EUROPEAN SHORT-TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025 – First French medal in this edition, bronze for Quentin Fercoq in the 500 meters.
If the French short-track has a specialist, it is undoubtedly Quentin Fercoq. It is he who holds the only individual tricolor medal in the history of the discipline at the World Championships, silver in the 500 meters in 2022. It is over this distance that he competed in the final at the European Championships. this afternoon, after having perfectly managed the different qualifying phases.
But he didn’t seem to be in the game after an average start, being in last position after one lap. Fortunately, luck came to his rescue. Michał Niewińskione of the favorites, made a mistake and lost all chances. In a 5-a-side final, this opened a door into which the Frenchman rushed. Behind the untouchable Jens van ‘t Wout, one of the stars of the discipline, and the Italian Pietro Sieghelthe Habs rewarded us with a magnificent throw of skates which allowed them to style Reinis Berzins for 3 thousandths! A great reward for Quentin Fercoqhis very first individual European medal, and he will have some cartridges left for the end of the competition tomorrow. But above all, the French short track is emerging before the 2026 Olympic Games.
