Christine Arron is an Olympic class track and field sprint athlete. Many consider her the fastest legal runner of all time. She has run the fourth fastest time for the 100 meters in history, and holds the European record of 10.73 seconds. Arron was the last runner of the French 4x100 relay team which upset the heavy favorites USA to win the gold medal in the 2003 World Championships in Athletics held in Paris. She won the bronze medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. In August 2005 she won a bronze medal in the 100 meters and in the 200 meters at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics.
Case Study: Christine Arron
Sport: Track
Best French sprinter in 100 meter, Olympic medalist, champion and record holder in Europe.
Defect: Response time too long at the starting signal.
Consequence: Slow starts. Generally, in the big races, Christine tended top fall behind in the first 30 meters. This translates into a difference of up to 2/10 of a second.
Complex case. The work of starting is very tiring and dangerous to the muscles. We worked in 2 sessions, an initial session then a second session a few weeks later. We worked on the superposition of muscular sensations experienced at the race start out of the blocks.
Results: Maximum gain measured an average 25 milliseconds.
A few weeks later, Christine Arron performs the best start in the final of the World Indoor Championships in Moscow. On her return, she said in an interview on French television: "I am happy because I finally solved my starting problem"
Case treated by Bernard Gasquet and Paul Doroshenko.