Every Saturday until the Games, we invite you to meet one of our favorites for Paris 2024. The idea is to introduce you to athletes, to follow them as closely as possible in their preparation and to support them as long as possible in their Olympic dream.
“And so, will things go well for the Olympics? » A question, even the most benevolent one, sometimes has the power to become irritating in the long run. “I understand that people ask me, but it annoys me a little when she even invites herself into my family,” says Séraphine Okemba. I don’t want us to just talk about that. » From this November 7 in Marcoussis (Essonne). From this training match between rugby sevens specialists against Poland. And this right shoulder which gives way on an impact, ball in hand.
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“I felt like I had something, and I asked to go out,” says the Tokyo Olympics silver medalist. I wanted to be in denial, but I knew that wasn’t normal. I fractured a rib and dislocated my collarbone backwards, which is quite rare, because usually this type of injury goes forward. » The examinations require an operation. The intervention took place two days after his injury, in a clinic in Plessis-Robinson (Hauts-de-Seine). An unexpected and difficult visit to the block at first.
