from the semi-finals to her coronation, relive Mathilde Gros’ golden evening

She lifted the national velodrome. Mathilde Gros won the gold medal in the speed test on Friday October 14 at the world track cycling championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. In front of her audience, the young Frenchwoman (23 years old) was the attraction of the evening. She was first scared by losing the first duel of her semi-final against the double defending champion, the German Emma Hinze.

Pushed by the spectators, the Frenchwoman hung on to impose herself on the beauty, take her revenge after her defeat at the European championships, and open the doors to the final. On the last step, she made short work of another German, Lea Sophie Friedrich, in two sets. What to win the first world title of his career and a great happiness at home.