After a complicated weekend at the Women’s Basketball Euro where they still won the bronze medal on Sunday against Hungary (82-68), the players of the France team will “bounce back” during the match. tallest basketball court in Europe. This Tuesday, six players from the French women’s basketball team will train at the Pic du Midi (Hautes-Pyrénées) and compete in a 3×3 exhibition match.
What to test their breath and their endurance and, for the general public present, the opportunity to meet the players. From 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Myriam Djekoundadé, Coline Franchelin, Laëtitia Guapo, Hortense Limouzin, Marie Mané and Marie-Eve Paget will try to score as many baskets as possible at 2,877 meters above sea level! An unusual warm-up before preparing next season for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
“We will run out of oxygen, be tired more quickly”
“It’s a match without pressure to promote basketball in 3×3 but the idea is to have fun, to adjust your body according to the altitude, the sensations felt, underlines Marie-Eve Paget, crowned world champion 3X3 basketball court in 2022, who will discover the Pic du Midi on this occasion. I think we’re going to run out of oxygen, get tired faster so we’ll have to attack so as not to give the ball back to our opponent. We will also surely take more short breaks and hydrate well. »
At 2 p.m. this Tuesday, the show will resume with a demonstration of adapted basketball offered by the three sections of Tarbes Gespe Bigorrre, Laloubère and Bagnères-de-Bigorre. A way to demonstrate that the site can accommodate people with reduced mobility. At 2:30 p.m., the six players will resume their warm-up before the exhibition match at 3:30 p.m. on the large terrace.
