At 53, Marie-José Pérec long ago stopped fighting against the clock on the track.
“That would scare me!”
, smiles the triple Olympic champion (over 400 m in 1992, 200 and 400 m in 1996) who nevertheless continues to talk by indulging in jogging.
It was precisely at the end of one of her sessions, on the ground of her dear Guadeloupe where she is recharging her batteries on vacation, that the "Gazelle" gave time to
Le Figaro
to discuss French athletics in need of results, Paris 2024 and the evolution of sport that made it queen in the 1990s.
LE FIGARO.
- Thirty years ago, on August 5, 1992, you won your first Olympic title in the 400m in Barcelona.
Do you ever watch this race again?
Marie-José PEREC.
- I don't follow the anniversaries of my performances but around me, people always talk to me about the Barcelona and Atlanta Olympic Games.
I still can't get over having marked people's minds so much.
I was told about these thirty years, so I went for a walk...
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