Chambers sets goal at 9.65 for Paris!!

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Chambers hunts world record
By Tom Fordyce

Dwain Chambers says he will smash the world 100m record this year.

The European champion, whose current best is 9.87 seconds, believes he is ready to destroy Tim Montgomery’s current record of 9.78secs - by over a tenth of a second.

“I get a lot of confidence from what Remi (Korchemny, his coach) says to me,” said Chambers.

"He believes that the human body can possibly go to 9.65secs, providing you put the whole race together - and he believes I’m the one who can do that.

“I’m setting my goals on doing it this year. I believe 9.65secs will get me gold at the World Championships.”

Chambers, 24, is bristling with confidence as he prepares for the World Indoor Championships next month.

Having worked on his strength and technique while warm-weather training with Korchemny and Mike McFarlane in Miami this winter, he says he is in the best shape of his career.

“I’ve been working on a lot of weaknesses,” revealed Chambers.

"I’ve gone back to scratch on my technique.

"I’ve also had some testing done on my feet, and I was diagnosed with a pronating problem.

"I’m having some spikes developed for me that will have me running in a more natural position and hopefully running quicker times.

"It would be nice to do it (break the record) at the World Championships, but I’d like to stake my claim by running consistently low 9.8secs and break into the 9.70s before then.

"That would put me one step ahead of the other guys psychologically at the championships.

"I will be scared as hell on that start line, thinking: ‘This is mine, but I have to go and get it.’ But the time is drawing near.

"Before last year, running 9.78secs didn’t even come into my mind. But as I got closer to the 9.80s, I started getting more confidence.

"My 9.87secs in Paris came as a surprise - but I did not experience the full running of that time.

“I was dragged along. My mind was not focused on running fast times.”

Chambers is no longer intimidated by the likes of Montgomery and Maurice Greene.

After winning his first major title at the Europeans last summer, he is ready to take on the world.

“Maurice is finding it tough at the moment, but I still believe he is a competitor - and he’s the current world and Olympic champion, so I can’t knock him for that,” he says.

“I believe he will be back, but I’ll be waiting for him.”

Chambers makes his first appearance of 2003 on Friday in a star-studded 60m at the Norwich Union Grand Prix in Birmingham.

He will come up against British rivals Jason Gardener and Mark Lewis-Francis, both of whom are more suited to running indoors.

“I’m a little nervous about Friday because I haven’t run indoors for two years,” said Chambers.

"Those guys’ forte is 60m. It’s not easy getting out and beating someone over 60m because it’s so short.

"They also run well to 60m outdoor. Outdoor I progress to another level, but now I’m coming into their domain.

“So, while I want to go out there and run as well as I can, my main focus is to work on my flat speed to help me outdoors this summer.”

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Charlie - interesting point in regards to goals. I see the sense in what you are saying. Is this to minimize the pressure that can be put on an athlete?

Why is it (at least in my opinion), that the 100m guys usually seem so arrogant (I used another word that rhymes with rocky but it was censored)? Talk sometimes seems to be part of the event.

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Yeah I agree with Charlie. The British press will take him to the sword as well. I spent 5 months in the U.K and I grew a huge disliking for the British tabloids. Although the Sunday Sport is a good read!:cool:

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Thanks for that comment Charlie, re. pressure. Makes alot of sense.

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I agree with Chambers…9.65 WILL get him the gold medal.:smiley: IF…

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I would like to get odds that no one will run 9.65 or faster in 2003!

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I don’t think we’ll see 9.65 for 10 years.

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I think a 9.68 is near. The question is: Who will do it?

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CHARLIE… u really think so? how near?.. i understand with a few technical things montgomery may been able to run around 9.75 but breaking 9.7 seems so far off. if only you were still coaching tim maybee things would be different and its a shame the media cannot mind their own buisness…
all the best…

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Wow. That would be great to see. Too bad that the tickets are supposedly astronomically priced, as I don´t live too far away from Paris! But back to the topic!

I like the fact that Chambers is publicizing his goals - goal setting - the importance of goals being stated and written down.

Belief and vision are very important in accomplishing anything. I can remember when Donovan Bailey was running okay but not stellar (10.3 range) and he was very vocal about his talent and whether or not he should be on teams when selection was made. If he was not selected due to missing a meet (illness injury or whatever) he spoke out. I used to question his grip on reality, but obviously he had high confidence levels and strong beliefs in his ability, which are very very critical, IMO.

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if Chambers thinks that the human body is only capable of running 9.65 under perfect conditions…he will not run that. Maybe if he said 9.55 under perfect conditions (which rarely happens), he would have a chance of running 9.65. This is just my opinion.

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Whilst we’re on the subject of the top sprinters, whats happening with Mo Green. That may seem premature at any stage of the season (we only have to wait till the next race), but he’s far from the indonmitable force he used to be 97" to 2000. Dwain doesn’t fear Green, neither does Montgommery. mind you, I suppose Green has been (apart from last year), n.o. 1 for 5 years, quite a time for the 100meters. It seems that he’s wayning a little to early though.
I deffinately think it’s a toss up between Dwain and Montgommery for the worlds though.

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Goose1:

I think it was here that I read Mo is injured and pulling out of the indoor season. He has a calf muscle pull, apparently, and will focus on outdoor prep.

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Always have goals. Always keep them to yourself- unless forced to say something- then state your goal as being the minimum performance you can reasonably expect.

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charlie and all,
between montgomery and chambers who do you think has the greater potential?

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Tim ran under 10 seconds as a teenager. That is who I think has FAR more potential. He looks more like a sprinter than Chambers. “If it looks right, it will fly right.”

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Originally posted by Herb
Tim ran under 10 seconds as a teenager. That is who I think has FAR more potential. He looks more like a sprinter than Chambers. “If it looks right, it will fly right.”

I agree. I think one of the problems with Mo is that he has gotten too big! If you look at pics of him from pre-2002 he is much slimmer than he is now. I would estimate Mo weighs at LEAST 185lbs. now.

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Always keep the pressure off yourself- and train hard to put the pressure ON others. Note how Mo was always a master of this in the past, and only started talking now- a bad sign for him.

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Looks like Dwain has some work to do. 6.68 just won’t cut it. A 9.65 needs a 6.29 split through (approximate).

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Don’t worry! The British Press is more than willing to eat its own young as well!