There will be no French in the 100-meter backstroke final this Tuesday in Tokyo.
Present in the same semi-final Mewen Tomac and Yohann Ndoye-Brouard were eliminated at this stage of the competition on Monday.
If the first was released on a regular basis, the second was guilty of a youthful error.
The 20-year-old swimmer, bronze medalist over the distance last May at the European Championships, forgot the turn after the first 50 meters.
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But what is he doing?
What is he doing ?
He missed his turn!
Yannick Agnel
An error which logically took him out of the race and which made Yannick Agnel jump live, double Olympic champion in 2012 (200m freestyle and 4x100m) and now consultant on France Télévisions: “
But what is he doing ?
What is he doing ?
He missed his turn!
".
The judges even disqualified the Frenchman for this fault.
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“
I did not see the flag.
In fact, I thought I still had five meters left, I was going to turn around to give my arm and instead, I took the wall.
In my head I saw myself slower than that but in fact I was more powerful than usual and when it came time to turn I was too close.
Suddenly, I take the wall in the Olympic semi-finals when the final was accessible.
I'm disgusted and I don't yet realize that I just missed this opportunity ... I'm really disappointed.
It never happened to me.
Frankly, I had my best time there, I was super comfortable,
”he explained after the race.
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A real disappointment as he had the means to reach the final. You had to do less than 53''20 to reach the final. A time widely accessible to Yohann Ndoye-Brouard, who has a record in 52''97 in the 100m backstroke. Ndoye-Brouard and Tomac will be able to try to catch up on Tuesday, on the 200 meters backstroke. This time around there will be three corners for the 20-year-old swimmer to negotiate.