Rescued “in bad shape”: Marc Lièvremont, former coach of the French XV and USAP player, victim of a paragliding accident in Reunion

Marc Lièvremont illuminates the Top 14 matches on Canal + with its analyses. Converted consultant, the former coach of the XV of France (2007-2011) takes on the role with great talent alongside Eric Bayle every weekend.

“Strong emotions”

The Top14 on break for 15 days, international window requires (the Blues face the All Blacks this Saturday, November 16 at the Stade de France), the Catalan visibly took advantage of it to treat himself to an enchanted break on Reunion Island. A dream that almost turned into a nightmare.

This Monday, the Réunion gendarmerie published a long message on Facebook stating that Marc Lièvremont, “in a bad position on a rampart”had a paragliding accident. According to La Dépêche, “following a difficult landing, the former Biarritz Olympique player got stuck on a mountain rampart”. Fortunately, all's well that ends well for the former USAP third line who posed with the soldiers who came to his aid.

“Among the numerous interventions carried out by the gendarmes, there is one, this (Monday) morning in Saint-Joseph, Rivière des Remparts, which is part of that which marks a career. During the departure on a rescue mission for the benefit of 'a paraglider, the gendarmes of the gendarmerie aerial section (SAG) and the high mountain gendarmerie platoon (PGHM) do not imagine that they are intervening for the benefit of a rugby champion, former player and coach of the XV of France, in a bad position on a rampart, Marc Lièvremont against his will became a spectator of the alpine techniques deployed by the soldiers of the PGHM to help him. After many efforts and strong emotions, it was. It is with pleasure that the rescuers and Marc Lièvremont posed to immortalize this rescue.”.