For her, it is “a huge relief”.
Charlotte Bonnet, passed several times in vain near Olympic qualification during the first selection phase, finally pocketed her ticket for Tokyo over 200 m at the French Swimming Championships, Thursday in Chartres.
Best time of the series in the morning (1 min 59 sec 72), the 26-year-old woman from Nice, 2018 European champion over this distance, won the final in 1 min 56 sec 67, for 1 min 57 sec 28 requested by the 'blue frame.
"Apprehension and pressure"
Twelfth French swimmer to obtain an Olympic sesame in individual, Charlotte Bonnet was able to utter a sigh of relief so much she had "apprehension and pressure in relation to this Olympic qualification".
Because, throughout the first qualifying window open from December to March, during which a time equivalent to a world-level final - 1 min 56 sec 63 in this case - could make it possible to be invited as soon as possible. in Tokyo, the swimmer had narrowly failed three times.
First for 2 hundredths in Saint-Raphaël in December, then for 33 in Nice at the beginning of February, and finally for 14 in Marseille at the end of March.
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