Christine Arron anchors France's 4x100m realy in the European Cup (© Getty Images)
The French Athletics Federation announced yesterday the names of the 67 athletes who have been selected to compete at the forthcoming IAAF World Championships in Paris.
European 100m record holder Christine Arron and European 200m champion Muriel Hurtis have been selected for both the 100m and 200m individual events as well as the 4x100m relay in which the French women athletes stand a very good chance for winning a medal.
World leaders Eunice Barber (heptathlon) and Manuela Montebrun (Hammer Throw) are the other leading names of the women’s team. Noteworthy, Eunice Barber has been selected to compete in the Long Jump as well as in the Combined Events and she may well be confronted to Carolina Kluft in both events as the young talented Swede recently jumped 6.86m.
In the men’s team, French record holder Medhi Baala has been selected to compete in both the 800m and the 1500m. European champion at 1500m last year in Munich, Baala has already improved on his 1000m and 1500m French records this season and aims at revenging his poor show in Edmonton’s 1500m final in which he finished a distant last.
Pole vaulter Romain Mesnil who cleared 5.92m at the Rome Golden League meeting and high hurdler Ladji Doucouré who won the European U23 championships with a new personal best of 13.25 (13.23 in the semis) will also have high expectations from these championships.
European 400m Hurdles champion and record holder Stéphane Diagana has been given another two weeks to meet the A qualifying standards.
French Team for Paris World Championships
Men
100m
Ronald POGNON 10"17
Eddy DE LEPINE 10"19
Aimé-Issa NTHEPE 10"21
200m
Ronald POGNON 20"54
400m
Marc RAQUIL 44"80
Leslie DJHONE 45"04
800m
Mehdi BAALA 1'44"17
Florent LACASSE 1'44"61
Nicolas AISSAT 1'45"31
Jimmy LOMBA 1'45"56
1500m
Mehdi BAALA 3'30"97
Fouad CHOUKI 3'33"05
5000m
Ismaïl SGHYR 13'10"79
10000m
Ismaïl SGHYR 27'45"14
110m Hurdles
Ladji DOUCOURE 13"23
400m Hurdles
Sébastien MAILLARD 49"10
3000m Steeple
Bouabdellah TAHRI 8'06"91
Vincent LE DAUPHIN 8'17"48
50Km Walk
Denis LANGLOIS 3h50'47
Eddy RIVA 3h55'31
Long Jump
Salim SDIRI 8m10
Triple Jump
Julien KAPEK 17m12
Pole Vault
Romain MESNIL 5m92
Alexandre BARBAUD 5m75
Hammer Throw
Christophe EPALLE 80m44
Decathlon
Laurent HERNU 8184
Marathon
Benoit ZWIERCHIEWSKI 2h06'36
Driss EL HIMER 2h06'48
Larbi ZEROUAL 2h13'40
Hakim BAGY 2h14'02
Philippe REMOND 2h18'27
Mohammed GUENNANI substitute
Relay Pools
4x100m Stéphane CALI
Sébastien CALPAS Eddy DE LEPINE
Jérôme EYANA Frédéric KRANTZ
Aimé-Issa NTHEPE
Ronald POGNON
4x400m
Leslie DJHONE
Ahmed DOUHOU
Marc FOUCAN
Naman KEITA
Marc RAQUIL
Women
100m
Christine ARRON 11"07
Muriel HURTIS 11"10
200m
Muriel HURTIS 22"62
Christine ARRON 22"92
400m
Solen DESERT 52"05
1500m
Maria MARTINS 4'04"55
100m Hurldes
Patricia GIRARD 12"74
Linda FERGA/KHODADIN 12"87
Haidy ARON 12"92
20Km Walk
Fatiha OUALI 1h33'25
High Jump
Gaelle NIARE 1m93
Long Jump
Eunice BARBER 6m80
Pole Vault
Vanessa BOSLAK 4m50
Marie POISSONNIER 4m40
Shot Put
Laurence MANFREDI 18m01
Discus Throw
Mélina ROBERT-MICHON 64m27
Hammer Throw
Manuela MONTEBRUN 75m20
Florence EZEH 67m51
Javelin Throw
Sarah WALTER 62m53
Heptathlon
Eunice BARBER 6694
Marathon
Hafida GADI-RICHARD 2h30'38
Rkya QUETIER-MARAOUI 2h31'35
Zahia DAHMANI 2h34'31
Fatima YVELAIN 2h35'03
Fatima HAJJAMI 2h37'20
Relay Pools
4x 100m
Christine ARRON
Fabé DIA
Sylviane FELIX
Patricia GIRARD
Muriel HURTIS
Véronique MANG
Odiah SIDIBE
4x400 m Marie-Louise BEVIS
Solen DESERT
Cindy EGA
Francine LANDRE
Anita MORMAND
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