. Direction Venice for the Dragon Pink ladies who paddle against their cancer

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The Pink Ladies team from , which brings together a dozen women affected by breast cancer, will line up on May 19 for the Vogalonga, a 32 km rowing trip in the Venice lagoon.

Angers, Lake Maine, April 11, 2024. The Pink Ladies, who train mainly at Lake Maine, will paddle in the Venice lagoon during the 48th Vogalonga, on May 19. | LAURENT COMBET


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  • Angers, Lake Maine, April 11, 2024. The Pink Ladies, who train mainly at Lake Maine, will paddle in the Venice lagoon during the 48th Vogalonga, on May 19. | LAURENT COMBET

She is the youngest of the new Dragon Pink Ladies team, the oldest being 74 years old. Only women. Sales assistant, Julie is only 38 years old and definitely not into sport. She even hated . But that was before joining, despite herself, the adapted physical activities section set up by Loïc Faivre at the Western Cancer Institute (ICO) where she was being treated for a nasty case of breast cancer. There is physical activity, of course, which helps me strengthen my muscles, but there is also this desire and this need to chat with women…

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