Christophe Lemaitre 10.04..Can he break 10 sec ?

AthleticsCoach · August 6, 2009, 12:22pm

I tell you story about my friend and former teammate. You can guess his name. He is from the Czech Republic. At his teens he was long and triple jumper with the best of 24ft and 50ft. When he was 17 he tried for the first time 400m, without training for that. And he ran 49 flat. And since then he started racing 400m but again without special training (still more LJ TJ). He improved to mid 47 when he was 19 or 20. In 1997 because of triple jump exp. and with good jumping ability and natural endurance his coach decided to start preparing for 400mH. They started training in March 1997. First competition over 400mH was at the end of April and he ran 52.0 hand time. Second his race was in mid May with result 50.04 and he continued improoving till August when he ran like 21-years-old 48.27 and he was finalist of WCH in Athen. After 5 month of special training! He is now 33 and He never improved that time! He is very hard worked, may be harder he used to be! He ran more then before, but no improvement. In the past he did not too much. Just couple of running and mainly LJ and TJ training and with this kind of training he ran Czech record… And after that more, more… Does anyone know his name?

Yes, that was Juri Muzik.