While Marion is away who is going to play?

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Having such a dominate athlete in an event for so long has at times found the women’s sprints being tagged as “boring”. Now that Marion is having a her first child it means that a new World No.1 in both sprints and a World Champ will be found in the 200m and it will also change the makeup of the 4x100m.

Here is the 2003 season’s top 10 in each event. Who is going to win in Paris? Will we see a double? Will a new athlete surface? Can Felix do it at 17? Can Zhanna do a double? Will Christine Arron return from motherhood to win?

1 10.97 1.2 Debbie Ferguson BAH 16.1.76 170/57
2 10.97 0.8 Kelli White USA 1.4.77 1r7
3 11.02A Chryste Gaines USA 14.9.70 170/57
4 11.04 0.8 Muna Lee USA 30.10.81 2r7
5 11.09 NR 0.8 Natasha Mayers VIN 10.3.79 168/69
6 11.09 2.0 Mary Onyali NGR 3.2.68 168/59 1r1
7 11.16 1.0 Inger Miller USA 12.6.72 163/55 1r2
8 11.17 0.8 LaTasha Richardson USA 23.8.76 163/50 4r7
9 11.18 -0.5 Torri Edwards USA 31.1.77 163/57
10 11.20 1.2 Geraldine Pillay RSA 25.8.77

1 22.11A WJR -0.5 Allyson Felix USA 18.11.85
2 22.31A -0.5 LaTasha Jenkins USA 19.12.77
3 22.33A -0.5 Kelli White USA 1.4.77
4 22.50A 0.0 Debbie Ferguson BAH 16.1.76 170/57
5 22.60 0.6 Cydonie Mothersill CAY 19.3.78 170/54
6 22.74 0.9 Muna Lee USA 30.10.81 1r1
7 22.79 1.6 Lauren Hewitt AUS 25.11.78 170/60
8 22.81 1.5 Torri Edwards USA 31.1.77
9 22.84 1.6 Sharon Cripps AUS 29.6.77 164/53
10 22.86 0.9 Stephanie Durst USA 6.1.82 168/58

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As some point this season, look for
Kelli White to finally come out of the
shadow of Chryste Gaines. Kelly is
having a very good season so far,
(10.97 PB and 22.31 PB) and her chronic foot injury is now much better. Kelli may make a big statement this Saturday at the
Prefontaine.

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When did Arron have the baby?

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being an uga alum, im pulling for debbie ferguson.:slight_smile:

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PJ would be the man to ask about this but… she gave birth to a baby boy named Ethan, in late June 2002. The father is her long term partner and former French hurdler (13.26) Dan Philbert. Nice genes for that baby!

Arron is now working with Guy Ontanon’s group, with Muriel Hurtis and Sylviane Félix. Ontanon is a good friend of Jacques Piasenta and i believe has similar coaching techniques as PJ outlined in the French Sprint Training thread. Guy Ontanon is a former basketball player and 110m hurdler, PE teacher, he coached mainly sprint French champions Fabé Dia and David Patros, decathlete Laurent Hernu.

This is taken from the IAAF forums regarding Arron’s progress

"Muriel Hurtis and Christine Arron haven’t race yet this season, but at practice on 31 May (note: date must be incorrect) in Guadeloupe, they ran respectively 16.15 and 16.38, those times are manual, but they’re damn good! We can expect great times at 100m and 200m in August! "