2023-08-22 23:41:09
She may have returned to almost her best level this season with a throw beyond 65 m, the step was too high for Mélina Robert-Michon to manage to climb on the disc podium. If it was necessary to exceed the 68 m line to win a medal (the American Tausaga, crowned world champion, achieved 69.49 m!), the French had to be satisfied with 63.46 m on her 2nd throw. An insufficient performance to benefit from three additional tries and really have a chance in this final.
For her 10th World Championships, Mélina Robert-Michon, double medalist (silver in 2013, bronze in 2017), finished in 9th place. “This is not what I came to look for, reacts the Frenchwoman. It’s frustrating because I miss 10 cm to enter the 8 and have three more tries. At the same time, I fought, I had the impression, contrary to the qualifications, to express myself, I would have liked to be able to do it even more. There was plenty to do in this contest. »
At 44, Mélina plans on the Paris Olympics, which could be her 7th. “It’s up to me to continue working and raising my level to aim for at least the Top 5, or even the podium next season. Everything we have put in place this year will be useful, I was regular at 63 m-64 m, we will have to make sure to be regular at 66 m to hope for better. »
The three French qualified for the 800m semi-finals
A little earlier in the evening, while the Blues are still looking for a first medal in these Worlds in Budapest and the decathlete Kevin Mayer, savior of the French team at the 2022 Worlds and the Tokyo Olympics is uncertain due to an Achilles tendon injury, all three 800m runners qualified for the semi-finals. Gabriel Tual, finalist at the Tokyo Olympics, easily secured 2nd place in his series (1′45′’10), while Benjamin Robert won his by leading from start to finish (1′46′’45 ).
Tricolor revelation of the season over the distance, Yanis Meziane also crossed the first lap (1′45′’30). Less success among hurdlers in the 100m hurdles, an extremely tough discipline, where only Cyréna Samba-Mayela (12′’71) qualified for the semi-finals, while Laetitia Bapté fell by the wayside for a hundredth (12 ′’93).
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