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Chloe Garnier
Published on
June 1, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.
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THE France championship laser run 2024 will take place in Meaux (Seine-et-Marne) on the weekend of June 8 and 9, 2024 at the Tauziet stadium. It is a Source of great pride for the Meaux club to organize this competition. The club manager, Franck Lejeune, explains that the club applied to host the competition in Meaux and the request was accepted. A few days before the event, the competition is already counting 370 participants.
For this very special occasion, the Olympic medalist Valentin Prades will be present in Meaux. The laser run is a Olympic event since the 2016 Rio games. Previously, there was a cross-country event as well as a pellet gun shooting event; now, the two events form one: the laser run.
A booming sport
Laser running is a sport which consists of alternating the race and the laser gun shooting. The little ones must complete three passages over 300m. The older ones can make a maximum of five passages over 600 m. This discipline works the whole body, but does not neglect themental aspect. She learns to manage breathing and stress. If the athlete shakes too hard, he will not succeed in making a good shot.
This sport is attracting more and more people, even if Frank Lejeune does not rule out the expensive aspect of this sport which can be a barrier for some. The equipment still costs around €650.
The Meaux club
The laser run club will take off next year in Meaux, for the moment it is still only a sub-section of the Athletic club of Meaux since 2019. It has around 70 participants and wins around ten registered each year. This sport brings together all agessome registrants are 9 years old while others are 70 years old.
The Meaux licensees form “a very dynamic club, recognized for its different organizations,” explains Frank Lejeune.
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