Lemaitre : 9''98 !

[ikvat]

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.

http://ca.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idCATRE6684KL20100709

 

[Haysie]

Wow that's a great achievement! Good on him, I'll be watching him very closely.

[EDIT] It seems Marian Woronin has broken the 10 second barrier (9.992) as has Patrick Johnson (9.93)... While I can accept that Patrick Johnson is of Australian Aboriginal descent (albeit half-irish), what's Marian Woronin's story?

 

[ORothlain]

Finally a fast white guy...it's been like ages since we've seen one of those. Who's number 1 now, people of colour? That's right, the white guys.

Well, now that I've sounded like a racist twat, I'll excuse myself.

 

[ranger]

Finally a fast white guy...it's been like ages since we've seen one of those. Who's number 50 or so now, people of colour? That's right, the white guys.

Well, now that I've sounded like a racist twat, I'll excuse myself.

Fixed it for you

 

[ikvat]

Wow that's a great achievement! Good on him, I'll be watching him very closely.

[EDIT] It seems Marian Woronin has broken the 10 second barrier (9.992) as has Patrick Johnson (9.93)... While I can accept that Patrick Johnson is of Australian Aboriginal descent (albeit half-irish), what's Marian Woronin's story?

You're right, Woronin has been the first under 10. I don't know why his time wasn't approved.

 

[ORothlain]

Fixed it for you

Ha...
Was waiting for the backlash from my comment...lol.

 

[ikvat]

Lemaitre european sprint meister!

 

[skittles]

You're right, Woronin has been the first under 10. I don't know why his time wasn't approved.

Wind-assisted, perhaps?