disappointment for the sprinter Timothée Adolphe, in silver over 400 m – Libération

2024-09-01 19:42:54

On Sunday, September 1, the 34-year-old athlete, with his guide Jeffrey Lami, was second in his race. Great grief for the man who arrived in Paris, great choice for the distance.

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Patra. It was a failure for Timothée Adolphe and his director Jeffrey Lami. Expected as the big favorites for the 400m final (T11) this Sunday at the Stade au France, the two men did not manage to do better than second place, breaking in the final straight and leaving the Venezuelan Santos Gonzalez beyond the final in the end. leading “In our division where we compete in pairs, there are many rules that can be disrespectful. We work every day to avoid repeating the mistakes we made in the past,” Jeff said in the corridors of the Stade de France on Saturday after the semi-final. These mistakes made Adolphe’s first Games, in Rio, “a tragedy”. In 2021 in Tokyo, silver in the 100m is not allowed to be completely finished for the disappointment of indifference in the 400m. In Paris, the duo did everything well according to the instructions, it was a sports problem. Despite a better time than the previous day in the series (50”75), the duo is far from their European record set in May at the Charléty stadium (50”03).

Saturday, both in his afternoon series and his half in the evening, the world number 1 on the distance seems to be very easy, he rises each time a few steps from the end to keep as much under his feet as possible for the end . “We want to try to leave as few feathers as possible on the track today,” said the athlete in a mixed time zone. With three races in two days, he remembers the first priority of recovery: “Even if we don’t deliver everything, it’s still a 400m, with lactic acid rising all the time.” And despite this restriction, the Adolphe-Lami duo, in bright orange shoes, set the best time in the finals.

A few weeks ago, the couple explained to us the special work done in training to perfect this last straight line, which is also flawed, and which is the duo’s victory this Sunday. “We have a new strategy, now I am the one who is consistent with his efforts to make sure that he finishes the races well,” said his guide Jeff. The secret to success in training: running 500 m, from “best price” in the words of Adolphe. The progress made under the guidance of Dimitri Démonière, the former French athlete, his new coach is Insep from 2022. But that was not enough during this 400 m. “We lost sync in the last few meters and I think that was our penalty,” debriefed on the microphone of Nelson Monfort hot Jeffrey Lami. “We didn’t manage to sleep much with adrenaline,” said Adolphe, regretting the two races he had to do on the same day the day before. “In everyone’s mind, it’s a gold medal” melt an indestructible visitor to try to erase the duo’s sorrow. Timothée Adolphe, this time with the guidance of Charles Renard, will try to win this famous lost title on 100m from Wednesday.