2024-09-05 22:40:33
They have been laying for three days. With this fear in my stomach, ignorance and shame, of zero places at home. The medal was awarded to Brianna Vidé on Tuesday during the individual saber event. This time, he did not escape the experienced foilists of the French cycling team.
Thursday September 5, Maxime Valet, Ludovic Lemoine and Damien Tokatlian – with Yohan Peter as a replacement – won the bronze medal against Italy at the end of a game whose result came out during the last rematch (45 -36). The fallen crest eyes of a few days ago may finally give way to bright smiles.
“This medal is sweet”enjoy Shortly after the match Ludovic Lemoine and his colleagues. For three men, this bronze. “Here in the Grand Palais, with this audience”worth of gold. “Every now and then, we all feel sad. The group was a bit rough, you must admit. So to finish like that, against Italy, at home… This medal is very, very beautiful”receive Maxime Valet who, like his two comrades in arms, will leave saber and foil after the Games.
The victory even brought a few tears to exercise master Jean-Loup Boulanger. “The Italians are stronger than us, we have never beaten them in three years of preparation. It goes to show that there is no mountain he cannot cross.”support the national coach.
“The taste of shared competition”
France has its new Everest of exercise. Euphoric, Maxime Valet returns to the important moment of the game, when entering the final movements. France then had 28 to 30 touches. “We know that the Italians, if we catch them, at some point everyone will make the difference. »
The prophecy has come true. Dr. Valet – a native of Toulouse is a sports doctor when he is not on the track – made short work of young Michele Massa (7-2), and crossed the pole with three touches in advance (35 -32) to Ludovic Lemoine. Who, in difficulty every day, finally seems to have found his workout (40-35) against Matteo Betti.
End of the team, Damien Tokatlian did not tremble against Emmanuele Lambertini. Five touches to one, the matter is settled. “In the group event, the judgment of the peace is made in the final amendments. The first six are used only to write the last three”explains the oldest member of the team (54 years old), who has always shown the way to his partners, even in defeat, early in the day, against the British – finally the Paralympic Championships against China .
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