Fencing: psychologically affected, Olympic champion Maxime Pauty has regained the taste for winning

On this first day of August 2021, France has just won the Olympic title in team foil, one more for tricolor fencing. In the photo, Maxime Pauty, 28, is like his comrades: happy like a kid who has just realized his lifelong dream. But behind the smile, the lack of motivation and benchmarks will lead to a negative period, with in the end a total break of three months. Back in top form, the shooter from Issy-les-Moulineaux (Hauts-de-Seine) will be one of the French assets at the Mazars Challenge International de Paris, this weekend at the Pierre-de-Coubertin stadium (Paris XVI).