Mouhamadou Fall, already crowned French 100m champion the day before, finished second in the 200m behind his training partner Ryan Zeze on Saturday in Albi after being recently released in a case of repeated breaches of his anti-doping whereabouts obligations.
Coming out of the turn in second position, Zeze finally won in 20 sec 32 (wind: 2.3 m / s), against 20 sec 38 for Fall, who had beaten him by a breath on Friday over 100 m.
“Two weeks ago, I didn’t know if I was going to be able to run, so today it’s just fun,” said Fall, who felt pain in his hamstrings after his coronation on the straight.
“I enjoy like I won (the 200m) because it’s Ryan, my training partner, we’re together all year,” he added. “I took gold yesterday (Friday) after a great fight with him. There, it is he who takes the gold in front of me and it is deserved, he is having a good season”.
Ryan Zeze wins, at 25, the first national title of his career and succeeds his big brother Meba-Mickaël Zeze, third Saturday in the Tarn in 20 sec 66.
“It’s a nice revenge on the race yesterday (Friday), where I lost to the thousandth,” he said. “It’s really nice to be on the first step and to share the podium with the family”.
Fall was released by the independent sanctions commission of the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) a week ago, when he faced up to two years of suspension for three breaches of his anti-doping whereabouts obligations. in less than a year.
However, he remains under threat of a contrary decision from the Council of State, to which the AFLD intends to appeal.
