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The Blues star and his teammates will not celebrate the start of the Olympics on the Seine. They must play their first group match the next day in Lille.
The French basketball team and its superstar Victor Wembanyama will not be present on the Seine during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games on July 26.
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The Blues play their first match of the competition the next day, July 27, at 5:15 p.m. in Lille, venue of the group stage. In order to better prepare their players, the Blues staff preferred not to participate in the opening party in Paris, manager Boris Diaw indicated this Thursday, June 27 to RMC Sport.
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Millions of viewers will not see young prodigy and NBA player Victor Wembanyama sailing on the Seine with the other members of the French delegation.
Coach Vincent Collet also had a word regarding the state of mind of the 2m24 player during the press conference. “Victor is very focused and mobilized. We were able to talk with him, he is focused on the competition and impatient to start preparing,” he declared.
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The Blues’ qualifying phase in Lille will take place in the form of three matches. They will face Japan, Germany and the winner of the Olympic qualifying tournament which will take place in early July.
