Here are athletics evenings as we would like to see more often! The French shone this Tuesday at the Meeting de Montreuil like Rénelle Lamote (800 m) and Melvin Raffin (triple jump) who achieved the minimums for the Tokyo Olympics. Story!
The contrast was striking: We left the Jean-Delbert stadium during the 2019 edition in heavy and intermittent rain. We found it on Tuesday under a very generous sun with a thermometer displaying 27 degrees in the early evening. Moreover, the meeting was like the weather with very high performance. And as often, it is the middle distance which was at the party. And under the palme d’or of this twelfth edition, we will name Rénelle Lamote, author of a beautiful double lap.
After a victorious comeback in Dessau (Germany) in 2’01 ″ 66 on May 21, the protégé of Bruno Gajer and Gilles Garcia seems to have regained a taste for victory. The three-time European 800m vice-champion gave us the most moving moment of the Meeting de Montreuil by composting her ticket for the Tokyo Olympics (minimum at 1’59 ″ 50). Well positioned behind the pace maker Phara Anacharsis (57 ″ in the 400m), thehe Racing Multi Athlon half-cross-country skier took responsibility to finish with a bang in the time of 1’58 ″ 65. This is the second best time of his career behind his reference mark which dates from 2016 in 1’58 ″ 01 in Birmingham. Overwhelmed by emotion while viewing the bulletin board, Rénelle Lamote burst into tears in the mixed zone. ” I’m in shock I can’t believe it’s so much work. I knew I was able to do less than 2 minutes. There I really ran with all my heart. The hardest part is to qualify. I am so happy and I thank those around me. Now I hope to improve my record ». LA 27-year-old Frenchwoman is gradually regaining confidence after the last two checkered seasons (2019 and 2020). And in the year of the Olympic Games, we can only rejoice to see a Rénelle Lamote in full possession of her means.
Melvin Raffin has it under his foot
Another Habs illuminated the Ile-de-France competition and made a big leap towards Japan: Melvin Raffin ! The triple jumper coached by Teddy Tamgho managed to overcome his disappointment with the Europe by teams of Chorzow (5th with 16.48 m) this weekend to deliver a very good competition. From the outset, the French Elite indoor champion this winter at Miramas recorded a jump to 17.14 m (+0.5 m / s), or to the nearest centimeter the mark requested to be selectable for the big meeting. you planetary summer. “ I’ve been waiting for these Olympic minima for a while. I missed my European Cup where I had a bad competition so I wanted to play hard and in addition there were good conditions. It’s only positive! I feel that there are still details to work on that will allow me to go further “. The 2016 World Juniors bronze medalist did not stop there since on his second attempt, he performed at 17.19 m (+0.3 m / s), one centimeter from his successful record triple jump in 2017. A year which had also been auspicious for the Bordelais, with a world record for juniors (17.20 m in qualifying) during the Indoor Europe in Belgrade (5th in the final) and participation in the London Worlds ( eliminated in qualifying), all at just 18 years old. The next year will have been difficult with a hamstring injury depriving him of a summer season and above all, a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of the left knee during training in Reims in December. Nevertheless, Melvin Raffin was going to have someone to talk to this evening with the world record holder in the triple jump, the Burkinabé Hugues-Fabrice Zango who landed at 17.67 m (+0.2 m / s) on his second attempt.
At the very start of the international program, the Olympic vice-champion Melina Robert-Michon made his comeback and took fourth place in the discus competition with a better throw at 61.39m. ” It’s okay, but I was definitely hoping to do a little better. It was an opportunity to take its marks and make technical adjustments. If I have to win only one competition this year, I like it as much as it is in Tokyo! ».
For his first 400m hurdles of the season, Wilfried Happio had a good performance by winning the race in 49 ″ 56. No doubt thathe Olympic minima set at 48 ″ 90 should soon fall into the hands of the hurdler of Lille Métropole Athlétisme. Also to be remembered on the French side: the 10 ″ 16 of Mouhamadou Fall (2nd) over 100 m, the 13 ″ 43 ofAurel Manga over 110 m hurdles, the 13 ″ 20 Laëticia Bapté over 100 m hurdles, the 2’01 ″ 56 of Charlotte Pizzo (6th) and the 1’45 ″ 74 of Benjamin Robert (4th) over 800 m as well as the 3’35 ″ 75 d ‘Azeddine Habz (4th) and the 4’08 ″ 62 d ‘Aurore Fleury (6e) over 1500 m.
All results, in click here.
Photo credits: Solène Decosta & Antoine Deccotignies / STADION
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