World Athletics Champions: Lemaitre returns for relay final 4x100 m

Doha (AFP)

French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre, who had dropped out of the 200m and was not lined up in the 4x100m series on Friday, will make his return to the final of the relay at the Doha World Championships on Saturday, the French Athletics Federation announced. FFA).

The blue quartet will be composed of Amaury Golitin, Jimmy Vicaut, Meba-Mickaël Zézé and Christophe Lemaitre. The Olympic bronze medalist on the U-turn in Rio in 2016 replaces Mouhamadou Fall, hardly bleeding in the playoffs on Friday.

Lemaitre, qualified of accuracy in individual on 200 m, had finally preferred not to align at the start of the series Sunday, to preserve himself for the relay, but he had not been selected for the series of the 4x100 m Friday .

For the 4x400 m, which will also take place on Saturday, the FFA has selected men Ludvy Vaillant, Christopher Naliali, Thomas Jordier and Fabrisio Saidy.

For women, the FFA opted for Amandine Brossier, Déborah Sananes, Elise Trynkler and Agnès Raharolahy.

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