European Athletics Championships: that’s it, Kevin Mayer validates his ticket for the Olympic Games! Makenson Gletty in bronze

Kevin Mayer a rempli sa mission : réaliser les minima pour se qualifier aux Jeux Olympiques de Paris. MAXPPP – STADION-ACTU

Freed! Kevin Mayer validated his ticket for the Paris Olympic Games by achieving the minimum standards at the European Athletics Championships, this Tuesday, June 11, in the decathlon event.

Oh the relief! Kevin Mayer considered that it was his last chance to seek qualification for the Olympic Games on the occasion of this invitation to the European Championships ;Europe athletics. And the objective is met for Montpellier.

🇫🇷 Kevin Mayer décroche son billet pour Paris 2024 🤩

Très beau décathlon de notre recordman du monde qui réalise les minima olympique à Rome 👏

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— SPORTRICOLORE (@sportricolore) June 11, 2024

8 476 points

Tuesday was full of emotion for the three-time world champion, record holder in the discipline. A scare at the pole vault in the middle of the day almost doomed his decathlon and his chances of achieving the minimums. But the experience of the double silver medalist at the Olympic Games was decisive. And in the end, it was with a big smile that he finished these European Championships, Olympic qualification in his pocket thanks to 8 476 total points, 16 points above the minimum. Phew! And Mayer finished 5th in these European championships.

"I had the longest 1500m of my life, I wasn't moving forward! But the minimums are assured. I did the job, whispered the decathlete at the microphone of France Télévisions.

Bronze Gletty

What a decathlon also for Makenson Gletty! The Frenchman, at the end of a second crazy day, marked by this 110m hurdles contested alone, won the bronze medal after showing promising courage and mastery. He also achieved the Olympic minimums (8,606 points).

The title goes to the Estonian Johannes Erm (8,764 points) ahead of the Norwegian Sander Skotheim (8,635).