Athletics. On the 110m hurdles in Monaco, the Blues are solid before the European Championships in Munich
The American world champion in the 110m hurdles Grant Holloway won this Wednesday in Monaco in 12.99 (0.6 m/s of wind), the second best time of the year. In a very tight race, Holloway beat fellow world vice-champion Trey Cunningham (13”03) and Jamaican Olympic champion Hansle Parchment (13”08).
Zhoya: “Physically, it’s reassuring”
Sasha Zhoya took fifth place in 13”21, the second best time of her career, after her 13”17 run at the end of June at the French championships. Slowed down by serial injuries at the start of the season, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde finished sixth in 13”26, his best time of the year.
A good omen for the Blues before the European Championships in Munich next week. “It’s a good race, a good little time, I’m happy. Physically, it’s reassuring. I had a pretty clean race, I felt my body was good, we will just try to keep the same form for the European championships to play for the medal there”. explained Zhoya, who suffered from Achilles tendon at Eugene’s Worlds in July but didn’t feel it in Monaco.
Martinot-Lagarde, after the slap, the medal?
Martinot-Lagarde tire, him, “lots of confidence” of his Monegasque chrono. “Today (Wednesday), there are 13”26, it’s almost certain that it’s going to the European final, and it’s almost a medal (assured). It’s a very interesting lap time, which not only needs to be repeated, but accelerated,” a provocative PML.
“I took a slap at the world championships and I came back to training with rage. It’s been a very, very long time since I haven’t been able to do 100% of the sessions I wanted to do. Generally we adapt because I have pain on the right, on the left, whereas when I came back from the Worlds, all the lights were green. If the clock goes down today, it’s no coincidence.he resumed.
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“I’m happy, because I’m coming out of ten days on stage and I’m still very tired. I’m just waiting to create a peak of form,” a completed Martinot-Lagarde, which aims to adorn itself with gold on the Bavarian track. “I’m going for that”, he says.