the world record holder with 9.58secs.
American Jim Hines became the first man to run the 100 meters in less than 10 seconds in 1968.
(Writing by Bertrand Boucey; editing by Miles Evans)

This is great news!

Congrads to Christophe!!!

**Jamie Kelso** · 07-20-2010

**Katarina** · 07-20-2010

beat other breeds as a child, then grown white men can do it now

**Karl Lueger** · 07-22-2010

Lemaitre, 20, set his time during the French championships in Valence, southern France.
"He is the first white man to run the 100 meters in less than 10 seconds," Jean-Philippe Manzelle, French athletics Federation press officer, told Reuters.
The former French record had been set by Ronald Pognon at 9.98secs in 2005.

Good.

as an aside, Bolts performance could well have-been "chemically enhanced',
which is quite common despite the farce of "drug testing";

athletic competitions are clear indicators of racial difference,
given the dominance of particular events along Racial lines,
although its always worth pointing out White athletes
win the most gold medals in greater variety of disciplines

while black meager athletic talents only help in a few events,
which obviously jew-media loves to hype while ignoring White achievement.