No Samba-Mayela at the start of the French Athletics Championships. The 100m hurdles specialist, European champion in this distance a few weeks ago in Rome (Italy), does not appear on the start lists for the competition, which have been available since the end of the afternoon.
His withdrawal was anticipated since the 23-year-old athlete revealed yesterday that he was suffering from Covid-19. There was uncertainty surrounding his participation in the competition. “Returning from the United States (where she has been training since the start of the 2023 school year), Cyréna arrived ill in Paris. An antigen test revealed that she was positive for Covid-19. Consequently, his participation in the French Championships is currently uncertain,” the athlete’s entourage wrote on social networks on Friday.
Holder of the best global performance of the year
“In accordance with the regulations, we will go to Angers on Saturday morning, where the federation doctor will decide on the possibility for Cyréna to participate,” he added. Caution therefore seems to have been favored while Cyréna Samba-Mayela is one of the contenders for the Olympic podium in Paris at the Stade de France.
This package in Angers, a priori taken in agreement with the Blues medical staff, does not call into question the participation of Cyréna Samba-Mayela in the Games. She still holds, less than a month before the competition, the best world performance of the year: 12″31.
