The French won three medals on Wednesday evening in Munich, two in 110m hedges and one in triple jump.
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led by a diabolical Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, 2 e of the 110 m hurdles after a new year marked by injuries, the Blues won three medals at the European Munich Championships on Wednesday evening. With the two third places of Just Kwaou-Mathey (110 m Haies) and Jean-Marc Pontvianne (triple jump).
In an Olympic stadium, nothing more calm but above all more moist than the day before, the finalists of the 110 m hurdles were presented to the sound of Sympathy for the Devil of the Rolling Stones, to believe that the DJ knows well Pascal Martinot-Lagarde .
Because the 30 -year -old Hurdler, safe from his strength, experienced, is a real devil ready to get out of his box at the right time, still in the final, despite the injuries and the sores that mark his career, and have more rotten His season, between a right calf lesion, problems with hamstrings, two angins and a blocked back, among others.
For the twelfth time in 18 major competitions in his career (16 finals), Martinot-Lagarde managed to get on the podium, obviously leaving the best time in his season (13”14), he who was holding of the title, in addition to having already won 5 world medals (4 indoor).
behind the Spaniard of an “blinking”
As usual, this medal machine attempted its formidable “broken” on the line and almost preceded the Spaniard Asier Martinez, who had taken over but did not keep his advance a thousandth of Second after examination of the finish photo.
“It’s horrible but magnificent. We are in the same scenario but inverted that four years ago, I had ahead of the Russian Shubenkov of a few thousandths. We are talking about a duel where it flows on the Line like that can. But no regrets. At this level of time, a thousandth, it is not even a blinking of the eye, “said” PML “. “In any case, look at my journey: I had galleys all season, and there, I end up on an excellent note. I have nothing to regret. Martinez made an incredible race, he broke his record final day. “
All in contrast to Martinot-Lagarde, statue of an immobile commander behind his mid-red-terminator sunglasses, Just Kwaou-Mathey entered his presentation in front of the public with several dance steps and a huge smile.
Two attitudes for two different generations, while Kwaou-Mathey, training comrade in Poitiers of the nugget of the Sprint Jeff Erius, managed to get on the podium for its first international final at 22, after Two years of express progression.
In 13”33, this threading athlete was able to resist the return of Swiss Jason Joseph, while Sasha Zhoya, for his first final too, fell at the end of the race for an anecdotal time. Footballer in his youth in Evreux, Kwaou-Mathey shone in Munich, in the city of his great friend Dayot Upamecano, star of the round ball at the Blues and in Bayern.
Pontvianne in the footsteps of Teddy Tamgho
After two slow days marked by the early abandonment Monday of the decathlonian Kevin Mayer, the Blues knew their first beautiful evening in the aftermath of the bronze medal torn off at the end of the night – and appeal – by the length in length Jules Pommery.
In addition to the Hurdlers, Jean-Marc Pontvianne also distinguished himself for a great first with the bronze of the triple jump at 28 years, by validating only one jump (16.94 m). Pontvianne was part of the tradition of French “triple”, becoming the fifth tricolor medalist at the Euro after Serge Hélan in 1994 (2 e ), Teddy Tamgho in 2010 (3 e
sup>), Benjamin Compaoré and Yoann Rapinier (1
e ) in 2014.
The Nîmes, in addition to Sébastien Bouschet, his lifelong coach, has been co-trained by the former world champion Teddy Tamgho for eight months. He paid tribute to him on Wednesday: “His contribution, we see him right away. I go from 7