Pierre Ambroise Bosse, French 800m record holder, announced this Tuesday that he was ending his career due to his numerous physical problems. World champion in London in 2017, Pierre-Ambroise Bosse was also five times French champion.
French athlete Pierre-Ambroise Bosse, 800m world champion in 2017, announced to the newspaper on Tuesday The Team that he was ending his career due to physical problems, seven months before the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris (July 26 – August 11). The 31-year-old French 800m record holder, operated on a year ago for a tendon in his right thigh, experienced a recurrence and had to stop last April.
“I no longer enjoy athletics”
“After the operation, my hamstrings should have gotten better, it had given me a boost of energy, hope, desire, but this recurrence broke this dynamic,” the athlete declared to the sports daily. “I’ve tried to get back on track these last few months. I went to Arcos de Valdevez in Portugal twice for three weeks where my parents have a house. I started swimming every day, I made a lot of progress. And I “I tried to go for a run, but I quickly felt pain when I accelerated a little,” he continued.
“I no longer enjoy athletics. There is something unhealthy in this tendon, it is no longer in the game. The days go by, the Games are coming and at this rate, I will never be there” , regrets the Frenchman. World champion in London in 2017, Pierre-Ambroise Bosse was also five times French champion. He placed third at the French Championships in 2022, after finishing sixth at the European Indoor Championships in 2021 in Torun, Poland. His last competition dates back to July 2022 at the Nancy meeting.