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Justine Braisaz-Bouchet or the story of a precocious talent that ultimately took a long time to hatch.
No doubt because of a brain that is too often in turmoil.
Moreover, the 25-year-old Frenchwoman quickly analyzed the turn of the mass start - at the time of her third shot, the first standing - during which she was going to take a minute from all her competitors to take control of the race.
And never let them go until they won their first Olympic title, the 5th for France at these Beijing Games.
“When I got to this shot, I thought it was time to stop giving presents.
I sat down sincerely thinking only of my performance.
And then I let it go, it was a shot without hesitation.
I let myself be guided by my automatisms, which I worked for for a long time.
Sometimes you have to know how to put the brain down and not think too much about the launch pad.”
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