Champion performs a somersault on the Eiffel Tower, 130 meters above ground
Last Sunday, in an interview with French sports daily L'Equipe, Emmanuel Nasshana recounted a unique experience. On November 20, the parkour champion achieved a real feat: a side flip on the Eiffel Tower.
He was perched 130 meters above the ground, without any safety net; a performance that earned the athlete a few cold sweats, and required “the most energy, the most patience, the most mental, the most everything,” confides Emmanuel Nasshana on his Instagram account. “You have to be really perfectly aligned mind/body and focused on every movement. Otherwise, it's death,” the young champion stressed to L'Equipe.
For the past 7 years, Emmanuel Nasshana has been practicing parkour, a street discipline that is now considered a sport in its own right. In competition, it's strictly supervised, reports 20 minutes. Outside competitions, unauthorized jumps in public places are forbidden by law. The young athlete is therefore risking a lot. “They'll probably take us to court,” says Nasshana.
But regrets are not the order of the day: “I really wanted to find something that challenged me. I saw the Eiffel Tower and thought: It would be so crazy to do something there,” he confides.
(MH with AsD - Source: 20 minutes - Illustration: Unsplash)