France Athletics: Medal Hope & New Approach | World Athletics

Sometimes in front of her breakfast – based on soup, rice and tuna – swallowed on a sunny terrace, sometimes on the training stadium, Sasha Zhoya shares her Japanese daily life on Tiktok. “This is one of the most beautiful stadiums I have seen in my life,” enthuses the Hurdler Tricolor, then in Wakayama, south of Osaka, where the Blues had, for a week, installed their base camp.

On Wednesday, the French team, which will start the athletics Worlds on Saturday morning (on the night of Friday to Saturday in France) joined Tokyo. And it is since the huge hotel complex Shinagawa Prince Hotel, where the 186 delegations are accommodated, that Sasha Zhoya continues his stories. Always in a good mood, despite persistent pain in the Achilles tendon which slowed down its final preparation.

Aiko Tanaka

Aiko Tanaka is a combat sports journalist and general sports reporter at Archysport. A former competitive judoka who represented Japan at the Asian Games, Aiko brings firsthand athletic experience to her coverage of judo, martial arts, and Olympic sports. Beyond combat sports, Aiko covers breaking sports news, major international events, and the stories that cut across disciplines — from doping scandals to governance issues to the business side of global sport. She is passionate about elevating the profile of underrepresented sports and athletes.

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