Engaged with the French Olympic rugby sevens team, Antoine Dupont is enjoying the first part of his summer program.
The vacation will be short for Antoine Dupont, finalist of the
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14 with Stade Toulousain next Friday in Marseille against UBB. From July 24 – two days before the opening ceremony – the scrum half will be on deck in Paris with the French Olympic rugby sevens team.
This Sunday, Word Rugby carried out the draw for the first phase of the tournament which will be held at the Stade de France. With a nice program in perspective for the Blues: Fiji, reigning double Olympic champions, but also the United States and Uruguay.
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To make their way to at least the quarter-finals, the 7th tricolor will therefore have to fight from the start. “ I needed something new, fresh and above all to get out of my comfort zone. The idea of participating in the Olympic Games, in Paris, in rugby sevens came naturallyAntoine Dupont languished recently. This adventure is, for me, a breath of fresh air, even if on a physical level it is extremely demanding. »
Among the women, whose tournament will begin on July 28, the Blue, Olympic vice-champions in Tokyo in 2021, are also determined on their fate. The United States, Japan and Brazil are on the menu for the first round, for a place in the quarters there too.
