Is it a season like any other?
No, because in winter I do cross country, and there aren’t any, so I’ve never been so focused on the gym. After that, it’s a very individual season. With the chance to be listed, we are in our little shell without a teammate, personally, it is not the athlete as I like to practice. It’s very self-centered, with the advantages and disadvantages that come with it.
That is to say ?
This is my first year where I am part of the high-level lists. I put a lot of pressure on myself because I had the chance to run and not others. So for me, I had no right not to succeed when in the end I can’t help it. I was very uncomfortable and if I hadn’t done his 4’14 deep inside me, I would quit this winter.
No Frenchwoman since 2014 has run as fast as you and Alice Finot (4’13”98, January 30). Your Sunday opponent is all found?
No, plus she’s a friend. But if I want to win it’s because I don’t think anybody can beat me.
Do you understand that the French federation has set the minimum * for the European Championships at 4’10?
No. I would have understood 4’12 – 4’13. In Luxembourg, I am 4’14”17 and whether it is the girls who are in front or behind me at the finish line, they raised their arms because they had the minimums for their country. I said to myself ” here I beat girls who go to Europe indoors and not me … And besides I am very very far from it. I understand that we do not take everyone, the European federation has set at 4’17 after each national federation makes its choices.
* Since 1978, 4 French athletes have already fallen below 4’10, two of whom were suspended for doping.
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