“My 5th national title and the first for Hugolists the eldest when asked about the family history in terms of achievements. It’s been a few years since Hugo joined me at the Herve club. But only three years since he trained seriously for the 800/1,500 sector.”
In the opinion of outside observers, the resemblance between the two is truly striking (“The person on the microphone during the national often reversed our first names”). And Hugo’s sprint to beat his opponent for 3rd place was quite breathtaking (“This finish was really impressive, I congratulate him because it’s beautiful to see this kind of sprint”told us Bruno Hensenne, coach at RFC Liège.)
A happiness that never comes alone, Simon Jeukenne’s title allows him to be included in the selection which will defend our colors during the Euro in Brussels. “My 4th international selection, 2 in cross country and 2 on track”clarified this hope for our athletics.
From a selection point of view, two other athletes from the province of Liège also appear: Régis Thibert (Herve AC), 5th junior on Sunday and Antoine Reul (22 years old, Visétois, RFCL), 4th among the hopefuls. A superb reward for someone whose first sport is… triathlon. “He plays both sports, in perfect agreement with his triathlon coach, Pascal Dewaleff.explains Bruno Hensenne, his athletic trainer. “Here, he cut back a little in his triathlon training to prepare for the National. “It worked really well, even though the set was very dense…”
