The great good weather, after the typhoon? If the tropical storm announced should ultimately spare the Japanese coast, Matthieu Androdias and Hugo Boucheron have sunny tricolor rowing since their arrival at the Tokyo Olympics. Winner of his series, then his semi-final, the two-scull bathed in the euphoria of radiant weather, before the said storm forced the organizers as a precaution to complete the pool for two days to postpone the races to the Wednesday.
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From there to seeing them consecrated in the final, there is a step that it is tempting to take. And there is no shortage of good reasons. In Japan, already, they have therefore sent messages by dropping everyone, including the Chinese Olympic champions in the series. They added the bonus of an Olympic record.
After crossing the desert, the great thirst …
Then, the two rowers of the France pole of Lyon come back from afar. While Androdias dragged the misery of his painful lumbar spine, Boucheron contracted toxoplasmosis in 2019, then Covid-19 in 2020. With rage in their stomachs, they finally reconnected by snatching the European title in Varese, in last April. They hadn’t run for a year and a half… Their thirst is proportional to their crossing of the desert.
The pair can also camp on an experience box spring. Androdias, 31, is fighting his 3it is Games. In London in 2012, he finished 10e with the four of couple. Joined by Boucheron, 28, the Rochelais advanced four boxes in the 2016 Olympics. The tandem learned lessons.
“We try to put the cursor to the maximum”
Above all, he has forged a bond that catches the eye, and the ears. “In semifinals, says Matthieu Androdias, we signed a great collective victory. Each gave the other what he needed. The most is our relationship, in times of extreme pressure, when everything is increased tenfold. “
“We’ve been trying to fine-tune the parameters that will make the difference for a few years now, trying to set the cursor to the maximum”, adds his teammate, Hugo Boucheron.
In short, five years after Azou-Houin’s title in a lightweight pair, blue rowing could go for gold, even if Boucheron does not want to hold back. “That the path built so far at the Games …” It would also be a nice nod to tradition: the last couple crowned at the 2004 Sydney Olympics was named Vielledent-Hardy. The first was elected DTN last May, the second is a consultant for France TV in Japan …
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