On Wednesday May 22, the Marseille International Athletics Meeting will return for an 18th edition which brings together 120 athletes.
Organized in the heart of the Marseille city, the first Premium stage of the Crédit Mutuel Athlé Tour, a circuit orchestrated by the French Athletics Federation, promises to be the scene of exceptional performances and unforgettable moments of competition. Taking place in the middle of the spring season, the Marseille meeting asserts itself as a major event in the world sporting calendar preceding the European championships from June 7 to 12, the French elite championships from June 28 to 30 and the Olympic Games, the athletics events of which will take place from August 1 to 11.
Three sprint events will be on the program for this new edition of the Marseille meeting, the fastest of which will obviously be the women’s 200m led by the Gambian Gina Bass, ranked 30th in the world ranking, and the Danish Ida Karstoft, bronze medalist of the last championships. of Europe. The Egyptian Bassant Hemida, credited with a best mark of 22”41, will be in the fight for victory. The members of the 4x100m relay collective, Maroussia Paré and Eloise De La Taille, will also be at the start.
The lap specialists also met in Marseille. The Norwegian Harvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen, finalist of the world championships in Budapest, and the Belgian Dylan Borlée, 2024 world indoor champion in 4x400m, are announced. French hopeful Yann Spillmann, who has just made his first selection for the France A team during the last World Relays in the Bahamas, will line up for the first time in the Marseille city.
Major meeting for the Blues
On the women’s side, the Frenchwoman Amandine Brossier, who participated at the beginning of the month in the qualification of the mixed tricolor relay for the Paris Games, will start the 400m for the 5th consecutive time. Floria Guei, author of a legendary race during the 4x400m of the 2014 European Championships, will return to Marseille after her participation in 2021 and will collect the necessary times for qualifying for the major summer events. The Polish Justyna Swiety-Ersetic, Olympic champion in the mixed 4x400m, the Czech Lada Vondrova, bronze medalist at the 2023 world championships with the mixed 4x400m, and the British Jodie Williams, 6th at the Tokyo Olympics and with the best entry record with a time in 49”97, will be favorites.
In the 400m hurdles, the Swede Carl Bengtstrom, 3rd in the 2022 indoor world championships over 400m, will be mainly opposed to the German Joshua Abuaku, finalist in Budapest in 2023, as well as the experienced Irishman Thomas Barr, credited with a personal best in 47’97” and Olympic finalist in 2016. Frenchman Jordan Terrasse, 3rd in the 2024 France Elite indoor race over 400m, will be present for the 2nd time on the Stade Delort track.
The French specialists in low hurdles, Louise Maraval, U23 European vice-champion, and Camille Seri, regular at the Marseille stage, will also be there. Just like the British Jessie Knight, the Moroccan Noura Ennadi, and the Polish Nikoleta Jichova, all three went below 55”.
The men’s double lap promises to be rhythmic for the greatest pleasure of the spectators who will travel to attend the Marseille evening. Yanis Meziane, revelation of the 2023 season and U23 European champion, will be eagerly awaited. The 800m specialist should have a good race against the Pole Patryk Dobek, bronze medalist from the last Olympic Games. The Algerian Slimane Moula, double world finalist, as well as the Portuguese Issac Nader, 4th in the indoor worlds over 1500m,
In the men’s discus, the Swedish representative Simon Pettersson, Olympic vice-champion in Tokyo and credited with a personal best of 70.42m, will be present in the throwing area and promises to offer thrills inside the Marseille stadium. . The Belgian Philip Milanov, world vice-champion in 2015, as well as the French throwers Lolasson Djouhan, crowned with eight national titles, and Tom Reux, French champion this winter, complete the line-up of a competition which promises to be quality.
2024-05-17 15:04:05
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