Paris 2024: applicants, failed candidates, favorites, who as tricolor flag bearer at the Olympics?. Florent Manaudou, four-time Olympic medalist, is seen as the favorite.

Volleyball player Earvin Ngapeth, discus thrower Mélina Robert-Michon also expressed her desire to be the standard bearer of the French delegation. Teddy Riner and Clarisse Agbégnénou have already been ousted from the running to carry the flag.