While she participated in the final of the pole vault competition at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, the French champion was evacuated on a stretcher and placed on oxygen on Saturday. She will be operated on for the first time on Sunday.
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Severe cold snap at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow. Theater of the World Indoor Athletics Championships, the Scottish city witnessed an incident of rare violence, Saturday March 2, during the women’s pole vault competition. An incident which concerns the French champion, Margot Chevrier. On her first attempt at 4.65 m, the Frenchwoman fell heavily during the final.
The 24-year-old triple French champion fell back into the pit, where her left leg remained stuck. Emergency services immediately intervened, which caused the competition to be interrupted for fifteen minutes, before the Tricolore was evacuated on a stretcher to the nearest hospital, accompanied by her parents and a doctor from the French Football Federation. ‘Athletics. Visibly in great pain, she had an oxygen tank to help her breathe.
The toll is heavy for Margot Chevrier, since she suffers from a compound fracture of her ankle, a few months before the Paris 2024 Olympics. “First operation tomorrow morning, the second in France”, she indicated on her Instagram account. French number 1 in the pole vault this winter, Margot Chevrier was aiming for the minimums for the Olympic Games (4.73 m). She jumped 4.66 m this winter. The Frenchwoman wants to be optimistic for the future: “It will take what it takes, Paris 2024 I will be there.”
