“At the beginning, I simply wanted to imitate my father”: Zaccharie Risacher, the new star of French basketball

The scene takes place during the summer of 2007 in the privacy of the Pierre-de-Coubertin stadium. Upstairs, behind glass, curious people observe the session with smiles. On the floor of one of the two small annex courts, Stéphane Risacher multiplies the shots and the races. The French international (124 caps), then under contract with Murcia (Spain), took advantage of the off-season to keep in shape and rehearse his ranges in the calm of the famous Parisian hall at Porte de Saint-Cloud.

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Where he was crowned French basketball champion with PSG Racing exactly ten years earlier. At the other end of the field, a little man, as tall as three apples, tries to imitate his father. With more or less success.