Over a year ago, Amaury Leveaux had left the Mulhouse club, where he had been training since the announcement of the resumption of his career, to join that of Dijon, where Eric Rebourg, who was his very first, appeared coach. On Saturday, the French swimmer (34), a member of the 4×100 m gold medalist relay at the 2012 Olympic Games, announced that he was leaving Burgundy to find the Alsatian club.
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Leveaux explained the reasons for his return on the RMC Sport / BFM TV website. ” I think Dijon is a very good training center for young people. But then the system has its limits, did he declare. […] Any nation coming to prepare for the Games, looking for a swimming pool or a sports complex, would have the best conditions in the world in Dijon. Except that when you are a sportsman there, a local sportsman, nothing is possible. I’m talking about the very high level. “
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“(Horter) told me” we have six weeks where it will be war “. […] So it’s pretty good ”
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And Amaury Leveaux to continue: “ The Creps weight room for example, at the beginning we had the whole room and the more it went, we didn’t even have a quarter of the room at the end. The swimming pool, every two seconds, you have someone from the public crossing into the water. You arrive, there are people in the line and you get yelled at when you gently ask to leave the lines reserved for us. The swimming pool is exceptional, it is a beautiful tool, but it is not a tool for the high level with this organization. “
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Leveaux therefore contacted Lionel Horter, who trains in Mulhouse and who was his coach, when, at the 2008 Olympics, he won the silver medal in the 50m, his only individual podium at the Games. ” We spoke with Lionel, the group is different, it has matured by almost two years, said the French swimmer. There is a new page in Mulhouse. There, we leave on two weeks of recovery to get back in the bath. And then he said to me, “We have six weeks where war is going to be like I was at war at the time”. So it will send severe limits! So it’s pretty good. “
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Objective Tokyo
In December 2013, Amaury Leveaux had decided to end a rich career. In addition to his gold medal at the 2012 Olympics and that of silver in 2008, he was also, with the 4×100 m relay, European champion (in 2012) and world champion (in 2013). He was particularly comfortable in short course competitions, as evidenced by his six gold medals in “Europe” in 2008 and 2009.
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