Aurélie Sacchelli, Media365, published on Wednesday February 28, 2024 at 9:01 p.m.
Victim of a herniated disc during the TQO in China with Les Bleues, 23-year-old leader Marine Fauthoux will no longer be able to play with ASVEL this season, and her presence at the Paris Olympic Games is uncertain.
It was an Olympic qualifying tournament without stakes for the French women’s basketball team, and the trip to China cost Marine Fauthoux dearly. The 23-year-old leader injured her back during the match against the host country on February 10 (82-50 victory for France), and while initially her club ASVEL had announced an absence At least six weeks, he revealed this Wednesday that the player would no longer wear the Lyon jersey by the end of the season. “Our leader suffers from a herniated disc and will be unavailable until the end of the season. After having observed two weeks of complete rest and without any real improvements noted, Marine Fauthoux will have to undergo surgery which will keep her away from the courts until the end of the 2023-2024 season. A hard blow for the Lyon club, currently fourth in the championship five days before the end of the regular season, which only has the Belgian Julie Allemand as leader in its squad.
62 caps for Fauthoux in the French team
Marine Fauthoux is now beginning a race against time, 148 days before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Her participation in the event is not yet in question, knowing that the LFB season, where will definitely see more, will end no later than May 19, and that the Olympic tournament will begin on July 27. The international with 62 caps (333 points in total) with Les Bleues (the first in June 2019) therefore has a little room to get back into shape. During the TQO with Les Bleues in China, Marine Fauthoux scored nine points in the victory over Puerto Rico then two against China, during which she only played a little over five minutes before getting injured. Romane Bernies and Alix Duchet were the other two blue leaders during the TQO in China, but they have fewer selections than Marine Fauthoux.
2024-02-28 20:01:00
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