Manon Trapp, standard bearer of girls’ hopes
This championship will also be an opportunity for the young French guard to be talked about less than two years before the Paris 2024 Olympics, the biggest sporting event of the century in France.. This stage in Turin has all the credentials to be an ideal springboard Manon Trapp. LThe AS Aix-Les-Bains resident has just come off a five-week internship in Iten, Kenya and is certainly hoping to feel the effects. Ninth at the European Championship among juniors in Lisbon in 2019 and fourth among aspirants in Dublin in 2021, the time has come for her to shine individually in a major championship. She has the potential. Her main rival will be the reigning Italian champion Nadia Battocletti who will play at home
The former judo black belt will be able to count on a talented collective, starting with Flavie RenoardEuropean champion in the 3000 m steeplechase, and Mélody Julien, French record holder in the 10,000 m, half and marathon, but also Floriana Quesada, Laetitia Croissants, Eugenie Lorraine et Anaelle Guillonnet. Last year the Bleuettes were on the second step of the podium. This year they can legitimately believe in their chances. Between the boys’ hopes, given their 2022 year results and the potential of the selected athletes, this is the best possible team in France and a collective appeal would not be usurped for Etienne Daguinos, Valentin Bresc, Antoine Senard, Luke LeBaron, Teo Ruben Banini et Pierre Bordeaux.
The first six French juniors of the cross-selection were logically kept in the selection: Gabriel Timba, Baptist Cartiel, Valentin Poulin, Suleyman Yalaoui, Pierre Boudi et Adrian LeRichomme. We can talk about it in the Turin granita. Same observation for the juniors who can likewise hope to compete for a team medal. Always cadet 2 internationally, Margot Dajoux et Jade LeCorre both finished hand in hand to take 26th and 27th place. Thai Paris, Faustine Chaboche et Templar flower they also already have international experience, unlike Jade Buridone who will wear the tricolor shirt for the first time. ” The goal is to have as many athletes as possible in the top 15. Everything is open for the collective podium, given the density of the competition. In this category there are 15 girls in 15 seconds at the finish line », underlines Laurence Vivier, coach of the junior women’s team.
