"we don’t see each other much" : Touched Florent Manaudou talks about his relationship with his sister Laure

Golden brother. In 2004, Laure Manaudou showcased her talent at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, where she won a gold medal in the 400m freestyle. Eight years later, in London, his younger brother Florent imitated him in the 50m race, and he too became Olympic champion. Seeing footage of the coronation at the show as a party where he was invited on Thursday, June 22 channel+The athlete remembered this unique moment of his life, which he shared with his sister in the stands: “I always tear up, especially when I see my sister like that, because I know the feelings. When you do races like this, when you’re an actor, it’s very simple, but it’s very stressful for someone you love to make an Olympic final or whatever your level is, that’s okay, it’s very stressful. I also do 50 meters so everything is grouped in 20 seconds and you can see all the emotions on my sister’s face.“

The outcome was slightly worse for Florent Manaudou, who finished second in the 50m freestyle final during the Rio Olympics in 2016:it’s a contrast“, he tells Nathalie Levy, telling Laure Manaudou that she had a very bad experience with the race: “He was commenting for the Olympics and he was really smashed, the one hundredth time i lost. So being able to tell myself that I can give positive or negative emotions brings tears to my eyes, making people cry because I lost isn’t even a negative emotion, but it’s also a spectacle. That’s why we do sports! I think it’s wonderful ! She inspired me a lot Laure… I still have tears in my eyes, sorry!“

Florent Manaudou was particularly passionate about handball in his youth, but eventually turned to swimming at the encouragement of his family. The now 32-year-old athlete admits that it wasn’t always easy for him to experience this on a daily basis, often compared to his sister: “It didn’t weigh on me personally, but other people made me feel that way. It was complicated until 2007. From 2004 to 2007, when I was a teenager, I asked myself a lot of questions. My sister won the 400m freestyle, she was strong in the 200m medley, 50m backstroke, 1500m… She was strong everywhere. And so, my coaches asked me to do all this before my brother took me back. I wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t something that revived me, it wasn’t my project either. At that time I sintered a bit with my rams. People expected me to be good at the same distances as my sister. Son of Schumacher, like sons of Thuram… We always compare.“

But Florent and Laure Manaudou maintain a close relationship despite the lack of repeated contact between the two athletes:My sister and I are super accomplices. We don’t see each other much, we don’t talk much, but on the other hand, when we see each other, we really get together and live in the present moment.“On June 15, Florent Manaudou scored the best world performance of the year in the 50m freestyle final of the French Swimming Championships. A good omen for almost a year of the Paris Olympic Games.

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