For those who followed him from the beginning, the Angevin remains “little Nicolas”, this kid who is as thin as he is skilled on horseback, who has been sailing among the world elite for more than twenty seasons. At forty-four years old, Nicolas Touzaint has one of the finest, if not the most impressive, records in the history of eventing in France. Expected to join the final quartet of these Paris 2024 Olympic Games, you quite naturally designated him as favorite for the individual title in a survey published on GRANDPRIX.info. A medal – the third of his career – would further consolidate his status as a great in the discipline.
The first part of this article is available here. Today a father of two children, Nicolas Touzaint manages to compartmentalize his life. His goal for the year remains the Paris Olympics, for which he is putting everything in place to be ready on the big day. “But once this event is over, head for the family vacation! Some people make the Games an ultimate goal and lose their temper if it doesn’t work. This is not my case!”, he affirms. Pragmatism has always guided his sporting choices, as during the London Olympics in 2012. “The context was very different,” he remembers. “I wasn’t aiming for an individual title, because Hildago doesn’t…
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