Bordeaux: World 800m champion Pierre-Ambroise Bosse sustained ‘multiple facial fractures’ after a vicious late-night attack in the southwest Gironde region of France last weekend.
Bosse, 25, said on his FB page Thursday that he was the ‘victim of a violent attack’ while on holiday and had been ‘brutally assaulted by three individuals’. He stated he had suffered ‘unspeakable psychological damage’ as a result of the incident and had been forced to put an early end to his season. “Me who has always loved people, I love three less of them today,” Bosse wrote.
A police investigation is continuing after a complaint was filed, with authorities still on the hunt for the assailants. However, a source claimed that one man ‘with a history of violence has been arrested’.
According to the website of the ‘Sud Ouest’ newspaper, the attack occurred at around 4:00am Sunday morning in the car park of the Gujan-Mestras casino.
Bosse had reportedly spent the night out with friends when he was approached by the three people, posing for a photo alongside them before events turned sour.
At the World Championship in London earlier this month Bosse produced a stunning burst with 150m to go to give France their first-ever gold in the 800m.
Agence France-Presse