They were two hugely impressive performances which had the British team management watching in awe as he demolished an international field. The headwinds obviously prevented any spectacular times, but gave the clearest indication yet that James is ready to deliver something very special indeed given the right conditions.
Ellington next goes into action alongside several of his Trackspeed1 training comrades, on the brand new Mondo surface at Bedford, on Sunday (12thJune). The Bedford International Games will provide the next potential forum for the 25-year-old South Londoner to prove that he really has broken through into the ranks of world class athletics this year.
Included in the Bedford line-up will be 24-year-old Jason Hussain, who roared to two of the fastest sprints of his life on Saturday.
While Ellington was undergoing the German experience, Hussain was a little nearer home in Barnet, North London, competing in the British League's opening fixture. He clocked a lifetime's fastest 10.65s in the 100m, but could not record it as a personal best due to the tail wind of +2.6m/s.
The story was the same in the 200m where, despite drawn in lane 8, Jason clocked the second fastest time of his life of 21.33s, but this was again struck from the record books due to the following 2.4m/s tail wind.
"Jason is slowly but surely improving this season towards the form of his life," said coach John Powell. "He had a bit of a hic-cup in training during May, but he has picked up again now, and I would fully expect him to record lifetime bests in both sprints in the very near future."
Looking ahead to the Bedford fixture on Sunday, Powell was extremely upbeat: "We've had a few injury issues this year, but this Sunday represents the first major domestic fixture of the season, and all of our seniors plus a couple of juniors will be there. The fields could be stunning if everyone shows up, so it's game-on, and alot of our guys are in good shape now."
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