Tokyo Olympics: eight of the French medals obtained by team

The team, it relieves them after a fall, gives them strength in the suffering of the last few meters, courage before facing their destiny. This summer, she is the queen of Tokyo. Five out of twenty-one medals, two of which were gold, were won collectively. A look at her teammates when everything is bad. Thursday, the foil players are back 12 points behind and overturn their semi-final. Upon arrival, the team took the silver medal. “I am so proud to have them as teammates, to know that they will be able to continue to represent the ladies foil. I wish them the best. I know that you will go for the gold one day “, is delighted, in tears, Astrid Guyart, Olympic vice-champion of foil by team.

It might seem paradoxical: doing an individual sport for others. Triathletes have also made it their strength. “I was all the more stressed precisely because there were friends and also we cannot necessarily control what they do too. So there you have it, if there is something a little more stressful and inevitably, I think we also transcend ourselves more ”, underlines Cassandre Beaugrand, bronze medalist in the mixed relay triathlon. An extra soul for a first Olympic medal in the history of French triathlon.

Become one with the team until you forget the frustration. Against the Japanese, only five judokas out of eleven fought, but all won. “Even those who weren’t necessarily on the mat were there to cheer on the mates. We were a united team, that’s what made us win here in Japan “, specifies Amandine Buchard, gold medalist in mixed team judo. For life, these champions are bound by their victory and all their memories.