Discus thrower Mélina Robert-Michon improved her best mark of the season on Thursday with a throw of 63.26 meters on her first attempt at the Montreuil meeting but said she was “a little frustrated” at not having managed to do so. better.
“By making this mark on the first try, I admit that I hoped for a little better for the rest of the competition,” reacted the vice Olympic champion of Rio (2016), finally second in the competition on Thursday behind the Portuguese Liliana Ca (63 .67 meters).
“I’m a little frustrated because I haven’t been able to make the little adjustments to make it go further,” she added.
The 44-year-old athlete, who plans to participate in his seventh Olympic Games in Paris, has not yet achieved the Olympic minimums (64.50 meters) but is eligible for “ranking”.
It will launch on Sunday at the Montgeron meeting (Essonne) then will continue with the Diamond League in Oslo in Sweden at the end of May before the European Championships in Rome in mid-June.
