Adolphe in bronze on 400 m, “it’s not what we got here for” – Muricas News

The Frenchman Timothée Adolphe received the bronze medal on Wednesday within the 400m T11, a class bringing collectively athletes with nearly whole visible impairment, providing a second medal to the Blues on the World Para-Athletics Championships on the Charléty stadium in Paris.

Adolphe (51 sec 21/100) was narrowly preceded by the Spaniard Gerard Descarrega (51 sec 18/100) and the brand new world champion, the Brazilian Felipe Gomes de Souza (51 sec).

The opposite French entrant within the occasion, Trésor Makunda, completed in fourth place (52 sec 38/100).

Though it is a second medal for the Blues – after the bronze gleaned by Manon Genest the day earlier than within the lengthy bounce – the faces of Timothée Adolphe and his information Jeffrey Lami had been closed. “We got here to defend a title at residence,” stated Adolphe, topped in 2019 in Dubai. “It’s nonetheless a medal, we’re not going to spit on it, possibly we’ll savor it extra afterwards however now it’s not what we got here for,” continued the 33-year-old sprinter.

“We did what we needed to do, it lacked a little bit of freshness on the finish,” analyzed Jeffrey Lami, because the duo was narrowly overtaken within the ultimate straight by the Spaniard Descarrega. “We hoped to supply a greater present to our households, the general public, our companions, all of the individuals who got here to see us,” added Lami.

For his half, Trésor Makunda, regardless of the frustration of a fourth place, promised that “in Paris (for the Paralympic Video games), we must be counted on”. Earlier than concluding: “It’s studying, we depart right here with two private bests. I'm satisfied that in Paris we can have discovered the lesson”.