MIXED RELAY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Team France make it
three in a row
Nineteen teams took to the start
line for the 2020 Mixed Relay World
Championships, and though they may
not have had the previous day's World
Champion Vincent Luis taking on his
customary anchor leg, Dorian Coninx
clearly enjoyed stepping up to bring
home the gold after Leonie Periault, Leo
Bergere and Cassandre Beaugrand had
played their parts in another famous
French win.
"Last year I had a crazy sprint finish with
Alex Yee and I wanted to avoid that
as best I could. We always give it our
all, four athletes racing together even
though it's not always the same ones. I
think it's important we can all go out in
any place and just before we start can
decide who races where."
The strength in depth of the squad on
the biggest stage once gain suggested
they will be the ones to watch in Tokyo
for the Mixed Team Relay's Olympic
debut in August. "To win, we accept to
lose", said French coach Benjamin Maze,
as he tested out a new-look line up. The
enviable position of such a selection
headache shows no sign of diminishing
any time soon.
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