2024-08-06 10:00:49
With two medals and a resounding success at Les Invalides, French Archery concludes the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on a high note.
Golden Week won silver and bronze medals. On the Invalides side, French archery is undoubtedly having its best Olympics in a long time. Thanks to Jean-Charles Valadon, Thomas Chiro and Baptiste Addis, Les Bleus won their first Olympic medal in the team’s history. A few days later, Lisa Barbelin won individual silver and bronze medals.
“The overall balance sheet is very interesting, there are team medals and individual medals””, confirmed Benoît Binon, national technical director of the French Archery Federation. “In addition to these medals, this Olympics is a great victory for France because we have never had so many archers competing in so many competitions. It shows The entire team was well prepared and able to attend this meeting. »
Baptiste Addis, new headlines
Even more interesting is the fact that French archery has become the focus of public attention. In addition to Lisa Barberin, the public also discovered Baptiste Addis. At just 17 years old, the young archer wowed thousands of spectators and millions of TV viewers in both team and individual events, reaching the quarter-finals at his first Olympics.
“After all these years of preparation, the French team has achieved a good result. They have all shown themselves worthy of this event and everyone can be proud of what they have done”stressed DTN, delighted with the popular success of Les Invalides. “I believe that our best assessment of these performances is the support given to France and other national teams by all the supporters present who allowed us to have a very strong emotional intensity. This is a success for French archery and probably Success in the entire sport of archery »
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