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Tokyo Olympics: "I want to have fun", Florent Manaudou well launched on 50 m freestyle

2021-07-30T11:42:48.946Z


The Marseille sprinter achieved the second fastest time in the series behind the American Caeleb Dressel. He will play in the semi-finals on Saturday before


“It hurts less in the legs than a 100m… Did you see, I came much faster than after the 4 x 100m relay? "In the mixed zone of the Aquatics Center, Florent Manaudou has a broad smile. The 2012 Olympic champion started the 50m NL perfectly by taking second place in the series (21′'65) behind the great American favorite Caeleb Dressel (21′'32), placed next to him in the n ° 10 series. “It was dense as usual, blows the Marseille sprinter. We must not miss much otherwise we go quickly by the wayside. It was cool to be with Caeleb and Ben Proud, who have swam faster than me in their careers. "

The leader of the Blues, true hope for a medal in swimming, refuses to see too far.

"I don't really want to project myself because I have been triturating my mind too much for months and months on how I had to swim, what sensations I had to have, he explains. .

I want to let go in these Games, to swim to swim, to be thoroughly, to have fun, to have a smile before the races.

If it starts to be painful to play the Games, it's not worth it.

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"I don't want to aim for anything"

The French were still able to take some indications on the Dressel rocket for a possible final on Sunday. “I know that next to Caeleb, it's complicated at the level of the first fifteen meters but I'm not the only one, he blurted out. If I have a great time in the half and am with Caeleb in the final, at least I will visually know what is happening on the first 15m. But I don't want to aim for anything because it puts too much pressure on me personally. These are the Games where I enjoy the most even if they are the ones where I have the least good results

(Editor's note: he just played in the 4 x 100 relay)

but I want to take that too. I also came back for that, we'll see what happens. I already hope not to finish 9th in the semi-finals, the French weren't too lucky on that side… "

Maxime Grousset also qualified by snatching the 15th time (21′'97). “It's a bit hard but it's okay, I'm still lucky. It was hot, I was even thinking of going to a jump-off, it's cool, slips the New Caledonian, 4th in the 100m NL Thursday. Going under 22 ′ 'is the barrier. It's perfect, it gives me a little confidence. To be honest, I thought I was doing a little better. I'm going to have to take it up a notch… ”

Source: leparis

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