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The athletics World Championships in Beijing is still extremely prosperous for Dafne Schippers. Just sharpness her Dutch record in the semifinals by almost a tenth: 10.83 seconds. That was the second time in all four semifinals. At 15.35 is the final.

Yesterday she won her heat in 11.01 seconds. Her greatest adversary seems the Jamaican Olympic and world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (10.82 in the semifinals).

The young talent (in June became 23 years old) is in form. This year she was the first one Dutch woman under 11 seconds in the 100 meter sprint. Less than a month ago, she repeated that trick in London.

This summer, decided Dafne Schippers, originating all-around star, to focus on the 100 and 200 meters at the athletics World Championships. On the same distances, she became European champion last year.

Dafne Schippers is the first Dutch woman who reached the final of the 100 meter sprint at a World Cup. Why is she so good? This you should know about Dafne Schippers.

Physical

She is 1.79 meters with blessing okagbare from Nigeria (she just ran 10.89 in semifinals), the longest of the top print samples. She makes great strides. Her hull is powerful and her feet are ‘stiff’. That means she has a short contact time with the track, and that makes them more quickly due to its next pass.

The basis of Schippers’ talent was probably laid in its first sport for years. According to her coach Bart Bennema it is known that the nervous system in girls between 7 and 11 years to develop the most:

“And that would have been the moment that Dafne many explosive movements made – short sprints, jumps fierce. Her nervous system has the explosiveness then already appropriated. And of course they are genetically more rapid muscle than slow. “

Weaknesses

The start. In the first few steps can Schippers not lost all its power. Therefore, they felt confident for a long time in the 200 meters. Racing later this week.

Her right knee. by injuries to her knee Schippers chose the sprint this year because they have less trouble with tendinosis, a chronic inflammation, in her case, the hamstring.

Career to date

On its ninth Schippers started with athletics association with Helias in Utrecht. After several Dutch championships she comes from her seventeenth in major international competitions. She then won her first national all-around title at the seniors. At the age of twenty, she participated in the Olympic Games in London (2012). She became eleventh in the heptathlon. On the section 200 meters sprint she was already the fastest

The highlights since then:.

August 2013 athletics World Championships in Moscow on
Schippers win the heptathlon bronze. It improves Dutch points record with 6477 points. She also won the first Dutch woman at a World Cup medal in the guard knows

August 2014:. European Athletics Championships in Zurich
Schippers wins the 100 meter and 200 meters (22.03). In the 200 meters she improved her own record by three tenths. Schippers was the tenth athlete in history who won the sprint double at the European Championships. FBK entered her in 1950 as the only Dutch for

October 2014:. European athlete of the year
The then 22-year-old Schippers is the first Dutch athlete which received the prestigious title since its introduction in 1993.

March 2015:. EC indoor Prague
gain on the 60 meters in 7.05 seconds. Dutch record (v) of 7 seconds, dating back to 1986 Nelli Fiere-Cooman. The short sprint:

End of May: FBK Games in Hengelo
Schippers put the first Dutch sprinter in the 100 meters a time under 11 seconds: 10.94. It looked like this:

Late July: Diamond League London
She tightened her record by 0.02 seconds to 10.92

Sunday August 23 (Dutch time). athletics World Championships in Beijing
> On day two in Beijing wins Schippers qualifying round in 11.01 seconds. She assured hereby direct a spot in the semifinals. Her winning race:

The rest of the tournament

Schippers happens more often in action this tournament

Wednesday, August 26, 13.15:. 200 meters women series

And if they places itself:
Thursday, August 27, 13:35 pm: 200 meters women, semifinals
Friday, August 28, 15.00: 200m women final

Saturday August 29 , 6:00 pm: 4 × 100 meter women series

And if she puts her teammates:
Saturday, August 29, 14:50 hours: 4 × 100 meter women finale

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