2024-03-22 09:30:04
During the first six months of 2024, The world follows French sportsmen and women who will participate in the Olympic Games (from July 26 to August 11) or Paralympic Games (from August 28 to September 8) in Paris. Through reports, portraits and interviews, we tell you how they prepare for this meeting of a lifetime.
As part of this series called “Olympic Design”, you have the opportunity to interact directly with them during chats organized on Lemonde.fr.
Today we welcome Lucille Gicquel, 26 years old, the leader of the French volleyball team. Les Bleues are preparing to participate in the Games for the first time in their history – automatically qualified as representatives of the host country. Beyond the collective dimension, Lucille Gicquel is the daughter of Jean-Charles, still the French indoor high jump record holder, and the sister of Solène, who will try to qualify for the Olympic height competition.
To go deeper
- Our “Olympic Purpose” series
“Olympic design”, a sensitive and different look at the preparation of the Games
Volleyball player Lucille Gicquel, Olympic pioneer in a family of champions
Cyrille Chahboune, former commando amputee of both legs, rebuilt himself through sport
Titouan Castryck, the crack who “revolutionizes” kayaking
The final challenge for sprinter Nantenin Keïta, in search of one last Paralympic podium
On the Games basin, Titouan Castryck, kayak hopeful, tames the cold and the swirls
The long strides of Nantenin Keïta for the recognition of albinos
- “Olympic Purpose” chats
Clarisse Agbégnénou, judo champion: “The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will for sure be my last”
Nantenin Keïta, gold medalist paraathlete in Rio: “My biggest dream would be to come out of the Paris Games without regrets, and obtain a medal in full stadiums”
Rudy Gobert, Olympic basketball vice-champion and NBA star: “Getting beaten a year before the Olympics showed us what we need to improve, to come back even stronger” in Paris
- Our previous chats on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Ticketing, security, people with disabilities… Chat with Marie-Amélie Le Fur, Paralympic champion and president of the French Paralympic and Sports Committee
“The thirty days of competition must be successful, but the thirty years of heritage, that’s what motivates us,” according to Stéphane Troussel, president of the Seine-Saint-Denis department.
“Paris and Ile-de-France have a huge deficit in terms of equipment and places” to practice sport, according to Anne Hidalgo
“We don’t want to imagine the Olympic and Paralympic Games without the Ukrainians,” assures Amélie Oudéa-Castéra
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