Paris (AFP)

He organizes the competition, he responds to the microphone of the stadium between each event, and he beats two personal records in passing. While mastering Saturday in Paris, Kévin Mayer appears flawless one month to defend his title of world champion in Doha (September 27 - October 6).

"I'm not looking for settings, I'm already set.The season is so long, it's been four months that I'm set for Doha Here I come to have fun, this year with a lot of public it was hell" assured, all smiles, the world record holder of the decathlon (9,126 points) in the mixed zone.

Kevin Mayer came out, winner of course, a triathlon (weight, length, 110 m hurdles) that he helped organize at the heart of the Paris Diamond League meeting on Saturday.

As a true ambassador of the combined events, underexposed according to him, Mayer invited other "combinards" to this competition in the form of "show". A favorite of the public, he took the trouble to answer the stadium's microphone after each discipline, sometimes even just after a test, despite the very limited recovery time.

And despite all that, Mayer (27 years old) impressed by bursting his personal record in the shot put (17.08 m against 16.51 m), before a good length jump (7.50 m) then a new record on 110 m hurdles (13.55 against 13.60).

The big blond has continued his good habit of records in Paris (javelin and 110 m hurdles two years ago, 110 m hurdles still and weight already last year). And yet, he was almost disappointed!

"At length I made a bad jump that hurt my knee a bit, I went to the osteopath quickly, and for the hedges we had 15 minutes to warm up and leave, so I do not I did not get it right. "

"When you get to do + perfs + in these conditions, it means that I can still do better.I have reached a technical mastery that allows me to have fun without thinking too much."

- "Win above all" in Doha -

Better, he hopes in Doha to defend his world title. And the constant improvement of his records while he already holds the world record of his discipline with a huge margin on the competition is enough to scare.

His only weakness could come from a contest, as when he scored zero points to the length, abandoning the European Championships in Berlin in August 2018 at the 2nd event.

"Berlin I do not forget, I use it as an experience Since then there is the small tension of knowing if I will bite every time, I confess that I think about it, but it's not worse. "

But he had rebounded with the way a month later by beating the world record in Talence (9,126 points). And if everything goes without such a hitch in Qatar, the question of a new world record may arise.

"In Doha I hope to win first of all! I have made progress compared to last year, I have more margin on the world record.It is possible, but it will be necessary to follow, it is the hardest ".

"Kevin is looking for the best of himself in every event anyway, his only wish is to win as much as possible," said his manager Bertrand Valcin, "the priority is the Olympic Games, Doha, the European Championships. He prefers 3 titles like that a new record ".

The last adjustments of his student must take place during a small competition in Lille early September with a 100 m and a pole vault competition.

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