She is only 19 years old and already her name resonates in the world of athletics. The four letters of his surname figure prominently in the global and European balance sheets. The four should also be his favorite number. Four like the 4 kilograms of this machine that she likes to send as far as possible. Four like the four highlights of this year 2021. This beautiful year which saw the birth of Rose Loga, the young athlete discovered in Mainvilliers, licensed at Aclam and resident of the athletics center of Eaubonne (Val-d’Oise) under the leadership of Baptiste Lacourt, his coach.
When the judge announced 71.09 m, I couldn’t believe it. I was the first surprise.
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The first of its four highlights dates back to January. On Saturday 31st, Rose Loga takes part in the Eaubonne meeting, where she works every day. She enters the throwing area for the second try of the competition, and comes out of the nets with a smile and a personal best, with a hammer of 4 kg (editor’s note: the hammer weight from the junior category) raised to 69.90 m. It will not stop there. On the fourth attempt, she planes it down a few more centimeters and passes, for the first time in competition, the 71 meters. 71.09 m to be exact, that is to say the… fourth performance of all time for the juniors. “When the judge announced 71.09 m, I couldn’t believe it. I was the first surprise, ”she recalls.
Rose Loga from Aclam Chartres after her French U20 hammer throw record: “I’m the first surprise!”
Summer is approaching and the agenda of the young girl from Mainville is busy. But a domestic accident, an unfortunate kick in a door causing her to fracture her… fourth toe, will slow her down. Ouch?! The European Long Throws Cup will be done without it. His second highlight of the year takes place at the end of June in Angers (Maine-et-Loire) where the French Elite Championships take place. The title is reserved for Alexandra Tavernier (73.85 m) but Rose Loga wins the silver with a rating raised to 69.48 m. Satisfactory but still too far from the Olympic minima set at 72.50 m. It will be for later, perhaps in 2024.
No Olympics but a silver medal for Rose Loga at the French Championships
The season is not over yet, far from it. The best part is yet to come with the U20 European Championships in Tallinn, in the capital of Estonia. On July 17, she found in the final her most serious rival, the Finnish Silja Kosonen who did not give her any gifts. The Finnish dominates the category with her head and her broad shoulders (71.06 m) and still leaves only the money to Rose Loga who will have to be content with a better throw at 67.70 m.
La Chartraine Rose Loga silver medalist at the hammer, at the world juniors
After European silver, it will be with the same metal, still behind the Finnish Silja Kosonen, that the best French junior will leave Nairobi (Kenya) during the U20 worlds on Saturday, August 21. From this fourth big meeting, the athlete will achieve at best only 67.11 m, on the… fourth attempt.
At two and a half years of the Olympics in France, Rose Loga has such room for improvement that it is not utopian to see her parade among the blue-white-red delegation of Paris-2024.
Hervé Paraut
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