Maude Charron has already made her decision. He will continue his Olympic adventure. The weightlifter is now targeting the Summer Olympics in Paris in 2024.
The 29-year-old athlete, who hails from Sainte-Luce, in Bas-Saint-Laurent, won a gold medal at the Tokyo Games last summer.
On returning from the Japanese capital, Maude Charron isn’t sure if she wants to re-launch a series of qualifiers, speculated by a new wave of infections from the COVID-19 pandemic, the pressure and the sacrifices being made. endorsed by athletes to achieve. their dreams.
On the other hand, after closely monitoring the exploits of athletes at the Winter Games in Beijing, the idea of diving back was fake. He took the time to listen to his body, put it to the test and see if the physical and mental were next.
” Does it tempt me to come back here? Part of me, yes. There is a part of me that wants to protect myself from all the emotions I have experienced. “
The announcements of the competition venues, logos, the Game schedule and the unveiling of the International Weightlifting Federation’s new selection process finally convinced it to relaunch.
Paris is becoming more concrete. It becomes more realistic. […] I came to the conclusion that I wanted to go there. I want to redo myself laterhe continued.
Olympic Games in public
None of the stands during the COVID-19 pandemic, the public should return to the Paris Games.
The Tokyo Games was a great experience for Maude Charron, but it wasn’t perfect, according to her, due to health restrictions. His family could not attend competitions, for example.
” I think what weighs in on the balance is doing an Olympic edition without COVID. “
[De participer à des Jeux] without restrictions, to be able to go to watch other sports, to be able to go and talk to athletes from other countries without fear of being positive for COVID the next day, to participate in an Olympic Games where the my parents can go and see me, come and experience the Gamesadded the athlete.
Games are coming fast
Typically, four years separate the holding of the Olympic Games.
However, due to the pandemic, the Tokyo Games have been postponed by a year to take place in 2021.
This is a reduced cycle. It was three years instead of four. That too, still helped my thinking, the fact that it was shortened because we tasted it last cycle with an extra year. So yes, it’s happening more than you thinkillustrated by Maude Charron.
So it’s just over a little over two years before the Paris Games are held in 2024.
New challenges to face
Maude Charron knew she had to face new challenges, particularly with regard to changes in weight categories, and new opponents.
The 64 -pound down category is no longer at the Olympic Games. This is the category in which the athlete competes.
So he has to change the category, which indicates a change in weight for the athlete because he has two options available, either go to 59 kilos and less or 71 kilos and less.
” I could lose 10 pounds or I could gain 15 pounds. Either way, it’s not easy. “
Maude and the professionals who supervise her are pondering what is feasible and safe because of this category change.
As long as his weight remains over 64 kg, he is considered to be in the 71 kg down category.
On the other hand, if he chooses to stay in this category, he will have to work twice as hard to keep up with his opponents.
I am not someone who is easy to gain weight or gain muscle. Will I be able to lose 10 pounds without endangering my health? This is what we see. I work with a nutritionist and a sports doctor to make sure weight loss is gradual and safe. If not, we will go to the category abovehe explained.
On the way to qualifying
The qualification process for the Paris Games will be shorter than what Maude Charron has to go through for the Tokyo Games.
He will be required to participate in two compulsory qualifying competitions and three other non-compulsory competitions.
Rather than a cumulative score, this will be the best result in terms of weight gain in one of these five competitions to be considered. The 10 best in the world will qualify for Paris.
Meanwhile, Maude Charron left the country on Tuesday for Sweden to participate in a training camp for the Canadian team. This team will represent Canada at the Commonwealth Games this summer in Birmingham, England.
The weightlifter from Sainte-Luce will participate in the competition on August 1st.
The pace of his training has accelerated in recent weeks, specifically to prepare for the final Canadian championship to be held in Kelowna, British Columbia, over the weekend of May 21 and 22.
Moreover, Maude Charron was crowned athlete by excellence Canadian championships with the 6th national champion crown, in the 64 kilos category.
He was able to lift 101 kg in the clean and jerk and 125 kg in the snatch, for a total of 226 kg. His final mark was 236 kilos at the Tokyo Games.
In recent months, the athlete has also completed his studies at the National Police School of Quebec in Nicolet.
He goes through the hiring process. Maude Charron insisted she would look into what she could possibly do to reconcile her life as a weightlifter and a cop.
According to information from René Levesque
Source: Radio-Canada
