In France } Portrait of a very Young Gay French Pentathlete

It was published recently a sensitive but rather interesting interview of an athlete FSGL, the pentathlete Florian Bou:

[Translation Google]  Gaygamesblog.blogspot.com
Born in Narbonne, from the South-West where he spent his tray, Florian Bou (almost twenty-one) has almost always been the sport. Specializing in swimming, he chose the pentathlon for which he trained extensively at the Institute of Sport, expertise and performance (Insep) where it is perfectly integrated.Can you explain what the pentathlon?It is a discipline invented by Baron de Coubertin, the Olympics of 1912. These are military sports at the base, since the army had to swim, run, ride horses, fight with sword and revolver, from which the five pentathlon events: fencing, swimming, horseback riding, shooting and running. This also explains that the girls have built this sport at the Olympics until very late in 2000.What are the main sporting representative of the sport?Sebastien Deleigne, double world champion, five times European champion (he was my coach in Font-Romeu), and girls Amelie Caze.A word about the Insep?This is the great school athletes for individual sports represented at the Olympics. It's like living on a university campus, in isolation, but life is not unpleasant.You come from a family of athletes?Yes, my grandfather was in France's rugby team, my father was part of the France team junior swimming, my brother and I did both. When in college, we had to make a choice, I chose him for swimming and rugby.How did you become a pentathlete?A coach saw me pentathlon swimming came to ask me if I wanted to integrate its pole. This was the period when I was a little tired to swim all the time. I passed the tests and was accepted. But it's difficult because it takes much practice and in five disciplines.An example: horse riding. You had done? We had to put you there?Quite simply, I had only to swim! We had to familiarize myself with the other four sports. The hardest part was running because I was not a good runner, and more at the time, I was overweight and I had to run at altitude, I have suffered! In fairness, I was not afraid of falling and I quickly progressed.Fencing is the tactics, I liked it immediately. And the shooting is asked me any problems.You can tailor your workouts?Yes, I have specialized training. That's how I make just under where I was swimming pretty good and more running or I have to improve my performance.What are your upcoming competitions?I prepare the next European Championships taking place in Poland. After Poland, it will be in February in Budapest for a competition among French athletes to select the first four that will go on the World Cup. There will be a total of four World Cups that will allow you to select the thirty-six athletes (all countries) who will leave the Olympics for the pentathlon event. There, it gets serious!What is that you get good results?It is to my opponents, my fitness and my mental. We can not be on top all the time. I did my best performance in 2010 was world champion in pentathlon relay and third in the championship of France all categories. This year was harder, because we have an excellent team pentathlon junior in France, making the competition more difficult.You do not just  do sports?No, I'm in parallel studies at the Centre for training and development of journalists. I alternate courses and training. The schedule is 8:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the best case!Given all these constraints, how easy is it to have an ongoing relationship?Not at all! Yet I have tried several times ... I finished the training later, I'm tired, it's hard to show off to see someone (knowing that they can not receive the Insep). I am not very available, including the weekend ... then a boyfriend who is willing to stay a month without seeing you, it's not possible!