2024-07-08 11:18:34
Less than three weeks before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, we know the list of those selected for the French men’s and women’s water polo teams.
The hopes of medals are high among the men who participated for the first time in their history in the World Championship semi-finals last June in Qatar (beaten by Croatia on penalties).
Coach Florian Bruzzo selected 13 players including star Thomas Vernoux, crowned the best player in the last World Cup, and his cousin Romain Marion-Vernoux. Andrea De Nardi, Denis Do Carmo, Alexis Drahe, Michal Izdinsky and Mathis Mas, however, withdrew.
The Tricolores are aiming for an Olympic medal, the first since 1928. In the first season, the Blues will meet Hungary (July 28), Japan (July 30), Australia (August 1), at the Olympic Aquatic Center in Saint -Denis Serbia (August 3) and Spain (August 5 at Paris La Défense Arena). You will have to finish among the top 4 in group B to reach the quarter-finals.
For the women, the Greek coach Theodoros Lorantos chose 13 players including, of course, the American representative who made the French Mia Rycraw and Ema Vernoux, the cousin of Thomas and Romain. Lily Vernoux, who participated in the preparation, did not hold back. Only 13th at the last Worlds in Qatar, France will have to remove themselves from a very difficult group to qualify for the quarter-finals. They will start in Spain on July 27, before facing Italy (July 29), the United States (August 2) and then Greece (August 4).
Male choice
Watch dogs: Hugo Fontani, Clément Dubois
Actors: Emil Bjorch, Michael Bodegas, Alexandre Bouet, Ugo Crousillat, Pierre-Frédéric Vanpeperstraete, Enzo Khasz, Romain Marion-Vernoux, Mehdi Marzouki, Enzo Nardon, Rémi Saudadier, Thomas Vernoux
A woman’s choice
Watch dogs: Pasiphaé Martineaud-Peret, Mia Rycraw
Actors: Lara Andres, Aurélie Battu, Camélia Bouloukbachi, Audrey Daule, Juliette Dhalluin, Louise Guillet, Orsolya Hertzka, Valentine Heurtaux, Camille Radosavljevic, Tiziana Raspo, Ema Vernoux
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