The highest average speed, the most rewarded clubs and leagues, the craziest progressions… Back in statistics on an unforgettable weekend in Carhaix (Finistère).
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Only four gold medal-winning athletes this Sunday in Carhaix had already climbed to the top step of the podium in France cross country. These are the two French champions on the long Elite, Manon Trappwinner over the same distance in the last two editions, and Jimmy Gressierwho had won among the hopefuls in 2019 and on cross court in Montauban in 2021. To which must be added Julie Chuberrewho retained his title at the Masters 0, and Valentin Bresctitled among the long hopefuls after winning in the same category but on the short last year.
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The highest average speed for the winner of a race on the Kerampuilh site was reached by Azeddine Habz with 18.9 km / h, crowned on the cross court and its 4510 meters. A figure that gives a good idea of the difficulty of the course, with a lot of mud and raises to negotiate. Here, in descending order, is the average speed of the other gold athletes: 18.2 km/h on the men’s long cross (9810 m), 17.7 km/h for the masters (9810 m) and junior men ( 7670 m), 17.5 km/h in the men cadets (6010 m), 16.1 km/h in the women’s short cross (4510 m), 15.8 km/h in the women’s long cross (8910 m) , 15.4 km/h for the cadets (4510 m) and finally 15.3 km/h for the junior women (6010 m). Note that the route was logically more deteriorated during the last races of the day.
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Huge surprise of the competition with her demonstration on the cross court, the member of Bourge Entente Athlétisme Celia Tabet progressed in leaps and bounds over the past three seasons. As proof, she had to settle for 159th place in the same event at Vittel in 2019.
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Emmanuel Meyssat, in gold at the masters 1 in Brittany, became champion of France for the seventh time. It was the first national medal in cross country for the founder of the Athletic Club du Lyonnais, 42, who had until then been used to monopolizing the podiums in mountain and trail running.
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30,000 people (athletes, accompanying persons, spectators, volunteers) were counted in two days on the Kerampuilh site, a record. Note that 3237 performances were recorded during this historic 2023 edition.
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Vice-champion of France on the long in Carhaix, Cecile Jarousseau had not been on the podium of a France cross for 9 years and the 2014 edition at Pontet, where she had won among the hopes in the same event (7th scratch).
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Two clubs largely dominated the medal standings: the Clermont Auvergne Athletics and the Racing Multi Athlon, each with 7 awards. It is the first named who finishes in the lead with 5 victories and 2 silver medals, the Ile-de-France club winning 4 titles, to which are added a silver medal and two bronze medals. The Bretons ofEA Pays de Brocéliande complete the podium with 3 awards, 2 gold and 1 silver.
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Vice-champion of Europe in the 800m in Istanbul seven days earlier, Benjamin Robert took 17th place in the cross court at Carhaix, 41 seconds behind winner Azeddine Habz. The member of SA Toulouse UC, in money with his club, finished 14th two years ago in Montauban.
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The double world champion of trail running Blandine L’Hirondel, a magnificent bronze medalist on long cross country, took part in the national plowing meeting for only the second time. The first was in 2009 in Aix-les-Bains, with a 198th place among juniors.
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Two leagues flew over the debates in Carhaix, winning 18 of the 29 titles at stake, i.e. 62% of them: theAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes and theIle-de-Francewith nine titles each.
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The number of views counted on the real Instagram video of the “heart” of the course, produced using a drone. The coverage offered by the FFA on its social networks has, as every year, generated strong traffic, with 679,655 accounts having seen at least one content on Instagram, 561,700 on Twitter, and 422,132 on Facebook.
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