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Athletics: Frenchman Sasha Zhoya postpones his return to the Melbourne Meeting

Hurdler Sasha Zhoya, 6th and best Frenchman at the world championships in Budapest last summer, preferred to postpone his return by not participating in the meeting in Melbourne (Australia) on Thursday due to discomfort felt during the warm-up.

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Athletics: Frenchman Sasha Zhoya postpones his return to the Melbourne Meeting

Hurdler Sasha Zhoya, 6th and best Frenchman at the world championships in Budapest last summer, preferred to postpone his return by not participating in the meeting in Melbourne (Australia) on Thursday due to discomfort felt during the warm-up.

“Disappointed not to be able to start today (Thursday),” he wrote on Instagram. “No injury, but precaution,” he added. The 110m hurdles in Melbourne, in the middle of the southern summer, was to be his comeback race.

The 21-year-old Franco-Australian, born in Australia but who represents France in competition, decided not to do an indoor season to instead line up directly in 110 meter hurdles, the summer distance, with the Paris Olympic Games as a central objective.

“The gym and the 60m hurdles don't really interest me, the 110m hurdles is the Olympic event, I need experience, to multiply these races,” he recently explained to the 'AFP.

“Starting the summer season so early is rare for a French person but, for me, as an Australian, I was used to it,” he added. He must race again at the beginning of March in Canberra before returning to France in mid-March to continue his summer preparation.

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