The Frenchman Kevin Mayer launched an attack on the decathlon of the European Championships with, as an objective, the minimums for the Olympics.
“This is my last chance. JI no longer want to be in the spirit of telling myself ‘there are still decathlons after…’, to struggle, to have to travel…” The Frenchman made no secret of it, this decathlon of the European Athletics Championships in Rome is the last opportunity for him to qualify for the future Olympic Games in Paris 2024. Double world champion and double vice Olympic champion, Kevin Mayer has accumulated physical problems for several months and has not been able to achieve the minimums. It was also in disaster that the Frenchman was able to participate in these championships, without a medal objective. “This is the first time that I have arrived at the European Championships without having the objective of winning and achieving a very big total.declared Kevin Mayer on the website of the French athletics federation. I’m champing at the bit, I repeat to myself every five seconds that the goal is the minimums.”
After the first events, the Frenchman feels “good” and is perfectly launched into the race for the minimums with a good 100m, a single long jump to save time and a shot put within his usual standards.
Kevin Mayer’s decathlon program and results:
| Monday June 10, 10:23 a.m. | 100m | 10.72 sec | 924 points |
| Monday June 10, 11:05 a.m. | Long jump | 7.37m | 903 points |
| Monday June 10, 1:05 p.m. | Shot put | 15.31 m | 809 points |
| Monday June 10, 7:30 p.m. | High jump | Upcoming event | – |
| Monday June 10, 10:20 p.m. | 400m | Upcoming event | – |
| Tuesday June 11 | 110m hurdles | Upcoming event | – |
| Tuesday June 11 | Disc throwing | Upcoming event | – |
| Tuesday June 11 | Pole vault | Upcoming event | – |
| Tuesday June 11 | To throw the javelin | Upcoming event | – |
| Tuesday June 11 | 1,500m | Upcoming event | – |