His first jet at 61.07m was enough in Martégal, to win the national title of the disc launch this Friday at the French elite championships in Talence (Gironde). Not completely recovered from his quadriceps injury, contracted a month ago, Lolasson Djouhan took no risk and has best managed his competition, faced with an adversity, it is true, a little weak, his Martinican dolphin Marc-Alexandre Delain failing at more than 60cm. But what does it matter if its objective of exceeding 63m has not been achieved, the French record holder ensured the essentials and will now be able to continue its preparation, for the Tokyo Worlds (September 13-21).
The Provencal Hurdleuses were also at the party in Talence, since the two members of the Athlé Provence Clubs Anceane Bouijoux (3rd in the first series in 13”27) and Mélissa Benfatah 2nd in the 3rd series (on the same time), qualified for the semi-finals.
4 Wounded Olympians
The package of Cyréna Samba-Mayela, silver medalist of the 100m hedges at the Olympic Games, is “not ideal“, For Romain Barras, but the Tokyo Worlds (September 13-21) remain possible. The director of high performance of the FFA said he was reassuring on a return before the Worlds, putting it in”the same batch“May the decathlonian Kevin Mayer,”exceptional athletes who do not necessarily need a lot of training to return to the top“.
Of the seven French finalists at the last Olympic Games, four (Samba-Mayela, Rénelle Lamote, Clément Ducos and Louis Maraval) do not participate “France” due to physical seeds. However, they have a status “priority“In the selections for the Worlds, and do not necessarily need to achieve the minima to go to Japan thanks to their performances since August 2024.
