Jimmy Vicaut, photo by PhotoRun.net
Jimmy Vicaut woke a few people up, and all of France, when he ran 9.86 in the 100 meters at the AREVA Paris meeting on the 4th of July.
Vicaut has always been a pretty good sprinter, but now, he had equalled the fastest time EVER by a European sprinter.
Most importantly, to the learned viewers, it was that Vicaut ran the splendid time coming from behind in the race!
L’Equipe, the noted French Sports daily, with the best daily athletics news in the entire world, paid for a lot of ink to cover Monsieur Vicaut.
I myself visited Lille, in the north of France for the Championnats de France elite on July 10-11-12 to see the French sensation.
I was most impressed with which he ran the 9.92 to win over Christophe Lemaitre, who ran 10.07. Vicaut made it through the rounds and was fine.
In the 200 meters, Vicaut ran 20.62 in the first round, then 20.42 in the final, only second to Christophe Lemaitre.
Relaxed and with some confidence, Jimmy Vicaut will take on the best sprinters in the world, except one tonight, in Monaco.
Here is the presser, with a few questions from yours truly.
