Patrice Ragni and Imaad Hallay will be at the Virgule de Longwy bookstore on Saturday June 12, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., to sign and present their work Controversy for records , released a few weeks ago. The opportunity for the first, Longovician, to also bring his previous books.
Imaad Hallay, native of Thionville, is a former sprint champion and European champion of 4 * 100m with the France team in 2010. Patrice Ragni is a native of Mont-Saint-Martin, co-founder of the Longwy Pays-Haut athletics association (Alpha), ancestor of Phar, former national level 400m runner and since then a trainer.
And in this book published by Gérard-Louis editions, they evoke the violence that can occur in the coach-coach relationship. “Some coaches don’t realize the behavior they can be having. Forcing an athlete to run when he doesn’t want to, to interfere with his private and sexual life. Coaches have a lot of influence, especially among adolescents. I did some forcing with Imaad Hallay so that he gives himself more, and therefore that he devotes less time to his family or to his religion. I even went so far as to insult him. The coach / coach relationship is both magnificent and dangerous. “
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