Lemaitre, Chambers go head-to-head for Euro gold

French prodigy Christophe Lemaitre takes on controversial British sprinter Dwain Chambers in a mouth-watering 100m at the European Athletics Championships from Tuesday.

The 20-year-old Lemaitre is top of the European rankings for both the 100m and 200m having hit form at just the right time for the championships in Barcelona, the scene of the emblematic 1992 Olympic Games.

Lemaitre has his sights on matching Francis Obikwelu’s 100m and 200m sprint double four years ago in Gothenburg, after breaking the 10-second barrier in the 100m earlier this month with a time of 9.98sec.

It was the first time an athlete of European origin has gone under the magical ten seconds barrier.

AFP