24.07.2009 French sprinter Christophe Lemaître produced a sparkling run
to set a new European junior 100m record of 10.04 on the second
day of the European Athletics Junior Championships in Novi Sad,
Serbia, on Friday.
French sprinter Christophe Lemaître ran a fantastic 100m at the 20th European Athletics Junior Championships in Novi Sad on Friday, leading from gun to tape before stopping the clock in a European junior 100m record of 10.04.
Lemaître's performance was the highlight of an outstanding second day in Serbia's second city, at which four other championship records were also set, three of them coming in field events.
The long-legged Lemaître was quickest out of his blocks in the men's 100m final, with the amazing reaction time of 0.120 for a sprinter 1.89m tall, and was straight into his running. Daylight shone between himself and the rest of the field by 40 metres.
His winning time was also the second fastest ratified mark ever by a junior athlete. The previous European junior record was 10.06, set by Dwain Chambers when the British sprinter won at the 1997 European Athletics Junior Championships.
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Well, my friend ran it in 10.85s so I dunno whether that is the quickest or not.