not wasting energy wrote:
What a boss
Words from Bosse, following the race.
Source: Journal L’équipe du samedi 31 juillet 2021 (translated from French)
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (6th in his 800m series in 1'45''97, qualified based on time (last among fastest six outside the top three) for the semi-finals: “A journalist from RMC told me that I was qualified. What luck ! I can tell you that when we find a four leaf clover in a three hectare field, we keep it in a safe place. And we take it as a sign of fate. So, I'm going to take my chance, I have nothing more to say. (To have led the pace/race is a loophole that I made. It was an admission of weakness and I regret. I did it because I had legs, and it wasn't really planned. When I started to understand the times, 37 '' (in the 300m), 51 '' (in the 400m), I said to myself as much to continue since if I do four or five given the legs I had, I will pass. And then six ... I even almost did seven or eight.
“The head is there, the legs are there. You just gotta stop doing anything like a kid
« I am a little sickened by the lack of lucidity that I had, and it should have cost me dearly. On the other hand, it can be seen from another side and the daring to go all out and play hare for everyone has finally paid off. And this reward, I will savor it. Because as the Japanese say "tomorrow will blow the wind of tomorrow". I'm missing more than 50 meters because in the last 100 meters, I already have nothing. But when you're the hunted, it's always more difficult and that's never how I was the best. I was the best junior like that in Europe because maybe I had gained more confidence then. Today, I miss racing a bit, and I had found very good feelings in training. I found perfect sleep. I had nothing but positive in me. I arrived with this positive and almost ruined everything. So believe me, it won't happen again tomorrow. I have already had more difficulty entering a Championship and I could not do worse. When we are at the bottom, we can only go up. The head is there, the legs are there. You just gotta stop doing anything like a kid. "