Agathe Guillemot opened the Blues medal counter at the European Apeldoorn room championships by winning the continental title on the 1500m. Azzedine Végz, meanwhile, could not face Jakob Ingebrigtsen and is satisfied with the silver medal on the distance.
Agathe Guillemot was not expected. But, on the track installed in the heart of the Apeldoorn Velodrome, the Tricolore struck a big blow on the occasion of the final of the female 1500m of the European indoor championships. Prudent in the first 100 meters, the tricolor quickly embarked to point the third of the distance. Consequently, the native of Pont-l’Abbé knew how to maintain herself in one of the first three places in order to be well placed when triggering the final packaging.
While the British Georgia Hunter Bell fell in love with the last 100 meters of the race, Agathe Guillemot produced her effort to cut the finish line in 4’07”23 and win her first continental title in the room, she who won bronze outdoors in Rome last June. She has ahead of the Portuguese Salomé Alonso (4’07”66) and the British Revee Walcott-Nolan (4’08”45). Also engaged in this final, Bérénice Cleyet-Merle could not do better than the ninth and last place (4’10”60).
Habz helpless in front of J. INGEBRIGTEN
In the process, the male race has seen the Blues try everything to counter Jakob Ingebrigtsen. As of the pistol, Azzedine Vés settled in first position to impose her rhythm on the peloton. But that was without counting on the Norwegian who activated towards the end of the fourth tower. Closing walking for almost 600 meters, Jakob Ingebrigtsen was able to go up very quickly to put on his opponents to the torture. Only the Habs and the Portuguese Isaac Nader had the means to remain painfully in the wake of the one who was looking for a third continental coronation on the 1500m.
At his hand, the native of sandnes did not give his opponent a chance to win the gold medal in 3’36”56. Solid until the end, Azzedine Végz brought the French team to the French team (3’36”92), a second medal in a quarter of an hour for the French team, when Isaac Nader completes the podium (3’37”10). Louis Gilavert took fifth place (3’38”84) when Paul Anselmini finished eighth (3’44”33).
