World sports logging championships in Toulouse: the French team surpassed itself in front of a won over audience

This Friday evening, during the team events of the world logging championships, the crowd was excited at the Zénith in Toulouse. The French team, transcended by the cheers of the public, left its mark. Made up of Adrien Courteaux (stock saw event), Alexandre Meurisse (underhand chop), Pierre Puybaret (single buck) and Loïc Voinson (standing block chop), the blues surpassed their own record, recording an impressive time of 56, 47 seconds, an improvement of nine seconds.

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Despite this feat, the French were unable to reach the semi-finals, but they left this competition proudly, strengthened by their performance and the reception of the public.

At the end of the day, the Australian team took the top spot by breaking the world record with an exceptional time of 43.15 seconds, followed by the United States and Canada, who completed the podium.

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The competition continues this Saturday evening with the individual events, where Alexandre Meurisse, French champion, will represent the tricolors. Supported by his teammates, he will try to win a world title against the best sporting lumberjacks.