The star rugby player has been chosen to lead the Blues in the closing show of the Paris Olympics this Sunday, August 11, at the Stade de France.
“Leading the delegation tonight to the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Antoine Dupont will be our two tricolor flag bearers!”
It was with these words that the official announcement came this Sunday, August 11 in the morning, a few hours before the closing show of the Olympic Games, at the Stade de France. The delegation of French athletes will be led by two participants of the Games, who won gold.
Will they lead the delegation tonight to the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Antoine Dupont will be our two tricolor flag bearers?? pic.twitter.com/G33IBTCjmI
— Team France (@EquipeFRA) August 11, 2024
Cyclist Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, 32, won a gold medal in cross-country mountain biking. Finally! After several Olympic failures, she managed to win this Holy Grail at home, in front of 15,000 people and with immense emotion. In three appearances, in London (26th), Rio (withdrawal) and Tokyo (10th), she had never managed to win a single medal despite dominating the discipline for a decade.
His partner this Sunday, and after the first beams converged on Léon Marchand, will be Antoine Dupont. Rugby union stars Haut-Pyrénées successfully progressed to the 7s, winning gold at the Stade de France at the end of the Olympic tournament. Together with his France 7 teammates, he brought France its first gold medal.
The organizers thus highlight the individual performances as well as the collective performances. The closing ceremony of the Olympic Games can be watched live with commentary ladepeche.fr.