Christophe Lemaitre, the 22-year-old French sprint sensation and Europe’s fastest man this year, will run in London for the first time ever as he takes on a host of global Olympic contenders over 200m at the Aviva London Grand Prix in Crystal Palace on Saturday 14 July. [Read more…]
Lemaitre, Heidler Euro athletes of May
Lemaitre and Heidler voted European Athletes of the Month for May.
European Athletics is pleased to announce that French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre and German hammer throw world record holder Betty Heidler have been voted as the European Athletes of the Month for May. [Read more…]
Men’s 100 metres Record breaking-year
Record breaking-year for the men’s 100 metres.
On Tuesday evening when Yohan Blake (9.95) of Jamaica and Christophe Lemaitre (9.96) of France dipped under the 10 second mark in Montreuil-sous-Bois they became the 14th and 15th sprinters to dip under the magic barrier in 2011. 15 sprinters under 10-seconds in the 100-metres breaks the previous record of 14 from 2008. [Read more…]