Florent Manaudou takes stock of his career and explains why he's been having a “difficult” time lately

Florent Manaudou, multiple Olympic medalist, is going through a delicate transition period after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. At 33, the swimmer, who shone one last time in the La Défense Arena swimming pool, confides in the difficulty of turning the page .

Flag bearer of the French delegation, Florent Manaudou marked the Paris 2024 Games by winning two bronze medals, in the 50m freestyle and the 4x100m medley relay. With our colleagues from TVMonacohe claims to have fond memories of the ceremony: “We were two standard bearers, it was cool. The rain, Celine Dion singing, there was a side of Parisian melodrama. It added beauty.“However, despite these strong moments, the swimmer admits to experiencing a period of intense nostalgia since the end of the competition:”Things are a little better than a few weeks, a few months ago… There are a bit of mood fluctuations and that's part of the game. It's not too much of a problem.”

Florent Manaudou in a bad situation since the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics?

Florent Manaudou talks about the post-Olympic period: “I have a double thing, I think, which is that I will relive more Olympic Games. Los Angeles is a bit far. I must mourn Paris, which was incredible, but also a little mourning for my career.“He also talks about the difficulty of finding oneself after experiencing such a competition:”What's hard is having this carrot every morning for seven years, and from one day to the next, it's over, having experienced an extraordinary Olympic Games (…) It was flawless, and as a result, it adds an even more difficult side afterwards, because we want to relive emotions like that and we know that we won't relive them. We look at the images and we cry while looking at them…“

Florent Manaudou explains why he does not plan to participate in the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 2028

Although he plans to swim again, he rules out participating in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics: “I would like to do one more year, but I won't do four years.” The swimmer also made an important decision in his career. In fact, a few weeks ago, he gave up the short course world championships. He explains that he now wants to stay true to his desires: “I didn't want to do them. I don't want to force myself to swim. Let it be automatic.”