Tom Lecomte
Tom Lecomte. If this name doesn't mean anything to you, it's because you missed one of the most beautiful examples of resilience and courage. More than promising, winner of the 70.3 of Lanzarote and the XL of Gérardmer, French Duathlon Champion in 2018, Tom had to put his career on hold since 2019 before returning to the world of High Level in 2022. We were touched by his journey and more than once surprised by his strength, his joy of life and his fighting spirit.
We are happy to see him officially join the Team Athlete Triathlon Store. For the occasion, we went to meet him.
Riding the SOLO was a no-brainer
This bike has a crazy character! It keeps asking for more. I just christened it during my internship in Lanzarote, no doubts, it is good in all situations: on the flat, in the wind and in the passes, in short the versatile bike!
And..it is beautiful and above all...matches my "laughing" shoes.
We started working with Tom at the beginning of 2022 with Maurten. We were happy with the work done together, the feedback and we subsequently offered him a global Triathlon Store partnership. This project made sense to us, our brand equips triathletes from head to toe, it was the logical next step. Tom signed at the beginning of July, 2 weeks before the accident.
We followed his entire rehabilitation, little step by little step and today our greatest satisfaction is there: Tom is back on a bike, he is enjoying himself again.
Of course, at this stage, we are not talking about High Level, but what he transmits to us means much more. We were touched by his resilience and his selflessness and finally today the only thing we can say is that we are proud to be at his side and to accompany him.
I think today that supporting an athlete involves much more than a contract, equipment or even funding. The most important thing for me is that they transmit emotions to us, that they make us vibrate, our teams but also all the practitioners that we meet every day.
What Tom experienced with this second serious accident is a real obstacle in life to overcome, and on our scale, we will support him and accompany him in his future projects.