What if the Olympic Games brought bad luck to Samir Aït Saïd?
Seriously injured in Rio in 2016, the Frenchman finished this Monday in fourth place on the rings just three tenths from the podium (14.90 against 15.20).
Worse, the flag bearer of the tricolor delegation in Tokyo explained that he performed on Monday with a bicep injury.
A new stroke of luck for the gymnast who was aiming for Olympic gold in the Japanese capital.
🇫🇷 Samir Aït Saïd fails at the foot of the podium in the rings test.
The score of 14.900 does not allow the flag bearer to hang a medal.
The Greek Eleftherios Petrounias finally takes 3rd place # Tokyo2020
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After raising his arms to the sky at the end of his performance, his face was already a little disfigured when he announced his provisional ranking, third with a score of 14.90.
At the same time, his trainer was undoing a bandage placed on his left arm.
Not enough to fear an injury for the tricolor at this time.
A few minutes later, the Greek Elefhterios Petrounias took the standard bearer off the podium.
A huge disappointment for the French.
"Something has to happen to me"
After his performance, Samir Aït Saïd came back totally annoyed to the microphones of France TV before revealing his injury with tears in his eyes: "Three days ago, during training, I heard a" clack "in the biceps. .
I stopped right away, I let everything go.
I had to forfeit, I couldn't get on the rings.
But it was out of the question, if it had to fart, it was on the rings today.
"
🇫🇷 🤸 "Something always has to happen to me"
The disappointment and distress of Samir Aït Saïd after his fourth place in the rings competition dominated by China # Tokyo2020 #Olympic
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A new injury after 2016 in Rio and a new twist of fate for the French gymnast at the Olympic Games. “I worked hard and it didn't pay off. It's not possible, something has to happen to me. In the end, there are no injuries or no injuries. There is no excuse. 4th, this is not the place I wanted. I promise you that in Paris, it will not be the same, ”warns the French gymnast. See you in Paris with a smile.