Gémima Joseph Withdraws from European U23 Championships Due to Hamstring Discomfort: Focus on Elite French Championships and World Championships

2023-07-16 15:15:06

It was Gaëtan Tariaffe, one of Gémima Joseph’s coaches, who announced the Guyanese champion’s withdrawal on his social network. The young woman suffers from hamstring discomfort. Silver medalist the day before, with the 4X100m relay, the sprinter cannot go for an individual medal.

As Gaëtan Tariaffe says with a certain philosophy, sometimes “you have to know how to step back to jump better”. The decision was taken this morning not to line up, Gémima Joseph, French champion in the 100m on her favorite distance the 200m during these European hopefuls championships in Finland. She therefore did not appear for the semi-final of the 200m hope.

“Yesterday, everything went well and this morning during the warm-up she had a little pain. Right away we saw the doctor and physiotherapist. They did some tests and told us it was an alert. As and when the warm-up she was not comfortable and it’s not her style to complain… While the adversity would have been high, she was not sure to run with 100% of his means and might injure himself. »

The Guyanese team has its sights set on the elite French championships in Albi at the end of July with, before that, participation in the meeting of the Golden League in Monaco on July 23, a visit to Cayenne and above all the world championships in August. Also, the decision was quickly made to stop so as not to jeopardize better results in other competitions.

The women’s 4X100m relay silver medalist at the European U23 Championships. Gémima Joseph on the left • ©Gaëtan Tariaffe

“Gémima obtained a silver medal yesterday in the 4X100 m team, in consultation with the medical staff, we did not continue. It’s a bit hard, since she had come to seek the title. She had already been a bronze medalist two years ago. This season is long and important because all those who have achieved the minimums for the world championships on August 27 in Budapest will be pre-selected for the 2024 Olympics.

Last precision, Gémima Joseph will be training with the French team before leaving for Budapest in August.

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