Yanis Moulinié trains 12 hours a week, covering between 80 and 100 km.
Thierry Breton
“There was reason to be discouraged, especially since we couldn’t run, warns his trainer Messaoud Settati. He had no reference to enter the meetings…” Yanis Moulinié did not waste his time for all that. In a few months, his progress was meteoric. He thus blew up his personal record over the distance (3’52) during a meeting in Bordeaux in May 2021, before winning the silver medal at the French cadet championships two months later in the Paris region. The horizon then finally cleared for the one who became a junior in November.
A race to shine
This title of vice-champion of France also opened the way to the ISF Gymnasiade, a kind of school Olympic Games, which bring together 17 disciplines and 3,500 athletes from 80 countries, for which the French Athletics Federation has selected one athlete per speciality. “I was selected because the French 1,500 meter champion is from Luxembourg,” says Yanis Moulinié, back from a one-week course in Fréjus with the France team. “There are also a lot of guys who were at this stage with me who will participate in this competition. »
“Of course Paris 2024 is something to envy, that’s the goal. But that’s in two years, I’ll only be 20.”
Between the football, archery and gymnastics events that will follow one another in Normandy until May 22, Yanis Moulinié will only have one race to stand out on the track at the Hélitas stadium in Caen. . A sort of “return to normal” for the 18-year-old athlete who has made the 1,500 meters his specialty, even if he still lined up for 800 meters recently in Mont-de-Marsan. “With the Covid, it was not easy to express myself, I did not have the conditions to exploit what I do in training. But it does pay off after a while. »
Paris 2024 objective
“His time of 3’52 allowed him to do the minimums for the cadet world championships and to be on the list of athletes followed by the Federation for Paris 2024”, warns Messaoud Settati, proud of the performance of his protege. “It is sure that Paris 2024, it is desirable, that is the objective, smiles Yanis Moulinié. But that’s in two years, I’ll only be 20. It seems more achievable for 2028 in Los Angeles. But having a selection, like in Franconville last August, for an international match against most European countries, is already good. »
Yanis Moulinié is also a well-made head, he applied to Sciences Po Bordeaux. Thierry Breton
Yanis Moulinié will also have to face competition from another Lot-et-Garonnais over the distance, the Prayssassais Gabriel Tual. “We met two days in December during an internship in Gujan-Mestras, his coach takes care of the middle distance in the League. To maintain his Olympic dream, Yanis Mouliné juggles between his studies (he is in Terminale at De Baudre in Agen and has just had interviews to return to Science Po Bordeaux) and his 12 hours of training per week with 80 to 100 km to swallow. The minimum to reach his Grail.
