Their presence at the Games deserved a tribute, said the Department of Maine-et-Loire. This Tuesday evening, Matéo Bohéas, Amandine Brossier, Vanina Paoletti and Nicolas Touzaint were welcomed at the Hôtel du Département by Régine Brichet, Vice-President in charge of educational and sporting success and by Gilles Grimaud, Departmental Advisor responsible for sports. The opportunity for these athletes to share their emotions and look back on their journey during these games, which were particularly marked by tremendous popular enthusiasm. Silver medal around his neck, Nicolas Touzaint, Olympic vice-champion in team eventing, spoke in particular about “the real satisfaction of having obtained this result. The Paris Games were a real obsession, because this deadline was particularly anticipated. » Amandine Brossier, who participated in the mixed and women’s 4 x 400 m relays with two fifth places, putting her side forward “the very strong moments of sharing between the athletes and with the public, whether French or from much further afield. » Vanina Paoletti, fifth in the B final of the K2 500 m with her teammate Manon Hostens, will remember first “a moment that will remain forever engraved in his memory and the fact of having participated in the Games organized in France in front of an exceptional audience. » Finally, to close the evening, Matéo Bohéas, bronze medalist at the Paralympic Games in table tennis in the MS 10 category, returned to “the incredible atmosphere at the different events and the communion between the athletes and the public with organizers who lived up to the event. » After the successful passage of the Olympic flame in Anjou on May 28, this tribute sequence closed a year rich in emotions and memories! Note that other athletes from the territory participated in this French edition of the JOP, but they did not appear in the list of Team Anjou, the athletes supported by the Department of Maine-et-Loire, like Cadre Noir rider Pauline Basquin and Ciara Zenati, who competed in para-dressage.
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