2024-05-08 12:00:09
INTERVIEW – The football legend remembers the 1992 Olympics and his secret presence as the last torchbearer.
Special envoys to Cassis
Michel Platini received Le Figaro on the port of Cassis (Bouches-du-Rhône) to evoke his memories of the Albertville Games.
LE FIGARO. – What image comes to your mind of this cauldron lit during the Winter Olympics in 1992?
Michel PLATINI. – I have three great memories of Albertville. The first is Jean-Claude Killy(triple Olympic champion in 1968 in Grenoble and organizer of the Games) who comes to the house to tell me: “Michel, you need to light the flame.» I answer him instantly: “No, it’s not my world, I don’t see what I’m doing here. I don’t know how to ski, I’ve never skated in my life, what do you want me to do at the Winter Olympics?» And there he retorts, to try to persuade me: “I want it to be you, because you are the most famous French personality in the world, I spoke to Mitterrand about it (President of the Republic at the time), he agree.” I tell him no, but he insists. With arguments…
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