Crowned world champion in the 800m in 2017, Pierre-Ambroise Bosse announced this Sunday to L’Equipe that he is forced to forfeit the Eugene Worlds, which will begin in less than two weeks, due to a stomach injury. ‘tibial hamstring.
In 2017, Pierre-Ambroise Bosse became world champion in the 800m to everyone’s surprise, at the age of 25, thanks to a crazy last straight line on the London track. This year, the 30-year-old athlete will not be able to dream of such a scenario during the world championships in Eugene, in the United States, which will begin on July 15. The Nantais indeed suffers from a “partial disinsertion of the right tendon of the hamstring” and announces his package to The Teamthe day after the Stanislas meeting in Nancy, where he finished his race walking. “I’ve been thinking with this Damocles sword above my head for a few days. Today (Saturday), I was not in the game, I was too afraid of hurting myself. We made the decision not to do Eugene, it wouldn’t have made any sense. We will recover slowly. It is also possible to forget about Munich (where the European Championships will take place from August 15 to 21, editor’s note). We will discuss it with the doctors. There are no miracle solutions but if you work hard with PRP (platelet rich plasma injection), laser and company, you can scratch weeks to Europe. We remain hopeful. But the most important thing for me and my staff is that I can resume in October fresh, without any pain, ”explains the athlete, who was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 2019 Worlds in Doha, where he was defending his title, then in the semi-finals of the Tokyo Olympics.
Robert and Tual to represent France
To date, Pierre-Ambroise Bosse is the 18th best performer in the world in the 800m season, thanks to his time of 1’44″54 achieved in Charléty on June 18, which allowed him to win his ticket for the Worlds. “PAB” was back in shape and took third place at the French Championships in Caen last week, but that’s when the injury kicked in. France will therefore be represented in Eugene over 800m by two 24-year-old athletes, Benjamin Robert and Gabriel Tual, who are respectively the 5th and 12th best performers in the world for the year, with 1’44″00 and 1’44″23.
