Rollerski: two national titles in one race for Léonie Perry
Léonie Perry from the Vosges may not have been the first to cross the finish line of the women’s 20km mass-start classic at the French Rollerski Championships in Autrans (Isère) , but it was she who took the national gold medal. The winner of the overall race was none other than Magni Smedaas from Norway, a push specialist who competes for Team Eksjöhus.
“I’m so happy! I’m so happy to be racing alongside great long-distance champions like Magni [Smedaas],” she told Nordic Magazine at the finish. She really pulled us along and we learn a lot on these races, so it’s great to have her here.
The French team’s cross-country skier, who won the senior and U23 titles on Sunday, broke away very early on in the company of the Scandinavian andHanna Fine (Team Slavia Pojistovna Robinson Trentino).
We were all together and all of a sudden Magni [Smedaas] thought she was getting a bit bored and went on the attack,” laughs Léonie Perry. We stuck together with Hanna and two or three girls at the back, then it all came to a head with the repeated attacks and the three of us left.
A fine winter ahead for Léonie Perry
Although she was unable to keep up with Magni Smedaas‘ final acceleration, Léonie Perry took second place to win the gold medal.
“It’s encouraging for the future! It makes me all the more determined to carry on doing what I’m doing until this winter, in the hope of winning some great selections,” she explains. That’s where I want to continue with my sport, regalade! It often leads to good results, and that’s for sure.
As far as this winter is concerned, the Frenchwoman reveals that her priority is the U23 World Championships in Lillehammer (Norway)… while not stopping herself from doing anything else. ” I’m not going to put any pressure on myself, even though I want to achieve great things,” she admits.
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- Challenge national U15 d’Autrans: Savoyard Jules Boiron wins the mass-start classic ahead of Taïg Baffert and Valentin Gaillard
- Autrans: Eliott Maury crowned French U16 mass-start classic champion
- French Championships in Autrans: gold in the U16 mass start classic for Manon Pradel Mayer from Auvergne
- Autrans: Anja Vittoz becomes French U18 mass-start classic champion, Lison Brouart and Lou Rives win medals
- French Championships in Autrans: Victor Lafrasse wins the U18 mass-start classic, Paul Rousset Vachon and Basile Grosleziat follow suit
- Autrans: Valentin Berna from the Vosges is the new French U20 mass-start classic champion
- French Championships in Autrans: Annette Coupat, golden in the U20 mass-start classic, finishing ahead of Agathe Margreither, signs the double
- Autrans: Norway’s Magni Smedaas wins the mass-start classic, Léonie Perry crowned French champion ahead of Hanna Fine
- French Championships in Autrans: the classic 33.3 km mass-start for Mathis Desloges, Théo Schely and Jules Chappaz on the podium
- “I said to myself: ‘Nothing ventured, nothing gained’”: Mathis Desloges reflects on his performance in the mass start classic at the French Championships in Autrans.
