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REPORT

Yet I was very careful

to respect the distances.

I was disappointed.

When I stopped in the

tent, I realized that

many of us had a penalty

: Frederik Van Lierde,

Patrick Lange, Mickaël

Raelert, Bertrand

Billard... The same

referee gave us those

cards. It’s frustrating!

I tried to focus again...
To think that it was not
over, I could still have a
good bike and finish in
the top 10... This is what

I did. I still held my record on the bike without who supported me, the atmosphere was great. Just
this penalty, I was feeling good. This is even more for that, I couldn’t give up! And I could still score a
frustrating... But the energy I had lost on the bike hundred points for the qualification next year.
to forget those five minutes had a consequence on
the marathon. The first 10km were difficult and Regarding the other French pro athletes, Denis
then I managed to catch other guys, the Top 10 Chevrot finishes 23rd and Bertrand Billard 39th.
was at 3 minutes when I
started the half-marathon.
But I pulled the engine...
When my legs started to
hurt, the mental began to
give up.

Did you think about
giving up ?

I thought about it... But... I Denis Chevrot
preferred to finish slowly
rather than giving up.
Even if a jogging here is
difficult ! The season ends
with this race so it would
have been useless to save
energy. On the Queen K, I
saw many French people

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