No doubt, given the beauty of the medals at these Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which contain a piece of the Eiffel Tower, as manyFrench athletes as possible want to keep them at home! This promises to be an arduous task, given the competing nations, such as China, the USA or England, who are often ahead of us in the rankings. But at least our French athletes did much better than in Tokyo, where only 33 medals were won, and that's something to be proud of!
Home games encourage athletes to outdo themselves, cheered on by their fellow citizens, in historic venues they know well. Technically speaking, it has become impossible to beat France's medal record of 1900, when our ancestors brought home 102 medals! A huge figure, but not a benchmark, with the first home Olympics and, above all, 60% of the athletes taking part being French.
With 43 medals, our best performance in the modern era, Beijing 2008 already seemed more attainable! With 571 athletes in top form, it seemed entirely achievable. It's now a reality, as on Sunday August 4, foil brought home a 44th medal! It's enough to set a new standard for future Olympiads, especially as the competition is far from over - we could end up with around fifty medals!
And why not surpass the record (outside 1900) of 15 gold medals from the 1996 Atlanta Games? We're at 12 medals, not far off...
Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: what are France's medal chances?
At the Tokyo Paralympics, France came fourteenth with 54 medals, eleven of them gold. Can it do better on home soil at the Paris 2024 Games? [Read more]
Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: what are France's medal chances?
