This Friday, July 12, the flag bearers for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games were presented. officially designated There was no more suspense. After the rumors of the last few weeks, Le Parisien assuredé as of Thursday July 11, you will have had access to the details of the vote taken. to designate the flag bearers for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, while the official designation was to take place during the 8 p.m. news on France 2 this Friday. Even the Minister of Sports Amlie Oudéa-Castera shared a tweet on Thursday evening to confirm the choice of gates -flags. The swimmer Florent Manaudou and the athlete specializing in discus throwing Mélina Robert-Michon will therefore be the two representatives brought oacute;s &agrav; carry the French flag during this ceremony Paris. Olympic champion in the 50m freestyle in London under the eyes of his sister Laure, gold medalist in the 400m freestyle 8 years earlier in Athens, Florent Manaudou also finished on the podium in Rio in 2016 and in Tokyo in 2021. He was also the first Olympic flamebearer in France, in Marseille. Mélina Robert-Michon, medalist in the discus throw at Rio is preparing to compete in its seventh Olympic Games, a record for longevity for the 44-year-old discus thrower who has once again qualified. For the Paralympic Games, wereé designated Nantenin Keïta, reigning Paralympic champion in the 400 m à the commitment, who will also compete in her fourth Olympics, and Alexis Hanquinquant, para triathlon champion, who will compete in her second Games for her part. These are the athletes of the French team, ambassador athletes, who voted to elect the pair (one woman, one man) of flag bearers for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The vote took place between the end of June and the beginning of July to allow all the candidates to officially validate their qualifications. The standard bearers were designated by electronic vote with a bailiff. Each ambassador has vote for a ranking of 3 women and 3 men with the following distribution of points: The elected pair had to be composed of the female athlete and the male athlete who collected the most points. Florent Manaudou and Mélina Robert-Michon were aheadé Earvin Ngapeth (volleyball), Enzo Lefort (fencing), Estelle Moselly (boxing) and Camille Lecointre (sailing). For the Paralympic Games, the nomination process is the same as for the Olympic Games, with a vote of the qualifiers.
What are the flag bearers called ?
The list of candidates before the nomination
The complete list of candidates to be flag bearer at the Paralympic Games
Flag bearers for the 2024 Olympics: how were Manaudou and Robert-Michon chosen ?
ByTeilor Stone
Jul 12, 2024
By Teilor Stone
Teilor Stone has been a reporter on the news desk since 2013. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining Thesaxon , Teilor Stone worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my teilor@nizhtimes.com 1-800-268-7116