Antwerp, Maybe even more nervous than Victor Campenaerts itself, was tonight, granny Gilberte Nuitten (91). Long before the launch was together with the other residents of assisted living facilities The Appeared in Borgerhout ready. To the redemption she kept the breath in.
Surrounded by family and friends is Top on along with the other residents ready for the contest. The glass blonde Leffe never far away. Against the nerves. “I have not been able to eat of nervousness,” says Gilberte. “I just hope he doesn’t vàlt! And if he is to become that world record, and they talk there about a hundred years. This is historic.”
In the cafeteria of the serviced flats is now as silent as on and around the piste. Gilberte takes the occasional sip of her Leffe, but washed away the crop in her throat. Only at the finish she gets back breath, the arms in the air, tears in the eyes. “This was, perhaps, the longest hour of my life. But I am so proud. And that he has now but soon his grandma another visit. I can’t wait to see him in my arms.” (JAA)
