At 21, Yan Chesnel has in front of him, every day, two of the best possible models in Olympic sprint (25m pistol). He who has been training for two years in Allauch (Bouches-du-Rhône), alongside the 2021 Olympic champion Jean Quiquampoix, and Clément Bessaguet, world number one in 2023 and 2024, is increasingly following in their wake: he has won his first individual medal in a major championship.