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Triathlon: the courage of Vincent Luis, 2nd in an Ironman 70.3 after being hit by a car in the middle of a race

More fear than harm for Vincent Luis during his American stage, as our colleague from the Team tells us. In Indian Wells in southern California, the two-time triathlon world champion competed this Sunday in his very first Ironman 70.3 (half an Ironman, i.e. 1.9 km of swimming, 90 km of cycling, and 21.1 km running) official. He is not about to forget it.

After sorting through his opponents in the water, the advance maintained during the first 70 kilometers on his bike, Vincent Luis was struck at 45 km / h by a car that had nothing to do on the circuit, and which cleanly threw it to the ground. “It turned and I went over it,” says the athlete. Suddenly, with the adrenaline rush, I got up right away and left. But once on the bike I realized it could have been much more serious and could have been seriously affected. I had a backlash. “

Rest assured: the member of Sainte-Geneviève Triathlon has despite completed the remaining 20 kilometers, before continuing on 21.1 km on foot. “I obviously lost my lead but first and foremost I thought about my health. I didn’t want to do anything if there was something going on in the head because I still hit hard. It hurts all over and it will sting for a few days during the showers », he explained after the ordeal and his visit to the medical center.

Images posted on social media show the damage caused by this impromptu shock. We see the team bronze medalist in Tokyo scratched all over the right side, the suit torn. He therefore finished 2nd (in 3h41′07 ′ ‘) of the event, just under three minutes behind Canadian Lionel Sanders, who was closely following him before the accident. “I am absolutely not saying that I would have won if it had not been for this incident because Lionel was very strong, relativized the Habs. It’s just that it’s the kind of incident that calms … “

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