Fatigue, it is certain, will win out this time. As the musical notes seem to fade into the distance, his eyes slowly close. His head, heavy as ever, is about to tip forward. Her body gives up, and we are surprised that it has held on until then.
However, the miracle happens. As if by magic, Christelle de Franceschi’s hands continue to dance on the two keyboards of her accordion. This 57-year-old from Valence achieved her incredible challenge: playing her instrument for almost 87 hours straight. A deliciously absurd performance which concluded on Friday evening, at 8:01 p.m., allowing him to enter the “Guinness World Records” to join the 1001 cheese pizza of Lyonnais Benoît Bruel, or the gathering of 3076 Smurfs organized by the Breton town of Landerneau.
Dideas to Paul Seixas
For almost four days and as many nights, we suffered with Christelle in front of her YouTube live stream. This record was a lesson in resistance. It was this scene set in the middle of an almost deserted square in Tulle. It was this loop of 90 songs played endlessly, these pee breaks lasting a few minutes, a crazy hip swing à la 71e hour. It was Loli, it was Lolo, it was Lola. Of suffering and grace. It was revenge, above all, on the Slovenian Robert Goter, who had stolen his previous record last May. Christelle didn’t like it and took out her sheet music, her blanket and her cooler just as dry, to take back her belongings.
France hitting Slovenia? This could give ideas to Paul Seixas who will try to grab Tadej Pogacar’s rainbow jersey this Sunday, during the Cycling Worlds. If the tricolor prodigy manages to succeed “Pogi”, forfeited following his fall at the Vuelta, I am sure that Christelle will remove her hands from the ice tray and stand up proudly, with or without ibuprofen, to play us a Marseillaise.
