Paris 2024: Kevin Mayer postpones his attempt to qualify for the Olympic Games until March

Still in trouble with his body, the two-time world champion and the main medal chance for French athletics at the next Paris Olympiads preferred to cancel his participation in the Brisbane decathlon scheduled for this weekend.

The French decathlete was supposed to try to achieve the Olympic minima this weekend in Brisbane, Australia. The two-time world champion, who says he is “very apprehensible” after an injury, chose to refer to an event in the United States at the end of March.

In the end, it won't be for this time. Kevin Mayer has abandoned the idea of competing in the Brisbane Decathlon in order to try to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, an attempt that he postponed until March 2024. It's hard not to worry about