Jean-Charles Valladont, Baptiste Addis and Victoria Sébastian are among the eight archers selected for the French team, six will make the Paris Olympics.
The Arc Club de Nîmes will undoubtedly be the Gard club most represented at the Paris Olympic Games (July 26 – August 11). This week a new selection took place in Bordeaux to determine the four representatives of the French team at the Olympics (three plus a substitute) for men and women. Among the men, after the injury of Nîmes Pierre Plihon in December (present at the Rio and Tokyo Olympics), there remained only the experienced Jean-Charles Valladont and the new nugget Baptiste Addis, aged 17.
Thanks to their performances, the Nîmes archers are retained in the final square. But they are both not yet sure of participating in the Paris Olympiad. To be in the last three, you will have to shine during the World Cup rounds at the start of the year. Among the women, Victoria Sebastian was also selected. The Arc Club de Nîmes has never had three representatives at the Games. If nothing has yet been decided, it is already a great feat for the Nîmes club.
Addis and Sébastian, ahead of their age
” This is exceptional ! There are more than 1,600 clubs in France and of the last eight selected, three are from Nîmes”, rejoices sports director Olivier Grillat. At 34, Jean-Charles Valladont is about to participate in his third Olympics after Beijing and Rio. On the other hand, for Baptiste Addis and Victoria Sébastien, aged 20, they were not expected so early at such a level. “For them, we were counting on the 2028 Olympics,” admits Olivier Grillat, proud of this precocity.
This shows that Nîmes is also a land of archery and Nîmes archers will have the opportunity to demonstrate this from next weekend (January 19 to 21) with the traditional round of the world championship which will take place at Parnasse. in the presence of the world’s archery elite.
2024-01-12 18:27:03
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