The vice-world champion missed the minimums during the French championships and will miss the 2024 Olympics on Saturday.
Hammer thrower Quentin Bigot, 2019 world vice-champion and fifth at the 2021 Olympics, returning to competition in 2024 after back surgery, failed to qualify for the Paris Olympics on his last opportunity Saturday, at the French Championships in Angers. Bigot (31 years old) returned to the throwing cages in mid-May, after 21 months without competition, after having undergone surgery for a herniated disc in early 2023.
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“That’s it, it’s overI, he said, his face marked. Despite the conditions, it was possible, the summer is going to be very difficult to get through. Missing the Games, in France, in Paris.” In rainy and cool conditions at the French Championships on Saturday, the last chance to secure an Olympic berth, he came second behind Yann Chaussinand, with a best throw of 74.67m.
At best, in seven competitions (excluding qualifications), he threw his hammer 75.42 m, as soon as he resumed in Montreuil in May. Well below the Olympic minimum set at 78.20 m. Also insufficient to hope to invite himself to the Stade de France through the world ranking.
