Flag bearers for the 2024 Olympics: Manaudou and Robert-Michon elected, how were they appointed ?

This Friday, July 12, the flag bearers for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games were presented. designated

There was no more suspense. After the rumors of recent weeks, Le Parisien assured that it 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. The swimmer Florent Manaudou and the athlete The discus throwing specialist M&lina Robert-Michon will therefore be the two representatives brought to the event. carry the French flag during this ceremony Paris.

Olympic champion in the 50 meter freestyle à London under the eyes of her sister Laure, gold medalist in the 400m freestyle 8 years earlier Athens, Florent Manaudou also finished on the podium &agrav; Rio in 2016 and à Tokyo in 2021. It has also been hosted by Tokyo in 2021. the first bearer of the Olympic flame in France, à Marseille. Mélina Robert-Michon,  medalist in the discus throw Rio, getting ready to travel to compete in his seventh Olympic Games, a long-lived record. for the discobole aged 44 and once again qualified.

What are the flag bearers called ?

All athlete ambassadors will vote to elect the pair (one woman, one man) of flag bearers. 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.

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Each ambassador must vote for a ranking of 3 women and 3 men with the following distribution of points:

• Athlete #1 – 3 points
• Athlete #2 – 2 points
• Athlete n°3 – 1 point

The elected pair will be made up 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).

Two athletes must, on their side  été selected to be flag bearers for the Paralympic Games. The nomination process is the same as for the Olympic Games, with a vote of those qualified. The two names selected for the Olympic Games and those for the Paralympic Games must still be officially confirmed by the CNOSF following the French news on Friday July 12.

The list of candidates before the nomination

• Jean-Baptiste Bernaz (veil)
• Charlotte Bonnet (swimming)
• Romane Dicko (judo)
• Laëtitia Guapo (basketball)
• Renaud Lavillenie (athletics)
• Camille Lecointre (veil)
• Enzo Lefort (fencing)
• Florent Manaudou (swimming)
• Estelle Mossely (boxing)
• Earvin Ngapeth (volleyball)
• Sofiane Oumiha (boxing)
• Pauline Ranvier (fencing)
• Wendie Renard (football)
• Mélina Robert-Michon (athletics)

The complete list of candidates to be flag bearer at the Paralympic Games

• Nélia Barbosa (para canoë)
• Alexis Hanquinquant (para triathlon)
• Nantenin Keita (para athletics)
• David Smetanine (para swimming)