By Le Figaro with AFP
Published 9 minutes ago, Updated 2 minutes ago
Amélie Oudéa-Castéra set the objectives for France at the 2024 Olympics. Jonathan Rebboah / Jonathan Rebboah / Panoramic
The Minister of Sports has set the objective of the Blues being in the Top 5 of nations next summer. Claude Onesta, boss of the French high-level, promised “exceptional results”.
The Minister of Sports and the Olympic Games, Amélie Oudéa-Castera, maintained the objective “demanding» to climb to the top 5 in the world at the Paris Olympics while Claude Onesta, boss of the French high level, promised on Friday “exceptional results» during a press conference on high-performance.
«The ambition of the top 5 is obviously demanding“, declared the minister before detailing: “It would be premature to predict a rank (more precise than the Top 5, editor’s note) for France in the medal table because many uncertainties remain.» This top 5 in the world, a goal stated for two years, means winning 16 gold medals, compared to 10 at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021, said the minister. The record for France is 15 titles at the Atlanta Olympics.
“We are going to achieve exceptional results”
Claude Onesta
Claude Onesta, boss of the French high-level, at her side, set very ambitious objectives without going back to the minister’s figures: “We will achieve exceptional results», Claude Onesta predicted. «It’s not a crazy dream“, he added.
Amélie Oudéa-Castera also spoke of France’s ambitions at the Paralympic Games, hoping there too for a future leap in the hierarchy. “The walk is considerable“because it takes 15 additional titles, she also explained, in order to join the top 5. “Doubling the number of titles and joining the Top 8 will already be an exceptional success“, did she say.
