Probably the most decathlon day for Kevin Mayer and Makenson Gletty – Libération

2024-06-11 20:52:37

Profitable missions for 2 French athletes: Kevin Mayer left with not less than the Olympics, Makenson Gletty gained the bronze medal for his first decathlon in a serious championship.

As if standing outdoors wasn’t sufficient on the primary day of the decathlon of the European Athletics Championships! After displaying himself to the French spectators on Monday by breaking three private bests (in 100m, lengthy distance and 400m) and ending the day in third place within the reserve place, very – however no much less wild on the stadium – Makenson Gletty, 25, additionally obtained a standing ovation from the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Tuesday June 11. Standing within the beginning blocks as a result of he had not heard the beginning orders throughout his 110m hurdles collection, the athlete from Haiti gained the fitting to enchantment, discovering himself alone in a straight line, dealing with his 10 hurdles and the end line, whereas the opposite decathletes had joined the discus competitors. Ultimately, a brand new private document of 13″ 88 quickly gave him first place within the decathlon. That he must defend for 4 extra occasions.

Nice worry earlier than leaving

Beginning with the discus the place, for his half, Kevin Mayer continued his joyful path in direction of Olympic qualification after utterly acceptable obstacles. The wind, all the time, of a “Kevin banal”, as he mentioned Monday night, having simply come to the Romans from “Do the work”, obtain the minimal (8460 factors), whereas saving for the Olympics: “I simply wish to explode on the monitor. So, each 5 seconds I inform myself once more that I’m right here for the least, that the title of the European championship shouldn’t be a call this 12 months. I must settle down. I’m somebody who could be very excited throughout a championship, however right here the objective will probably be to sluggish me down, as a result of I’m solely in a position to do one decathlon at 200% a 12 months, not two. He additionally exploded a bit within the discus throw space, with 48m53, whereas Gletty was content material with a throw of 43m54 which dropped him to second place total behind Norwegian Sander Skotheim.

And search pole vault competitors. And there, the rostrum and the smallest, Makenson Gletty as Kevin Mayer virtually misplaced every thing within the Roman squalls. Within the occasion that he launched his competitors at 4m60, Gletty crossed this bar on his third try (within the decathlon, athletes who fail 3 times of their first bar obtain zero factors, in addition to relegation to the underside of the overall classification) . Launching his competitors at a minimal bar of 5 meters, Mayer additionally handed on solely the third try. Large worry earlier than leaving: each then took off, however Gletty is much less tall (4m90) than Mayer, who stopped his competitors after success in 5m30, with out attempting to do higher to lift the factors typically: he got here in thirty fifth, Gletty grew to become his second. Sander Skotheim makes a mistake, Estonian Johannes Erm scores.

The tip outcome

Firstly of the night, historical past repeats itself within the ward, much less and fewer odd Kevin shines (69m54). Makenson, additionally with a technicality, was left behind (57m47). And on the time when the gladiators, rinsed, returned to the locker room earlier than the ultimate lurch on 1500m, Erm was in gold, Mayer in silver, Gletty in bronze. However a number of locations behind the 2 Frenchmen, Skotheim and Kaul, who’re very snug within the midfield, are commanding their time. So it was clear that the French wouldn’t be each on the sector, and Kevin Mayer was left shortly. All the time to save cash? Not even, simply empty. As for Makenson Gletty, he manages to hold on, his rivals are usually not removed from his horns, in order to not lose the lead collected throughout the two days of those battles: the bronze is his, the youngest Olympic and bodily the very best as a bonus (8606 factors). The second medal within the mixed occasions for France, after the silver of Auriana Lazraq-Khlass. And the thirteenth for the resurgent French staff, earlier than the ultimate day of the competitors, this Thursday.