Wednesday morning, the French public has eyes only for their gold medal, the 3rd of the tricolor delegation in Tokyo.
Sacred as a couple in the night, Hugo Boucheron and Matthieu Androdias nevertheless suffered in their final, won in front of the Dutch (0''20) and Chinese (3''30) duos.
“
We made a lot of mistakes.
It was horrible.
Everything was played physically, it was a bit abused.
It was our worst race,
”summed up the two rowers, all smiles.
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"It is not possible to be so stupid"
Hugo boucheron
“
I did a
'dummy shovel'
in the first 500 meters, that put us back in the pack. We had to get back on track to keep pace,
”says Androdias. Boucheron continues: "
I made a mistake in the last 500 meters, and there I said to myself:"
it is not possible to be so stupid
". During the race, in fact, I was a bit elsewhere. (...) I had one part of my brain in panic, the other was aggressive and calm, it was a game of ping-pong in my head. And when we win, I don't really know what's going on
. " Even if they did not row "
beautiful
", this sacred duo, which indeed almost blew away the victory, is indeed Olympic champion. And this is theessential.
To read also: Matthieu Androdias and Hugo Boucheron in gold in rowing: "Our frustration, we made a fuel"
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