2023-07-28 21:28:16
Despite a false start in the final, Mouhamadou Fall won on the straight and became French champion in the 100m for the fourth year in a row.
Sprinter Mouhamadou Fall was crowned French 100m champion for the fourth year in a row, Friday in Albi (Tarn), eight days after being released in a case of repeated breaches of his anti-doping location obligations.
Fall (31), already crowned in 2020, 2021 and 2022 on the straight, won in 10 sec 14 (wind: -0.3 m / s), ahead of Ryan Zézé, credited with the same time but that he finally got ahead thanks to a tie-break.
But his new title of champion of France should however not be enough for Fall, who did not pass the minimum time limits set at 10 seconds flat, to run the 100m at the Worlds in Budapest in three weeks (August 19-27).
Sad evening for Jimmy Vicaut: the holder of the French 100m record only ranked fifth, in 10 sec 28, and thus sees his last chance of individual qualification for Budapest fly away. Pablo Mateo completes the podium in 10 sec 24.
Fall was acquitted by the independent sanctions commission of the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) a week ago, when he faced up to two years of suspension for three breaches of his anti-doping whereabouts obligations. in less than a year. However, he remains under threat of a contrary decision from the Council of State, to which the AFLD intends to appeal.
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