The best French athletes will be at the Josette-et-Roger-Mikulak stadium in Angers for three days, starting this Friday. The opportunity to meet the Blues who shone at the recent European Championships in Rome, such as Cyréna Samba-Mayela in the 110m hurdles. Also crowned in Italy, Alice Finot and Gabriel Tual will try to defend their national titles, respectively in the 3,000m steeplechase and 800m.
Last rehearsal before the Olympics for some, these French Championships are also the final opportunity to qualify for others. With just over a month to go before the start of the athletics events, there will be no other possibility of achieving the Olympic minimums and thus obtaining your ticket to the Stade de France.
Last chance for Lavillenie
Olympic champion in London in 2012, Renaud Lavillenie must pass 5.82 m on the pole vault after having suffered three failures at lower bars in Grenoble and Toulouse. He will be able to count on the support of Thibaut Collet who raised his personal best to 5.95 m and defends his title of French champion.
Another legendary figure in French athletics, Mélina Robert-Michon is still searching for a 64.50m discus throw that would secure her place in Paris this summer. But her ranking could allow the 44-year-old from Lyon to qualify for her seventh Olympic Games no matter what.
The French Athletics Championships take place from Friday June 28 to Sunday June 30 in Angers. They can be followed on L’Équipe live Friday at 4:30 p.m. and Saturday at 3 p.m., and on L’Équipe channel Saturday at 7:55 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.
The program of the French Championships:
Friday June 28:
5:30 p.m.: javelin throw final H; 5:40 p.m.: 400 m hurdles H series; 5:45 p.m.: high jump final H; 5:55 p.m.: shot put final F; 6:10 p.m.: 400 m F series; 6:30 p.m.: triple jump final F; 6:35 p.m.: 100 m H series; 6:35 p.m.: hammer throw F final; 7 p.m.: 800 m F series; 7:25 p.m.: 1,500 m H series; 7:45 p.m.: 100 m H final; 7:55 p.m.: 5,000m F final; 8:15 p.m.: 5,000 m H final; 8:40 p.m.: 10,000 m walk F final
Saturday June 29:
3:00 p.m.: Women’s javelin final; 4:35 p.m.: Women’s 400m hurdles heats; 5:00 p.m.: Men’s discus final; 5:00 p.m.: Men’s 400m heats; 5:10 p.m.: Women’s long jump final; 5:25 p.m.: Women’s 1,500m heats; 5:45 p.m.: Men’s 200m heats; 6:00 p.m.: Men’s shot put final; 6:10 p.m.: Men’s 800m heats; 6:40 p.m.: Men’s 100m hurdles heats; 7:00 p.m.: Women’s pole vault final; 7:05 p.m.: Women’s 100m heats; 7:20 p.m.: Men’s hammer throw final; 7:30 p.m.: Men’s triple jump final; 7:30 p.m.: Women’s 400m final; 7:40 p.m.: Women’s 800m final; 7:50 p.m.: Men’s 1,500m final; 8:05 p.m.: 100 m hurdles final for women; 8:15 p.m.: 200 m final for men; 8:25 p.m.: 100 m final for women; 8:35 p.m.: 3,000 m steeplechase final for women; 8:50 p.m.: 3,000 m steeplechase final for men; 9:05 p.m.: 10,000 m walk final for men
Sunday June 30:
1:00 p.m.: Men’s pole vault final; 1:15 p.m.: Women’s high jump final; 1:20 p.m.: Women’s 200m heats; 1:45 p.m.: Women’s discus throw final; 1:50 p.m.: Women’s 110m hurdles heats; 2:00 p.m.: Men’s long jump final; 2:20 p.m.: Men’s 800m final; 2:30 p.m.: Men’s 400m hurdles final; 2:40 p.m.: Women’s 400m hurdles final; 2:50 p.m.: Men’s 400m final; 3:00 p.m.: Women’s 1,500m final; 3:10 p.m.: Women’s 200m final; 3:25 p.m.: Women’s 110m hurdles final
