Game and Work

The French athletics would not recover, moving to a new zero pointed to Doha. But these world championships indoors will finally and against all odds in history to the clan tricolor with a man, with a performance. But not just that, since Teddy Tamgho has just flown to the world record. Taped to 17.50 m after his fifth test, the triple jumper was given a medal first (and only) in cash, to the French delegation. And this was something, after the disappointments of aion kinah or Doucoure of 60 m hurdles, both eliminated in qualifying. But the magic was to operate in a last attempt which Tamgho will remember for a long time …

A perfect board, three jumps and leaping while Tamgho still keeps the margin before the sandbox, the mark of French speaking immediately. Mad with joy at the end of its motion, the protégé of Jean-Herve Stievenart starts a lap before literally explode when the official distance is displayed in the stadium. What going to shed a few tears well deserved in the arms of his mother, Alice, in this forums … “I knew I could do it. Today, I thought that to win he had to jump to 17.60 m. But when the Cubans jumped to 17.69 m, it had to do something and I give all” has simply reacted the new global benchmark.

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