He has just won two sublime gold medals, those of the Champions Cup and the Top 14 with Toulouse, but he would like to glean a third. This summer, Antoine Dupont will participate in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with the French rugby sevens team. Just crowned in the championship with Stade Toulouse against UBB (59-3), this Friday evening, the scrum half will quickly move on.
Before the Top 14 final, Antoine Dupont had warned: “I will still have a few days to unwind before diving back into the next objective, which will be just as immense.” Between the preparation for the 2023 World Cup and the Paris Games, the Frenchman will have been mobilized for a full year.
“There is a whole program that was carried out a little tailor-made for Antoine,” said his manager in Toulouse, Ugo Mola. We managed, working hand in hand with the bosses of 7, so that he had the necessary recovery and preparation. » The scrum half will therefore be able to rest a few days before the announcement of the Olympic group, scheduled for July 8.
A little vacation before the Olympic gold rush
The members of the French rugby 7s team will begin their training camp the following day at the Capbreton municipal stadium. Before heading to the national rugby center in Marcoussis, with a day open to the public on Wednesday, July 17, a week before the Blues enter the Olympic Games for a tournament whose final is scheduled for July 27.
Antoine Dupont had given up playing the Six Nations Tournament with the French XV in order to familiarize himself with rugby 7s. His first steps in the discipline quickly convinced all observers. “What he forgot to tell you is that he has never had so many holidays,” joked Ugo Mola on this subject.
