A few months ago, Emmanuel Macron set the medal target for the Blues at 80. During his interview with BFMTV on Monday, the Head of State adjusted his approach: between 40 and 50 charms and above all a return to the top countries in terms of gold medals. Is this objective sustainable? The response of Jean-Julien Ezvanjournalist in the sports department of Figaro :
“During its Olympics, the French team will chase several objectives: regain the top 5 of the medal table left since the last century (1996) and erase its post-war records: 43 medals (in Beijing in 2008) and 15 gold medals (in Atlanta in 1996). All this, three years after a mixed campaign in Tokyo (33 medals, including 10 gold, worst record since the Barcelona Games in 1992: 29 medals, including 8 gold). Featuring solid headliners (Léon Marchand, Teddy Riner, Clarisse Agbégnénou, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, etc.), supported by a team dynamic that has been in place for many months, taking advantage of the desire of the expected stars (Antoine Dupont, Kylian Mbappé…), without forgetting the incomparable advantage of playing at home (especially after two Olympics behind closed doors, Tokyo 2021 and Beijing 2022), the French team has everything (from cycling to skateboarding, from judo to triathlon, from sailing to fencing, from boxing to modern pentathlon, from wrestling to shooting, from rowing to gymnastics without forgetting team sports…) to achieve the objective set by its first supporter, Emmanuel Macron.
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