Thinking Rationally wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBU_bx693SA
This is not the sub 10 video. If you look, under it the caption says: slows down a lot, qualification race, he cuts the effort at the end.
Here is video of the final. It is still slowmo and it still has dumb music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8gLRU8XpXIIt is hard to believe that folks here remain so primitive that they refer to what was accomplished by a white athlete instead of just by an athlete.
Such attitudes are inherently racist and rightfully belong in a bygone era.
Grow up folks.
I can see alot of sarcasm as I read through this thread, and so there should be. It is a widely known fact that anything under 200 meters has been dominated by ONLY the black race, specifically those of the caribbean and US. I would rather celebrate the fact that he set a national record than focus on his race. It is quite a feat and shows progress in sprinting in general, not only for whites. I just don't want to see people blow this kid up cause he has run sub 10 and he's only 20 years old. I can just see it now, people predicting he's going to take down Bolt or Gay in a year. Just before you make those statements, evaluate the outrageousness of the claim, then act accordingly. And maybe he should jump up to the 800. Honeslty buddy, you don't stand a chance. Put that God given speed to use in something you can succeed in.
He's good enough enough to do well in the Olympics now, why would he move up?? Bolt is on another planet right now compared to everyone else, but this kid is great and fast.
Also he is sexy and I want to have his babies!
Very fast turnover.
I dont want to believe it wrote:
It is hard to believe that folks here remain so primitive that they refer to what was accomplished by a white athlete instead of just by an athlete.
Such attitudes are inherently racist and rightfully belong in a bygone era.
Grow up folks.
A white sub-10 is a noteworthy anomaly, but nobody takes it as anyone's accomplishment other than Christophe Lemiatre's. A few people are just being funny. Chill the f*** out, no-lifer.
Mike Bolton wrote:
He is the 71st person to go under 10 secs. Congrats!
Not sure if you are making fun of praising him. 31 have broken 27 for 10k. I would say this is similar in newsworthiness as to Solinskey breaking 27 flat.
Why?
Because every good short sprinter in the world runs the 100 meters. Not every great distance runner runs 10ks on the track. There probably have to be at least 20 other Africans who could break 27 flat in the 10k in history who haven't done it as there is no real money in them doing that.
We shall call him the White Flash.... lol
marijuologist wrote:
A white sub-10 is a noteworthy anomaly, but nobody takes it as anyone's accomplishment other than Christophe Lemiatre's. A few people are just being funny. Chill the f*** out, no-lifer.
And to think I once thought I caught you saying something with a sliver of intelligence on these boards...
My mistake.
Being skinny and ripped in a publicity photo (touched up) is not the same as being muscular.Dude still has no arms. When your forearms and your upper arms are virtually identical in girth you are not muscular.Alan
not too skinny wrote:
Mr. Obvious wrote:http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2010/07/03/sports/03solinsky1.htmlLOL at Solinsky being "very muscular"
That cracker has one goofy looking stride. LOL. He looks like he has some kind of palsy. Also, the Pole already technically broke 10, so who gives a flying feck. And Alan, thanks for your 2-cents. Solinsky is about as muscular as my grandpa was after 6 months at Dakau, before he took his shower and some order-obeying Kraut incinerated him. This skinny azz, limp-wristed, le-cigarette smoking, croissant-chomping, Aspel-Kiprop-looking honky needs to move up to the 400. Holla if you hear me. And if some skinny ass, greasy faced, grad-student mod deletes this thread, the God of Abraham will smite him.
Wait a minute. For all this time letsrun has been hating on and accusing every single french athlete of cheating. Now all of a sudden we like THIS guy?
edit:Nevermind, I just saw the video and noticed he is light complected, therefore good.
I think he cheated. His coach told him the Germans were coming.
Solinski is Muscular and ripped ! You are as blind as Helen Keller if you say otherwise !
Ironically, the first thing I thought was, wow, for someone who's right around 10, his turnover is slow, but he is 6'2+", which is the reason why. I counted just under 43 steps, which averages out to an avg of ~258 steps per minute (it's tough to determine his peak - 270spm?). Let's say he bumps it up to 265 steps per minute while keeping the same step lengths (ha - waayyyy easier said than done). That ends up being a 9.74.
hfghgd wrote:
Very fast turnover.
Get back to me when he runs sub 9.90 and joins the truly elite 100m sprinters of the world. Hey his 9.98 would make him probably- nope he wouldn't even make the top 10 Americans heck not even the top 10 collegians all-time list. His 9.98 wouldn't even make him the fastest American of any year til probably pre 1980- maybe. Great job Christophe but please do something to give your new obsessed fans something to actually be pride of because 9.98 truly isn't much Sir.
Congratulations to the caucasian race.I always knew you could do it and it only took forty-two yrs.
Another forty-two yrs, you will able to break 9.90.
Christophe Lemaître is a credit to his race.
VIPAM wrote:
Get back to me when he runs sub 9.90 and joins the truly elite 100m sprinters of the world. Hey his 9.98 would make him probably- nope he wouldn't even make the top 10 Americans heck not even the top 10 collegians all-time list. His 9.98 wouldn't even make him the fastest American of any year til probably pre 1980- maybe. Great job Christophe but please do something to give your new obsessed fans something to actually be pride of because 9.98 truly isn't much Sir.
What are you talking about? Doesn't his 9.98 put him at like 20something on the world leaders list right now? 9.98 is elite, make no mistake about it. Would you call Dwain Chambers elite? Well Lemaitre is just a little faster than him now.