2023-10-04 23:06:00
It may not be gold, but it still tastes like success. The French gymnasts won the bronze medal in the team competition on Wednesday October 4 at the World Championships in Antwerp, less than ten months before the Olympic Games which they will compete at home. The French team owes this success to a flawless performance by Mélanie De Jesus Dos Santos, Coline Devillard, Marine Boyer, Morgane Osyssek and Lorette Charpy.
They collected a score of 164.064 points to give France its first world team medal since 1950, the second in its history. The United States of Simone Biles were crowned (167,729 pts) ahead of the Brazilians (165,530 pts).
READ ALSO Paris 2024 Olympics: how our French champions are preparing for the eventOnly eighth last year at the World Championships in Liverpool, the French showed a radically different face this year, producing a high-level competition. Mélanie “DJDS” in particular shone on all the apparatus, bringing 56.50 points to Les Bleues alone.
Explosion of joy
Third before the last apparatus, the French had to conclude their evening on the beam, the apparatus most prone to penalties, which could have raised fears of a demotion in the ranking. But they ensured an impeccable rotation which opened the way to the podium.
When the result was announced, they exploded with joy, jumping onto the competition stage with the French flag. Three of them will still have chances of individual medals during the week, Mélanie “DJDS” participating in the all-around final, Coline Devillard in the vault final and Lorette Charpy in the uneven bars final.
READ ALSO Tony Estanguet: “I carry within me the desire to show the best of France”The victory of the Americans also gives Simone Biles, back at the high level after two years off, her 26th world medal and her 20th title, a new record.
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