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At the French artistic roller skating Championships in Reims, technique rhymes with aesthetics

2021-11-03T11:07:24.901Z


The French artistic roller skating championships are held in Reims until November 6. Among the participants, the Rémois Antonin Dasso, 23


Elegance, technicality, performance.

“Figure skating on rollers”, a little less well known than its counterpart on ice but just as spectacular, is in the spotlight at the René-Tys complex in Reims until Saturday 6 November.

"This is the day when the seniors will skate, perhaps the most successful performance", summarizes Marie-Noëlle Dasso, president of Reims Roller Skating, with 200 license holders and also offering a dance section with sixties accents.

The club has been a candidate for 2 years to host the finals of the French championship.

“It's a recovery event for us, after the Covid.

We will finally find the athletes and the discipline, they are between 8 and 30 years old, for a big party with 250 participants.

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Several specialties will follow one another on the track: solo or couple dance according to a partially imposed pattern, free skating based on jumps and pirouettes and passage in groups of 4 to 24 skaters.

"Between physical and aesthetic, it is harmony that counts", explains François Cattoire, to the French Roller and Skateboard Federation, adding that if "this artistic sport brings together mostly women, there are also men. we like to see it evolve.

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Antonin Dasso, 23, is one of them. Originally from Reims, he will play his last solo performance in the discipline on Saturday. “I have been a sports coach for 3 years, it takes a lot of time while skating does not generate income. It still required me 6 training sessions per week, ”he explains, he who has been skating since the age of 4. Present in the French team since 2009 and several times national champion, the young man is also used to European and world competitions where he has not been titled. “My specialty is solo, very technical, with a good mastery of steps and numerous turns on skates. "

Léo Massis, his training partner in Reims, has more or less the same level as him.

“We have stimulated each other for years and we each win our turn… For the latter, I want to have fun.

»The meeting on small wheels, a stone's throw from the Léo-Lagrange park where you can extend the ride in good weather, is to be enjoyed with the family until Saturday.

Admission is free in the afternoons, with competitions until the evening and a snack on site.

Source: leparis

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