Doha (AFP)

"I'm living a dream," Quentin Bigot said on a cloud after his silver medal in the hammer throw at the Doha Worlds on Wednesday.

R: What does this medal represent?

A: "I admit that I do not necessarily realize what has just happened, it will come later with the debrief in the company of my coaches (Pierre-Jean Vazel and Gilles Dupray, editor's note). I'm still in my competition and I'm living a dream Wake up, it's been ten years since I came here at the UNSS World Championships, and I've already taken second place, but this time it's is vice-champion of the world seniors, with my best performance of the year (78,19 m, ed.) .I understand that I will be whatever happens on the podium before the Hungarian Halasz throws, all the tension all of a sudden, this medal rewards the work of an enthusiast, a work even monastic, but also the investment of the people at my side, my coaches, my family, my employer, my partners. centimeters in my success tonight.My fourth place at the Worlds 2017 was not a coincidence, not at all, and now that I have croq I have a medal, that I have unlocked the counter of the Blues, I want to bite even more, like a vampire who has the taste of blood. Now I hope that I will be able to prepare myself calmly for the Olympics in Tokyo. I will be able to say no to many things. "

Q: Do you think this medal can boost throws?

A: "I hope this medal will put more throws forward, we will not be relegated to stadiums." Melina Robert-Michon (on record, Ed) is in the final, Alexandra Tavernier was also ( hammer, editor's note), we are a force of the French team, we have to consider ourselves as other athletes, we train as hard as the others.There are clubs everywhere to welcome people, hammer c is great, there is also the disc, the javelin, the weight.Come to try, especially the young people in my club of Metz, I will be delighted. "

Q: Is it revenge after your positive test and your suspension for doping?

A: "By taking a lot of hindsight, I see that doping is strictly useless, that it leads to nothing, it only brings trouble, we will see in the future if it will be or not health problems, but I know that when we have coaches like mine who give the hope to move serenely and cleanly, well we get there.The doping is shit I run further without anything, and it will be like that until the end of my life!"

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