The results of the weekend: Manon Trapp wins during the 20 km of Paris

Tuesday 15th October 2024 04:27 AM

The French shone on Sunday during the 20 km of Paris, with the victory of Manon Trapp and the second place of Yann Schrub. The weekend was also marked, among others, by the French 100 km championships and the Interclubs Avenir.

It’s a great time that was achieved Manon TrappSunday morning in the streets of the capital, to put his name at the top of the tablets of the 20 km of Paris. The cross-country skier from Entente Savoie Athlé, who came without a specific objective, completed a magnificent race, winning in 1h04’44”, the second best time in the history of the event. In ideal conditions – just under 15 degrees, blue skies and little wind – the 24-year-old athlete passed the 10th kilometer in an unofficial 32’06”, one second less than her personal best on the distance ! In ambush halfway behind the Kenyan Rebecca Chepkwemoishe knew how to seize her chance even though the latter failed (3rd in 1h07’04”). A very good omen in view of the end-of-year meetings, notably with the cross-country season, its favorite racing ground.

Nobody was able to dispute the victory Manon Trappsince the second, the Ethiopian Bikile Gudinawas relegated to more than a minute (1h05’54”). Nice group shot from the French women with, for the places of honor, Salome Brown (4th in 1h08’05”) of the AO Charenton, Latifa Mokhtari (5th in 1h08’26”) from Alsace Nord Athlétisme, Clemence Calvin (7th in 1h08’48”) from Martigues Sport Athlé, Mathilde Sénéchal (8th in 1h09’19”) from AJ Blois-Onzain, Lorena Meningand (9e en 1h09’28”) et Ophélie Serra-Boxberger(10th in 1h10’15”) from Montbéliard Belfort Athletics.

The French double did not go far since, among the men, Yann Schrub battled to the line for first place. While there were still seven of them able to win one kilometer from the finish, within a strong leading peloton also including the Tricolores Emmanuel Roudolff-Lévisse et Felix Bourthe member of AS Sarreguemines A. tried to make the difference. But he couldn’t resist the return of the Ethiopian Mekonen Haimro Yelewinner in 58’05”, two seconds ahead of him. All the lights are still green for the European vice-champion in the 10,000m, whose next competitive event will be the Allonnes cross on November 17, selective for the European championships.

Many other French people showed good form, likeEmmanuel Roudolff-Lévisseexcellent third in 58’09”. Felix Bour (5th in 58’18”) from Racing Multi Athlon, the promising Luc Le Baron (58’46”) from Boulogne-sur-Mer AC and Alexis Miellet (9th in 59’45”) from Dijon UC also finished in the top 10.

Brittany divided over 10 km

Still on the road, Brittany hosted two good level races this weekend. Marie Bouchard (Iroise Athlétisme) signed the best performance over 10 km in 33’53” on the Brest Métropole event, while the Finistère Agathe Guillemot (Haute Bretagne Athlétisme), who had opted for the ten terminals of Tout Rennes Court, made his debut in 34’02” in the regional capital.

Long distance enthusiasts met in Amiens on Saturday for the French 100 km championships. The local Aurélien Dassonneville (Amiens UC) was the most comfortable by winning the event in 6h43’41”. He beat a regular on the podiums, Jérôme Mirassou (AS Pau), timed in 6h47’53”, and Romain Louis (SAM Paris 12), the only other hundred-bornard to have gone under 7 hours (6h58’57”).

For the women, the race was played in a sprint or almost, since less than thirty seconds separated Selina Leroy (Rouen Normandie Athlétisme), winner in 7h49’01” and her runner-up Océane Chanet (RC Vichy), timed in 7h49’26”. They respectively become the tenth and eleventh best French performers in history over the distance. Malory Leroy (Rouen Normandie Athlétisme) completed the podium in 7h53’54”.

Interclubs Avenir: Entente Sud Lyonnais and Haute Bretagne Athlétisme do it again

Already winners last year on the track at the Jacques Forestier stadium in Aix-les-Bains, theSouth Lyon Agreement (29,752 pts) Candice Von Plauen (60”22 over 400 m hurdles) and the Upper Brittany Athletics (27,531 pts) Mael-bephassou Lannurien (13”71 over 110 m hurdles) retained their crown in the same place this Sunday in Nationale 1, respectively among the U23s and the U20s. The leading quartet, in the hopeful category, is even the same as in 2023, Clermont Auvergne A. (29,591 pts) and Entente Savoie A. (28,200 pts) having just exchanged their places in relation to the previous edition, fourth place again going to EA Grenoble 38 (27,769 pts).

If the Clermontois gave the Lyonnais a hard time, there was less suspense on the cadet-junior side, with the demonstration of the HBA, who won with more than 1000 points ahead of the Racing Club Nantais (26 216 pts). The podium is completed by Nice Côte d’Azur Athlétisme (25,951 pts).

In Nationale 2 in Tourlaville, the logic was respected among the U23s with the victory of the Niortais Stadium (14,272 pts), which still had to deal with the resistance of Artois A. (14,088 pts) and Alsace Nord A. (13,937 pts). No double in the U20s for CA Brive (12,965 pts), which climbed to the highest step of the podium last year. The Corréziens fell on a bone with the Manche Athlé Center South (13,010 pts), at the end of a very close day of competition. Pont-Audemer AC (12,842 pts) ranks third.

Quinion unrolls, Klein carbides

The walker Aurélien Quinionin full preparation for the 35 km of Zittau (Germany), took a test run at the Île-de-France regional championships in Lisses. The EFCVO walker completed his day’s outing in 1h24’41”, two months after his eventful Olympic Games.

Finally, Theodore Klein had made the trip to Lombardy, for the last long event of the mountain running World Cup. The athlete from Entente Haute Alsace delivered a very good performance, holding his own against the best runners in the world, and finally took third place on the paths between Promontonio (Switzerland) and Chiavenna (Italy). Victory went to Patrick Kipngenoat the top of the general classification, who made it a point of honor to end his season with a triumph, in 1h34’03”. His compatriot Paul Machoka managed to take second place in the event, in 1h34’22” after having led the debates for a long time in the first half of the course. Kleina second time on the last climb, finally crossed the line in 1h34’53”, after 23 km and 850 m of positive altitude difference.