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Journalist
After trying different sports, Thibault turned to a career as an amateur footballer. When making a choice between becoming a professional footballer and a journalist, the qualities tipped the scales to one side. Here he is now in the editorial team of 10 Sport, after a diploma obtained at the International Institute of Communication in Paris.
Already crowned best player in the world in 2021, Antoine Dupont was then rewarded for his performances at 15. But now in recent months, the Stade Toulousain player has also shown that he excels at rugby 7. Gold medalist at the Olympic Games with France, Dupont is one of the 3 nominated for the title of best rugby sevens player of the year. An appointment which, however, has difficulty going over with some.
Following the defeat of XV of France in the quarter-finals of the last World Cup, Antoine Dupont decided to make a big decision. Indeed, the French rugby star had set himself an incredible challenge: to win the gold medal at the Olympic Games in rugby 7s. For this, Dupont put aside the XV of France for a few months to focus onFrench team rugby sevens. A bet that ended up paying off since the player Toulouse Stadium was crowned Olympic champion Paris and before that, Antoine Dupont also won the Los Angeles Tournament as well as the Madrid tournamentfinal of the world rugby sevens circuit.
Dupont in the race for the title of best player in the world
Whether during these tournaments but especially at Olympic Games, Antoine Dupont was impressive. The player of XV of France has thus burst the screen, enough to claim the title of best player in the world of rugby 7 in 2024. Indeed, Dupont is one of the 3 nominated for this distinction alongside Terry Kennedy et Aaron Grandidier. But now this presence of the player Toulouse Stadium caused reactions and was criticized by more than one. Starting with the coach of theArgentina, Santiago Gomez Cora.
“I don’t agree”
Indeed, for ESPN, Santiago Gomez Cora uttered a rant concerning the presence ofAntoine Dupont among the 3 nominated for the title of best player in the world of rugby 7s in 2024, saying: “ I don't agree. He played two stages of the world tour, including one as a substitute. From the Vancouver tournament, they put him in the typical team. We started to worry. It's a lack of respect. (…) For two years, we (coaches) have no longer voted. They stopped asking us because we were voting for a player, without marketing criteria ».
