French athlete Jimmy Gressier broke the European 10km road record, won in 27’07” in Lille this Sunday March 17. The Frenchman, 9th in the 5000 meters during the Budapest World Championships in 2023, returned after six months of absence and his impasse on the winter season to prepare for the summer season and the Paris Olympic Games. Starting on the basis of the European record held since 2020 by the Franco-Swiss Julien Wanders (27’13”), Gressier has finished in a sprint in the streets of Lille to win the race ahead of Kenyan Jacob Krop. This is his second European record after that of the 5km on the road, which he beat in 2023 in 13’12” in Monaco. ” I had no right to lose because I felt that I was at home », Reacted the 26-year-old Boulonnais, who has just returned from an internship in Kenya. The French athlete, who will now prepare for the European Championships in Rome in June and the Paris Olympics in August, is also the target of an investigation for sexual harassment after a report issued by the director of the National Institute sport, expertise and performance (Insep).
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