by Larry Eder
Jimmy Vicaut, Moscow 2013, photo by PhotoRun.net
Vicaut 9.92 over Lemaitre 10.07
VILLENEUVE D´ASCQ (FRA, Jul 11): Jimmy Vicaut won the first duel between him and Christophe Lemaitre, providing the highlight of day two of the French championships. Vicaut clocked 9.92 (0.7, his second fastest time ever), to leave Lemaitre well back in 10.07, a SB. In third was Emmanuel Biron (10.20). Cindy Billaud won the 100mH with 12.89 (-1.0) after a good 12.83 (0.0) in the heats. Silver went to Alice Decaux (13.02) and bronze to Sandra Gomis (13.18). In the women’s 10 000 m walk, Emilie Menuet came close to the French record, finishing in 45:06.18. The men’s winner was Kevin Campion with 41:11.73. 22 year old Niels Pittomvils of Belgium won the decathlon with a PB of 8049. The best French was Gael Querin with a score of 7738. Gaëlle Le Foll won the heptathlon with 5848 points. Marie Josee Ta Lou of Ivory Coast was fastest in 100m semis with 11.25 (-0.2), she then improved to 11.23 (-0.1) in the final to take the win. Another Ivory Coast athlete took second: Carole Zahi (11.50). The best French athletes came next, Veronique Mang beating Celine Distel Bonnet, both were given 11.59. Kafetien Gomis’ best mark came in the last round of the long jump. His 778 (0.8) overtook Senegal’s Ndiss Badji (775, 0.5) to take the win. Marion Lotout cleared 440 second attempt to win the pole vault. The appropriately named Sandrine Champion won the women’s high jump with 185. Congolese Franck Elemba Owaka threw furthest with the shot with 20.24 NR. The best French was Gaëtan Bucki with 19.72. The women’s winner was Jessica Cerival with 17.29. Charline Mathias of Luxembourg won the women’s 800m (2:04.32) and Morhad Amdouni the men’s 1500m (3:48.58).
Editor’s note: Big deal here is that Jimmy Vicaut got through the rounds with no issues. His 10.19 and 9.92 are good indications of his health. For Christophe Lemaitre, that he felt no pain is a good sign after hurting himself on the 250 meter warm up track for the European team Champs in Russia a few weeks ago.
