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Athletics: Allyson Felix and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce complete the enticing line-up of the Paris meeting

2021-08-19T16:20:07.882Z


The most successful female athlete in the history of the Olympic Games will be at the Charléty Stadium on August 28, along with the double ch


20 Olympic medals land in Paris.

The American Allyson Felix and the Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, two of the most beautiful achievements in athletics, will be present at the Charléty Stadium for the Paris meeting on Saturday, August 28.

Lavillenie, Duplantis, Thompson… The presence of the two new stars completes an already extremely high level.

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Felix makes his first appearance in seven years in the Parisian meeting of the Diamond League.

After her two medals in Tokyo, including gold in the 4x400m, the American is quite simply the most successful female athlete in the history of the Games.

On the track of Charléty, the superstar will have as main competitor, the Dominican Marileidy Paulino (49′'20), in silver in Tokyo.

On the French side, it will be necessary to keep an eye on Amandine Brossier, semi-finalist at the Games.

Two queens for a 100m throne

In the 100 m, Fraser-Pryce, nine times medalist at the Games, completes a cast of madness on the queen distance.

The Jamaican will try to look straight in the eyes of the new Queen of the Games, double Olympic champion in the 100 and 200m, Elaine Thompson-Herah.

From there perhaps to dreaming of a world record which falls in Paris.

An experience that could benefit the sprinter of CA Montreuil 93

Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue, expected at the start.

In the other disciplines, the pole vault should also be one of the beautiful competitions of this Saturday, August 28.

The world record holder Armand Duplantis will face a Renaud Lavillenie, theoretically in full possession of his means, just like Sam Kendricks, forfeit in Tokyo because of the Covid.

One thing is certain, the evening of August 28 promises from Charléty's side.

Source: leparis

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