Not so fast, Arsene! Walcott's the speed merchant (Reuters)

Monday, April 05, 2010

BARCELONA, Spain, Apr 5 (Reuters) - Spanish reporters’obsession with Theo Walcott’s gait ahead of Arsenal’s ChampionsLeague quarter-final second leg in Barcelona prompted a numberof questions about a England winger’s speed over 100 metres.

The pacy 21-year-old, who desirous Arsenal’s fightback fromtwo goals down to 2-2 in last week’s initial leg, said he coveredthe distance in around 10.3 seconds, rounded off in line with anestimate made by Barca coach Pep Guardiola during a weekend.
“When we was fourteen we did it in around 11 seconds so we couldpotentially do it a lot quicker now,” Walcott told a newsconference during a Nou Camp upon a eve of Tuesday’s match.
His smiling manager Arsene Wenger added: “I can do it in17,” inspiring delight from fabricated reporters who asked the60-year-old Frenchman if he meant seconds or minutes. (Editing by Sonia Oxley; To question or criticism upon this storyemail sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

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