Budapest (AFP)

Comforted by a fifth world title Wednesday in Budapest, the French Clarisse Agbegnenou can now turn to her main goal, an Olympic gold medal, at the end of a cycle marked by the postponement of the Olympics, which affected her so much that 'she says she thought to "stop everything".

Q: Were these Worlds like a + white bac + before the real exam, in Tokyo?

A: "No, it's still a world championship. I'm happy to have gone for this 5th star, this 5th title. In the preparation, I see that there are things that are going. We must continue. on that momentum. Standing up, I was a little more lax. I didn't want to make too many mistakes and give the girls a chance to counter me. And then I didn't feel too much in danger if they caught before I did. I worked a lot on the ground. It's my + mindset + (state of mind) at the moment and I know that's fine. I'm going to work a little more standing up to be ready for the Games. "

Q: We know that the postponement of the Olympics was very bad for you.

How did you manage to come back up the slope?

A: "It was very difficult, very, very hard. I never thought I would be this low, in my life, in my career. I wanted to almost stop everything, I was there. It made me hard. good to be helped by people, by my family, to have resumed my studies at HEC, to be a life coach. It has helped me a lot. But it's a very long year and I can't wait to end it. "

Q: It also meant taking a step back from the daily life of Insep ...

A: "I had to find myself, all alone. I had fallen low and I needed to refocus on myself. It might have been hard to understand, but you also had to listen to the person. was to find myself, also think of me. I wanted to have this medal (Olympic) and I will do everything to have it. There is still some way but I am ready. It will be very special, there will not be my family, we will be locked up ... It will be complicated, I am preparing for it. I do not know what it will give but I am preparing for this lack and this stress ".

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Interview in mixed zone

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