Olympic Games: the bad gesture of the French Morhad Amdouni who voluntarily deprives the competitors of a supply in the marathon

A characterized unsportsmanlike gesture or a big clumsiness linked to a lack of lucidity?

Only the person concerned can know.

Still, the attitude of Frenchman Morhad Amdouni during a refueling for the Olympic marathon this Sunday in Tokyo remains questionable.

While still part of the leading group after about thirty kilometers of racing, the marathoner distinguished himself on a refueling by dropping all the bottles lined up on a table except the last, which he managed to to input.

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A priori, in view of the images, it seems difficult to plead awkwardness as his act seems deliberate, especially when he catches the last bottle without problem. Nevertheless, in his defense, it was not long before he cracked to finish the race in 17th place at 5'55 '' from the Kenyan winner Eliud Kipchoge. Is it possible that the 33-year-old athlete could have lacked lucidity to the point of overturning everything involuntarily, before pulling himself together in extremis? To each his opinion, the main interested party having posted a video on his Instagram account to comment on his race, without mentioning this incident for a second. Still, it was better not to go behind him if a competitor was thirsty in Sapporo, the scene of the Tokyo Games marathon.