France’s Rénelle Lamote (28) won silver in the 800m at the European Athletics Championships for the third time in her career on Saturday in Munich, bringing a sixth medal to France. In 1 min 59 sec 49, Lamote was beaten by British vice-world champion Keely Hodgkinson.
“Today I proved that I was really sick (from Covid-19, editor’s note) in Eugene and that I have the physical shape to fight against the best. For my (new) coach, it’s also the validation of our work. It comforts us. Me, it really reassures me a lot. I’m happy to still be in the game at 28 years old and to be able to still be in the race for Paris-2024, it’s super important for me and it’s cool”, enjoyed the half cross country skier.
Eliminated in the semi-finals of the Worlds, Lamote finds the podium of a major summer competition four years after her second place at the Berlin Euros, when she had already won continental silver in 2016 in Amsterdam.
“I’m a chatterbox, I’m so happy with my race!she started with a smile. I lacked a bit of confidence at one point and they left, in the final straight after that I really raced and realized that maybe I could have done even better. But it was honestly perfect. I went to get this medal in a different way from the previous ones, I had the impression of being an actor in the race.”