His medals and his talent are easily recognized by everyone, his face too. And yet, on a fresco drawn in honor of Marie-José Perec in Cossé-le-Vivien, a town in Mayenne, it is difficult to perceive the resemblance with the multiple Olympic medalist. The triple gold medalist, visiting the city last week, was entitled to a little wink… missed on a wall of the clubhouse of the local athletics association.
If the artist Maxine Dunas reproduced a photo of “Marie-Jo” during the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996, the latter recognizes a small “hitch” in the execution due to “some technical complications” on a surface “ not so big.” “I immediately felt that compared to the initial photo, there was not a total resemblance to the face, that’s for sure,” confides the artist at the microphone of France Bleu. There it is, it happens. I don't claim to have oversized talent or an ego, much less. So, I take criticism, I listen. »
The Laval graffiti artist takes the matter with humor, especially since Marie-José Pérec, the last torch bearer during the last Paris Olympics, would have appreciated the production according to the mayor of Cossé-le-Vivien Christophe Langouët. As far as residents are concerned, this is causing a bit of chatter. “He looks like a man,” the Cosseans are moved. It deserves to be clear…
