• Jean Quicampoix won the gold medal in pistol shooting at 25 meters.

  • This is the 22nd medal for the French delegation, the sixth in gold.

  • Licensed in Marseille, the brand new Olympic champion has invested in every detail to earn a place since his silver medal in Rio.

From our special correspondent in Tokyo,

300,000 training cartridges from Rio to no longer be confused with the character of Amélie Poulain when you type her name in google.

"A ladle, eh," says Jean Quiquampoix.

It is that the silver medal of 2016 had not entirely done the job.

“We were so set up for gold that for us it was lost,” recalls his coach Hervé Carratu, who some thought they saw the head in the bag in Brazil, despite the second place.

So Quiquampoix, already seriously ill at work, added another layer.

"I scratched on the smallest details," explains the champion.

More daily work ”.

As if it were possible.

“Jean, when he is not satisfied with his training, he wants to put it back together,” says Carratu.

We have to fight so that he thinks about his recovery ”.

150,000 euros to buy the same targets as in Tokyo

Quiquampoix, seconded full time by the army, prefers to shoot, again, and again.

Four hours a day, five days a week. Then physical preparation in the afternoon.

Exits from 80 stations by bike, for example, when the weather permits.

In Rio, the staff had noticed that he was starting too slowly and was consuming superfluous energy to get to the final.

“Physical condition, I consider it important.

I am convinced that it helps me better manage travel, better cope with fatigue.

For example The sheathing will stabilize you and make you move less ”.

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Every possible gain is tracked, everywhere.

At the request of the Shooting Federation, the ANS frees up a budget of 150,000 euros to buy the same model of targets as in Tokyo.

The new agency which oversees elite athletes also offers tailor-made mental preparation with the ORfèvre program, which also benefits Clément Bessaguet.

The emergence of the Montpellier shooter, who failed a place in the final, also helped pull Jean Quiquampoix up.

The two men go out on their own almost every day at the Allauch CTPN.

"We do a lot of simulation of the final both", breathes Bessaguet, disappointed by his result but "super proud of Jean".

“He's very strong in the final.

Moreover, he equals the Olympic record (34/40), which is a good score at the Games, but he still has some under his foot ”.

When the two friends shoot in training, and sometimes even in video with the German team this year thanks to the purchase of specific cameras, it is not uncommon for Quiquampois to do better, despite the “traps” disseminated by Carratu , who does not hesitate to blow hard in his foghorn to disturb his athlete in the middle of a series of shots at 25 meters.

"We put him in a situation of sound and visual discomfort", jokes the man.

The worst ?

"Jeannot" is unperturbed: "We simulate two finals per week, his average is 37, so 34, it is not very well done for him.

He has already made finals at 39 ”several times.

"If you do 40/40, the hundred euros are for you"

One day, Carratu even took the challenge a step further by putting a hundred euro bill on the table, literally. "If you do 40/40, it is for you". Quiquampoix is ​​40, obviously. “It is in strong emotions and difficult situations that he transcends himself. It channels emotions very well, it becomes fuel, motivation, an additional booster ”.

The sixth gold medalist of the French delegation channels them so well that we feel he is capable of lining up three or four in a row, in a sport where we perform for a long time.

You only have to see the belly of his dolphin, the Cuban Pupo, 44 ​​years old on the counter of the Lada.

"It is sure that we last with a pistol," answers Quiquampoix.

Now I cannot predict what will pass in 10 or 15 years, each objective in its time ”.

The next ?

Take a big month's vacation before picking up a pistol.

"I'm not going back to the club before September, I hope neither will him," Bessaguet jokes.

Not sure, given the guy.

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