With a 3rd spot in the 110 meters hurdles at the European Athletics Championships in Munich, Just Kwaou-Mathey, who trains at the CREPS in Poitiers, proves to be “a good athlete”.
The Blues shined on Wednesday night at the European Athletics Championships in Munich (Germany) with, in distinct, the 3rd place in the 110 meters hurdles by Just Kwaou-Mathey who trains at the CREPS in Poitiers. He was overtaken by Pascal Martinot-Lagarde 2nd and the Spaniard Asier Martinez who received gold.
At the conclusion of the races, Just Kwaou-Mathey was thrilled and savored the podium. “Fantastic, magical, I have a lot of impressionshe suggests. I have a great deal of exciting performing these championships, I have a lot of enjoyable. “
In their quest for gold, Martinot-Lagarde and Kwaou-Mathey have been overtaken by Spaniard Astier Martinez. At the conclusion of a suspenseful ultimate, title holder Martinot-Lagarde comes shut to overtaking “to the damaged” Martinez, 22 years aged. But, in the stop, the Spaniard, bronze medalist at final month’s World Cup in Eugene (United States), was proclaimed the winner by a thousandth of a 2nd.
This medal tends to make me want to work more challenging, mainly because I didn’t finish first.
Kwaou-Mathey only, 110m hurdles (CREPS Poitiers)
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At 22, Just Kwaou-Mathey gained a bronze medal that benefits the progress of an athlete who has turn out to be a reference in the self-discipline this calendar year.
“The race was incredible, I manufactured a large mistake at the 8th hurdle, devoid of which I could have played the combat with Pascal (Martinot-Lagarde, 2nd). I saw the Swiss (Jason Joseph) return, I gave my all for this 3rd position. It signifies a lot for the relaxation of my profession, I hope it is not the previous medal, we have a sequence with the Planet Cup (in Budapest in 2023) and the Olympics (in Paris in 2024). It can make you want to function tougher, since I didn’t complete very first. “
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In distinction to Martinot-Lagarde, a statue of a commander standing at the rear of his 50 %-Robocop, half-Terminator sunglasses, Just Kwaou-Mathey embellished his presentation in front of the audience with quite a few dance ways and a enormous smile.
Kwaou-Mathey is a talent that we failed to see coming. I am extremely happy that he is the just one who managed to get this bronze medal. I hope we will comprehend that he is a fantastic athlete.
Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, 2nd in the 110 hurdles at the Munich Athletics Euro
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Two attitudes for two different generations, whilst Kwaou-Mathey, coaching spouse in Poitiers of dash nugget Jeff Erius, conquered the feat of obtaining on the podium for his to start with intercontinental final at 22, right after two several years of quick progression.
Kwaou-Mathey only “it is generally been a very little little bit in our shadow, so we really don’t see it happening”testifies Pascal Martinot-Lagarde. “These days he is the a person with the (bronze) medal. And I hope individuals will recognize that he is a terrific athlete. His semifinal at the Planet Cup is amazing, and it went unnoticed mainly because he won’t go to the final. Only, it really is a expertise that does not. we saw it coming. I am incredibly satisfied that he is the a single who got this bronze medal these days since he deserves it, he is a very good guy. “
In 13 sec 33 this thin athlete was in a position to resist the return of the Swiss Jason Joseph (13.35), though the French Sasha Zhoya, also for his to start with final, fell at the end of the race for an anecdotal time (8th out of 16 segment 51) .
A footballer in his youth in Evreux, Kwaou-Mathey shone in Munich, in the town of his terrific good friend Dayot Upamecano, star of the lob with Blues and Bayern.
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