“Saint-Gaudinoise Maëlle Millet: Three-Time French Champion of Rhythmic and Sports Gymnastics”

Now licensed in Thionville but still a member of the Pôle Espoirs de Montpellier, the young Commingeoise distinguished herself on the Practicable de Mulhouse by going not only to seek the supreme title in the general competition, but also by obtaining two other gold medals at the apparatus (hoop and ribbon) as well as two silver medals (ball and ribbon).

total dominance

“A program of great accuracy and elegance”. This is how specialists in the discipline have defined Maëlle Millet’s performance. With a total of 123 out of 200 points, she largely dominated the competition, coming in first with more than 9 points ahead of her runner-up, Hélène Karbanov and 11 points over the third, Lily Ramonatxo.

Back from the European Championships which took place the previous week in Baku, Azerbaijan, where she obtained a fine 18th place, Maëlle Millet was able to communicate all the experience now acquired at the highest level by offering full passages Friday during the all-around, obtaining marks beyond 30 points in the ball, clubs and hoop, as well as 29.7 in the ribbon, yet his favorite exercise.

She repeated the next day by obtaining the titles by apparatus in the hoop and the ribbon where she knew how to rectify the shooting, finishing with the silver medal around her neck in the two other apparatus, the clubs and the ball. It was her runner-up and friend from the French team, Hélène Kerbanov, who won with clubs and ball.

Worlds, Olympics…

Now, it’s time to prepare for the world championships which will take place from August 23 to 27 in Valencia, Spain. But for the young 18-year-old champion, the goal remains participation next year in the Paris Olympics. A goal that never seems to be on track again. It would really only be the just reward for hard work and sacrifices of life for many years already. And the end of the countdown gets closer every day. All his family, all his friends from Comminge and, in particular, all the staff of the Envol Saint-Gaudinois where Maëlle began his career, are particularly attentive to this.