Matthias Dandois bronze medalist at the World Championships

He knew it: against the Japanese armada, a 10th world crown would be synonymous with incredible performance. A few minutes after Aude Cassagne’s world title in BMX flat, Matthias Dandois still offered another medal to the French clan in Glasgow: the 2021 European champion and bronze medalist at the X Games last May won bronze thanks to to a run rated 88 points, where he proposed new figures but once dismounted.

Qualified in the final despite severe back pain, Dandois, legend of the community, known for his creativity, had paid tribute to his physiotherapist on his social networks a few hours before the competition: “this morning, I woke up feeling really good. “Wrote the nine-time world champion at the time.

The Japanese Yu Shoji (94.16 pts), big favorite, author of a crazy run a few moments before the passage of the Frenchman, adorned himself with gold in front of his compatriot Kio Hayakawa (91.16 pts).