Kevin Mayer at the Paris 2024 Olympics: the Montpellier native tested himself in preparation for tomorrow's decathlon

Frenchman Kevin Mayer tested himself this Thursday, and the results are not very reassuring according to RMC Sport, while L'Équipe is more positive.

Montpellier's Kevin Mayer tested himself, this Thursday, August 1st, in preparation for the start of the decathlon, Friday morning, and the results are not very reassuring according to RMC Sport, “body language is not very reassuring”. The opposite is indicated by our colleagues at L'Équipe, who indicate that the Frenchman “showed no signs of pain”.

Kévin Mayer returned to the athletes' village

The athlete remained on the track for a long time before being “comforted” by Romain Barras, the high performance director of the French Athletics Federation. He was also accompanied by his coach Alexandre Bonacorsi, his physiotherapist Loïc Fournet and the national head of combined events.

For the moment, Kevin Mayer has not yet communicated about his participation. The Montpellier native has since returned to the Olympic village. The decathlete has nevertheless registered for the event and even appears in the 2nd series of the 100m.