Doha (AFP)
"I pulled myself out," said Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, a bronze medalist in the 110m hurdles on Wednesday at the Doha Worlds after a crazy race.
Q: How do you feel after this medal?
A: "Finally, four years ago, I won the chocolate medal (4th), then again at the Olympics in 2016. It was hard to digest, and finally I open my medal board. heavy like that, I had enough pressure not to be told: + Pascal we count on you to open the counter of France +.I arrived with a lot of envy and I pulled out.This medal, she is above all, the record of France and the title of champion of Europe.It is the medal of the guy who did not go to the error.It is the medal of the mastery, the dude remained focused on his job. "
Q: Can you tell us your race?
A: "The instruction of my coach was that I could only act on my corridor, not on the fate of the race, on the right, on the left there were mistakes but I stayed in my rail, I I did the race that allowed me to go up to the line with a lot of speed, it allowed me to do this 3rd place.The butchery was especially not to do. I'm leaving late and I'm doing everything to rush meter after meter, I'm not going to make the mistake and I'm putting on some speed, like in Berlin last year, it's a ripped race in the Masters. it's the ones who do not make mistakes. "
Q: Your season has been difficult ...
A: "My season has no meaning, no logic It was good until May in Yokohama World Relay and catastrophic until August Nothing was going well. I worked as well as I could and here I am with a medal, I had an insane urge, my past made me so angry. "
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