2024-10-16 15:56:00
After several years spent alongside Martiguesthe open water swimmer Jules Wallartoriginally from Hénin-Beaumont, will return to the North, as he announced on social networks.
« In recent years, there have been a few phrases that have come out of my mouth… ‘I’ll never go back up there’, ‘I don’t know how you do it, I won’t be able to do it anymore’, ‘it rains all the time up there ‘… But since the beginning of September, a wave coming from the Mediterranean carried me to my land, near the North Sea “, he wrote in particular.
This ” sudden desire for change “, as he describes it, he explains it by a need to find his loved ones, a change of scenery and ” fearlessness ».
A new life near Lille
But this decision is not without consequences. And for good reason, besides Bertrand Bompieyrewho trained him, Jules Wallart also leaves Philippe Lucashistoric coach of Laura Manaudouamong others. In June, Béthunoise Cyrielle Duhamel also left Philippe Lucas.
As a reminder, at the age of 22, the Northerner had missed the Olympic qualification at the end of 2023 for five seconds too long in Funchal, Portugal, ending his ten kilometers in open water in 1h45’21”9. At the time, although he said he was naturally disappointed, he quickly put things into perspective, announcing that he was aiming for the Los Angeles Games.
In the North, he will settle down at Lille Métropole Natation and follow the advice of Thomas Javaux.
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