New French record for Christophe Lemaitre on the 100m (9"95)

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@martijn

Not to diminish his achievements in any way but it should be noted that he’s progressing fairly slowly for his age from 10.04 as a 19y old, to 9.97 as a 20y old and now 9.95. Sub 9.9 would be quite a jump. He doesn’t seem to have one particular weak part in the race that he could easily, within a season, improve upon.

Chambers performance was sadly overlooked in the BBC coverage. I thought it was the best performance from a male athlete in the UK team.

I think the most important point as made before me in the thread is that he is still progressing as not everyone does. Also, it’s still relatively early in the season (or approx. midway) so he’ll have a number of chances to improve on his PR in bigger races and possibly in an improved condition-depending upon how his coach sets up his peaking schedule.