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Martin Fourcade: itinerary of a French sports giant

2020-05-13T16:33:41.363Z


PODCAST. In March 2020, at the age of 31, the five-time Olympic biathlon champion ended his career. Back on his incredible journey.


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Summary :

On March 14, 2020, Martin Fourcade, won the last gold medal in his biathlete career in Kontiolahti, Finland. The day before, he announced that he was retiring from sport. His prestigious record, one of the best in his discipline, arouses respect and admiration in France and abroad.

It was in 2010, at the Vancouver Olympics that his career took off. At 22, he surprised by winning the silver medal of the mass start (group start). It was the start of an impressive climb.

Code Source returns with Sandrine Lefèvre, reporter at the Parisian Sports Department, on the life of the most successful French sportsman of the Olympic Games, summer and winter combined.

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About Source Code

Source code is the daily news podcast of the Parisian. Stories told by editorial journalists or by those who lived them directly. An appointment led by presenter Jules Lavie and reporter Clawdia Prolongeau, to find Monday to Friday from 6 p.m. on LeParisien.fr or on the main listening platforms.

Credits

Editorial management: Pierre Chausse - Editor-in-chief: Jules Lavie - Reporter: Clawdia Prolongeau - Design and preparation: Thibault Lambert - Production: Stéphane Geneste, Benjamin Boukriche and Matthias Hardoy - Production and mixing: Alexandre Ferreira - Music: François Clos, Audio Network - Graphic identity: Upian - Archives: RTL, TF1, France Télévisions, Eurosport.

Source: leparis

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