OT: The Fastest Man in Europe is...

[JWizmentality]

...and he's French!

http://www.universalsports.com/news/art ... 81992.html

Yeahhhh Bwoy! Look it! Look at that nigg...*cough*. Look at that cracker go yo, like he stole something!

[nate33]

White guys always get overrated in the draft. I wouldn't take him with our lotto pick.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

nate, I think you're psychic.

The link about the French sprinter notes the first (black) American to run sub-10 was Jim Hines, back in 1968. (Forty year gap is hard to believe...) Jim Hines wasn't a good football player for the team that drafted him. He ran 9.95 and for 15 years was the only man under 10 seconds. But check this out, nate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Hines

After these successes, Hines was a 6th round pick in the 1968 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins, an American football team. Unfortunately, Hines did not have the football skills to match his speed and spent the 1968 season on the practice squad. He was given the nickname "Oops" due to his lack of football skill.[1] He appeared in 10 games with Miami in 1969 catching just two passes for 23 yards, rushed the ball one time for seven yards and returned one kickoff for 22 yards. Hines then appeared in one game with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1970. He never played pro football again.

You gotta really suck if your nickname is "Oops."

[willbcocks]

Lemaitre is first white man to break 10 seconds in 100m

France's Christophe Lemaitre became the first white man to run the 100 meters in under 10 seconds when he clocked 9.98 on Friday, the French athletics federation said.

PARIS (Reuters) -- France's Christophe Lemaitre became the first white man to run the 100 meters in under 10 seconds when he clocked 9.98 on Friday, the French athletics federation said.

Lemaitre, 20, set his time during the French championships in Valence, southern France.

"He is the first white man to run the 100 meters in less than 10 seconds,"


<-- the same exact phrase was repeated four times in this small space. Why? There's really nothing else to say about this story. He's a white man who ran the 100 meters in under 10 seconds. NEXT!

[JWizmentality]

Lemaitre is first white man to break 10 seconds in 100m

France's Christophe Lemaitre became the first white man to run the 100 meters in under 10 seconds when he clocked 9.98 on Friday, the French athletics federation said.

PARIS (Reuters) -- France's Christophe Lemaitre became the first white man to run the 100 meters in under 10 seconds when he clocked 9.98 on Friday, the French athletics federation said.

Lemaitre, 20, set his time during the French championships in Valence, southern France.

"He is the first white man to run the 100 meters in less than 10 seconds,"


<-- the same exact phrase was repeated four times in this small space. Why? There's really nothing else to say about this story. He's a white man who ran the 100 meters in under 10 seconds. NEXT!

He's faster at his age than Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell, Carl Lewis and Usain Bolt were. Jamaica’s Yohan Blake, who is one year older than Lemaître, last year clocked 9.93 seconds for 100m to set a world age-19 best.


He's in pretty elite company.

[JWizmentality]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ymUuSOaCN0

His form needs a lot of work, but to run that time on pure talent alone is saying something. His stride frequency is a thing of beauty though, like Asafa Powell's.

[JWizmentality]

The Fastest Man in Europe is....

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/07/30 ... loQB1w9oJJ


Good for him, he's young and he has loads of space for improvement, but they need to chill on the "He's ready to take on the Big Guns" talk. He's not anywhere near sniffing the Holy Trinity of Bolt-Gay-Asafa. His winning 100m tme would have been good for last place in the Beijing 100m final.

[dobrojim]

amazing to me how fast ALL those guys are. Unbelievable.
Even the slowest guy in that race would make the avg
person look like a slug.