It is this Friday, July 12, that the names of France's flag bearers for the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympic Games will be officially announced. Two names are already circulating…
The opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is getting closer. It will take place on Friday July 26 and, à two weeks before the big meeting, the names of the standard bearers of the French Olympic team must be revealed this Friday 12 July as part of the 8 p.m. news on France 2.
There was little suspense, however, since two names that were already circulating before among the favorites for several weeks have beené slipped Thursday July 11 by Le Parisien which claims to have had access to the details of the vote taken. by athletes qualified for the Games via electronic voting. This took place very quickly. this week, July 9 and 10.
According to the newspaper, the swimmer Florent Manaudou and the athlete specializing in discus throwing Mélina Robert-Michon will be the two representatives brought to ;agrave; carry the French flag during this ceremony Paris. As a reminder, the host country is normally the last one to arrive. parade in the Olympic stadium but the holding of the ceremony this time planned on the Seine will perhaps revise the historic protocol.
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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. Mélina Robert-Michon, also a 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.
Florent Manaudou and Mélina Robert-Michon were visibly ahead of the rest. Earvin Ngapeth (volleyball), Enzo Lefort (fencing), Estelle Moselly (boxing) or 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 complete list of candidates to be flag bearer at the Olympic Games
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)
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