By Léa Mabilon
Published
5 hours ago,
updated at 5:38 p.m.
MATTHIEU RONDEL / AFP
This Saturday took place the rugby match between France and New Zealand. An opportunity that the swimmer and Olympic gold medalist did not miss, even passing through the French players' locker room after their victory.
“Weird multiverse. Usually, it’s Léon Marchand in a jersey and everyone around him dressed,” writes an internet user, in disbelief, under the photo of Léon Marchand and Antoine Dupont, shared this Sunday by the official X account of the team France rugby. Captured the day after the match between the Blues and New Zealand, the image shows the swimmer and Olympic champion, in a tracksuit and cap, laughing alongside the rugby player, also very popular, dressed in a white shorts, revealing his bare torso, therefore, and his bulging biceps. An image taken in the stands of the Stade de France, where the match was played. Note that the publication was immediately reposted by the 22-year-old swimmer, captioning his post with a gif of Popeye, a fictional character renowned for his audacious musculature, and an obvious nod to his friend Antoine Dupont.
“I think you are the only one to have had your name chanted at the Stade de France during a rugby match… Zizou, maybe…”, also recalled an Internet user. Indeed, Léon Marchand, who made the French dream during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by winning 5 medals, including 4 gold medals, was acclaimed by the crowd while he was in the stands as a spectator . “And the stadium that shouted Léon,” remembers a second user. “Too much flow”, “so there… This photo is magnificent”, added other fans in the comments.
Two creative and innovative minds
Because Antoine Dupont also made an impression during the Paris Olympics by winning the title of Olympic champion with his team. If he was already a star in his field, his performance in the competition nevertheless propelled his notoriety, in the same way as Léon Marchand. “We are both young, we have a lot of ambition and we are quite creative in what we do. I think Antoine is innovative in what he does every day on the field, we see it, and I'm the same, I try to do things that people haven't done before (. ..) There is nothing stopping us, we are confident,” the swimmer explained about their intimate relationship on the microphone of the “Louis Vuitton” podcast [Extended]», under the leadership of Loïc Prigent. Something to make France proud.
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