2024-08-02 20:40:46
At the Olympic Games in Paris, Noélie Yarigo qualified for the 800m semi-final on Friday evening, 2 August 2024. This is Benin’s first victory since the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on 26 July.
With high expectations in the 800m, Noélie Yarigo performs and qualifies Benin for the semi-finals of the Olympic Games in Paris 2024. The Beninese athlete managed to clock 1’59″68 and finished 3rd in his series (4).
So Benin gets its first victory at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games thanks to the Amazon. Noélie Yarigo qualifies the country for the 800m semi-final after the failure of Alexis Kpadé in Swimming and Valentin Houinato in Judo.
“I always know how to bounce back at the right time”
At the end of Yes preparatory course of the Olympic Games in Paris with her colleagues in Montfort-le-Gesnois in France, Noélie Yarigo expressed her desire to represent Benin with dignity. Bronze medal winner of the 19th edition of the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow sure she was going to give everything to these Olympics. For the Pendjari Cheetah, this can be achieved:
“Not only do I want to represent my country, but I want to bring home a medal. I want to try to repeat what I did in Glasgow. It’s not going to be easy, I know. Because the whole world is going, it’s the Olympics. And that’s every athlete’s dream. It won’t be easy, but the pain will be the same for everyone. I am ready. I am a hero… And I always know how to bounce back at the right time.”
After her triumphant entry on August 2nd, Noélie Yarigo makes her second trip on August 4th. Her ambition is to validate her qualified ticket for the final which will be played on 5 August 2024. “When we get to the final, everyone can win”the athlete declared before the opening of the Olympic Games in Paris 2024. She expressed her desire to do better than the Olympic Games in Rio and Tokyo.
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