European sprint king thinner than Sweden's fastest woman
BARCELONA. EM's sprint king Christophe Lemaitre is weaker than Swedish sprint girl Lena Berntsson.
- I have heard from a French coach, I know that he takes 45 kg in snatch. It's almost ridiculous, "said Swedish sprint coach Hakan Andersson.
Lena Berntsson taking 72 kg - Swedish record in 53-kg class for women.
Lena Berntsson's individual EM-off ended with a last place in the first trial heat in the 100 meters with the time 11.84.
Christophe Lemaitre won his second European Championship gold medal when he won the 200 meters yesterday. But he is still weaker than Lena Berntsson in moments of strength and pressure deep benböj.
- I have good contact with the French sprint coach Jean-Pierre Vazel who trains including Christine Arron. According to him, takes Lemaitre 45 kg in snatch and 100 kg in the deep squat. But he has barely begun weight training yet. The question is what happens when he does it.
Think of 9.80 at 100 m
Now may be a bit Lemaitre excused, when Lena Berntsson also a Swedish girl in the weightlifting team. Frenchman concentration is 190 centimeters tall, but weighs only 74 kg.
How well do Lemaitre be when he grows up and fit?
- I've clocked him now and he has a brutal sprint endurance. He loses almost no speed between 60-80 meters and 80-100. He has even greater endurance than Usain Bolt. At 100 meters, he should be able to run down to 9.80 and the 200, I think he can run at 19.70, "said Hakan Andersson.
Can he be better than Bolt?
- No. I can not believe it. Bolt is in a class by itself. But I've been wrong before.
"Lots to learn
The just turned 20-year-old from Annecy can already call themselves EM King.
He has a chance at a third European Championship gold in the 4x100 meter relay, even though Britain is the favorite on paper.
But what everybody already knows is that his double-gold European Championships here in Barcelona is just the beginning of something even bigger.
- I see myself still am not a professional athlete, "he said earlier in this Championship.
- I have lots left to learn.
He became a world first just before the European Championships when he became the first white to run for ten seconds, then he made 9.98 on the French championship.
But now, ten blank no particularly remarkable time in the 100 meters.
A total of 71 runners have run for ten seconds of all time.
Google translated from:
http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/friidrott/article7550906.ab