Par Bernard Peyré
Published on Apr 10, 24 at 7:50 p.m. See my news Follow Le Républicain Sud-Gironde
Geneviève Pairoux-Lagardère, 11 Paralympic medals in swimming between 1984 and 2008, and Yves Durand Saint-Omer (101 years old), former coach of Colette Besson, Olympic 400m champion in 1968 in Mexico, chaired the “Make your bets” event on Wednesday April 10, 2024 afternoon in Langon (Gironde).
As a prelude to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, 17 Olympic disciplines were represented on the Durros sports field. The Langon sports clubs offered initiations to young people.
The day began with an opening ceremony, like at the Olympic Games, with a parade of young athletes where the 5 communities of communes of South-Gironde symbolized the five Olympic rings, with, each, eight young able-bodied and disabled people. .
It’s a great honor to be here. When I heard the Olympic anthem, I felt like I was there again!
Geneviève Pairoux-Lagardère, Paralympic champion
Paralympic swimming champion, Geneviève Pairoux-Lagardère, lives in Gradignan. She is “impatient to supporting French athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and other countries. »
The parade of young athletes. ©Le Républicain Sud-Gironde-Bernard Peyré The Olympic parade on the Durros synthetic field. ©Le Républicain Sud-Gironde-Bernard Peyré The rowing workshop at Sport Nautique Langonnais. ©Le Républicain Sud-Gironde-Bernard Peyré The judo workshop with the Langonnais Judo Club. ©Le Républicain Sud-Gironde-Bernard Peyré The climbing workshop with the Duros Escalade club. ©Le Républicain Sud-Gironde-Bernard Peyré
“I hope we will win lots of medals! »
She adds: “I’m going there for five days, with my family, to support swimmer Léo Marchand, for rugby, skateboarding and fencing. I hope we will win lots of medals! »
Yves Durand Saint-Omer, 101 years old, former coach of Olympic champion Colette Besson. ©Le Républicain Sud-Gironde-Bernard Peyré
For trainer Yves Durand Saint-Omer, 101 years old, who now lives in Lesparre-Médoc, returning to Langon, where he was a physical education teacher for many years and coach of Colette Besson, brings back lots of memories… and friends, former students, former teachers.
“I have lots of memories here! »
“I taught at the Langon learning center and college,” he says. I have lots of memories here! I was a physical education teacher at the Royan college in Charente-Maritime. I discovered Colette at the Goélands Sports Association and became her trainer. In 1967, I coached the athletics section of the BEC in Bordeaux and I was a middle school teacher in Langon. Colette was a sports teacher from 1967 to 1977 at La Réole college and I hosted her at my house. »
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“You have marked the history of the city”
The mayor of Langon paid tribute “to this 101-year-old young man, long involved in sports in our city where he was a sports teacher and coach of Colette Besson, Olympic 400m champion. You have marked the history of the city. You were demanding on the slopes, but high-level sport requires this requirement. We will soon renovate the Colette Besson athletics track and you will be invited. »
Questioned about this invitation, Yves Durand Saint-Omer responded to Republican : “If I’m still here, yes of course! “.
On June 15 in La Réole and July 3 in Sauveterre-de-Guyenne, two similar Olympic days will be organized with the Department of Gironde.
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