Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky, the fastest sprinters in the world… Great ladies of sport in the spotlight – Libération

2024-08-03 09:17:46

From the poles to breakfast time. Those who get up early are rewarded at the Stade de France this Saturday morning with entry to the track, one hour before the start of the morning session, of Mondo Duplantis and other athletes from the pole vault qualifications. Their mission this morning, to exceed 5m80, is easy a priori for the Swede world record holder (6.24m), as for the Frenchman Thibaut Collet, whose record is 5.95m. But as Grenoblois recalled before entering the fray, “Flying is always a tough workout, more than once I made my mom sweat!” Regarding the other French people in the competition, Anthony Amirati will have to be at his personal best level (5m81), Robin Emig will have to beat him (5.75m). By Caroline Vigent.