NARRATIVE – After a season far from the podiums, the five-time Olympic medalist in 2022 has a tenfold desire.
The five Olympic medals from the Beijing Games hanging on the left shoulder (i.e. 2.6 kg), Quentin Fillon Maillet strikes a pose. Shirtless, in a T-shirt, in a shirt. Standing, sitting. Sparkling eyes light up the shots from a focused but relaxed photoshoot on May 15 at the Harcourt studio in the 16e arrondissement of Paris, highlight of a morning launched by a 45-minute jog in the streets of the capital. Just for the sake of effort. Click-clack, it’s in the box: “Photography, we do a lot of it in competition but without taking the time to pose. In the studio, it changes natural settings. And there is a charitable aspect (a book for the benefit of the association Le Sport a du cœur, read below), it’s perfect.»
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