Timothée Adolphe, a headlong race towards gold

« I aim for Olympus. » « Europe, world, Games, I want all the titles. » Timothée Adolphe sang about his dream of Paralympic gold. Or more precisely, rapped it in a single released in 2019 entitled Olympus. But until now, this first step of the podium has stubbornly refused to come to him. Last Sunday at the Stade de France, he nevertheless grazed it with his foot during the final of the 400 m in the T11 category, that of the blind.

Leading a hundred meters from the line, he weakened at the worst moment, opening the door to the Venezuelan Enderson Santos Gonzalez, author of an impressive comeback to adorn himself with this gold that the Frenchman dreams of so much. It’s a lot of frustration, because we don’t have the race we wanted. (with his guide Jeffrey Lami). We wanted to go faster, we wanted gold. I was the weak link in the duo, we got out of sync at the end of the race, because I took a small bullet in the last 50 meters, and that…