She had been waiting impatiently for this moment for many months.
The reward lives up to her hopes… Mélanie Hénique, 29, won the silver medal in the 50m butterfly on Friday evening in the Duna Arena (25′'31 behind the irremovable Swedish Sjoestrom, crowned for the fourth time in a row in 24′'95).
The second world charm of his long career, eleven years after the surprise bronze in Shanghai and thirteen years after his debut for the France team.
Even if the 50 m butterfly is not an Olympic discipline (only the 50 m NL is represented there), the event sticks to the combination of the Amiens exiled to CN Marseille, who has never had the same ease in master the crawl.
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Mélanie HENIQUE is the 3rd time of the semi-finals of the 50m butterfly in 25.41.
Qualified for the final 💪🏼🇫🇷
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The Hungarian podium comes as a reward for a career punctuated with hard knocks and a difficult year in which the oldest of Les Bleues had to overcome the death of her brother last January.
“I had years of trouble, she breathed before diving into the Budapest basin.
But I'm still here.
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Marie Wattel, the other Habs involved in the race, took 7th place in 25′'79.
The 100m butterfly world vice-champion was ill overnight from Thursday to Friday.