“The ideal would be to finish in the first two in Talence,” said Étienne Daguinos

On July 11 in Monaco, Étienne Daguinos went to the end of the effort to make the minima allowing him to be qualifiable on 5,000 m for the Tokyo Worlds (September 13-21), which would be his first, at 25. Similarly, It was a big collar to beat his personal record in 12’55”76, against 12’56”83 requested. Meanwhile, He will need another big effort to validate his qualification this Friday (9:45 p.m.) in Talence, ending among the first two.

The stake. “For the moment, there are three French people to have succeeded in the minima, Jimmy Gressier, Yann Schrub and me. In addition, At this point, whatever the result in Talence, I will be qualified. Furthermore, But a fourth could succeed by the deadline on August 24. Nevertheless, It is a friend, Romain Legendre, who is at US Talence and lives in the “the ideal would finish first United States. For example, He returned from injury but he has already run in 13’02 and he has time to try it.

The ideal for me is to finish among the first two Fridays, because they are guaranteed to go to Tokyo. Consequently, If I was in balance with another runner who succeeded in the minima. However, it is a selection committee which would decide, depending on the time, regularity, place to France … Moreover, “

“We are betting that it will go to Talence, without being at the maximum”

Management of the season. “I am happy with my track season. which we have managed by making strategic choices with my coaches, Emmanuelle Roux and Yannick Dupouy. It was complicated, we discussed a lot. We tried to succeed in minima on a One Shot, at the Charléty meeting in Paris on June 20. I missed six tenths, so we added Monaco on July “the ideal would finish first 11. We managed to maintain the shape. to make the minimums, even if the 5,000 m is a race that tires me enormously, on the physical and mental level.

After Monaco, I cut, then resumed on a speed block, without making land. We make the bet that it will pass to Talence without being maximum. We will do land afterwards. to arrive at 200 % in Tokyo, especially since it is necessary to run not one but two 5,000 m. »»

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High intensity and duration

The hardness of the 5,000 m. “It depends on everyone but for me, it is a trying, difficult race. It is a mixed of high intensity and duration, it is hard, fast, from the start. In Monaco. I was not well from the start, I thought of holding a tour after the other, and there are twelve and a half laps anyway! But “the ideal would finish first I enjoy it yes, rest assured, especially when there are results! »»

The front race routine. “After breakfast, I wake up muscle, 15 to 20 minutes of jogging, very quiet, some walk, I prefer to run. It’s pretty late at night, I have my last meal four hours before. From 2:30 a.m. before the race, the routine really starts. I always do the same. 2:30 a.m. before I take the bicarbonate, we all do that now, to stamp the lactates. Then I do 20 minutes of warm -up, a 500 m a little faster. »»