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“The weapons room is amazing”: in Bourg-la-Reine, an Olympic setting for fencing

2024-02-02T13:59:50.303Z

Highlights: The new Bas-Coquarts sports complex in Bourg-la-Reine has been inaugurated. It will welcome the Japanese delegation before the Olympics. The facilities include three dojos, a weapons room, a recovery room and a locker room having nothing to envy of those in large football stadiums. The city's fencing and para-judo clubs are the pride of the city. The new complex will be open to the public until the end of the year, with a view to hosting the Olympics in 2016.


Twenty tracks, three dojos… the new Bas-Coquarts sports complex, which will welcome the Japanese delegation before the Olympics, has been inaugurated


What is the difference between an Olympic fencing medalist and an Olympic para-judo medalist?

In Bourg-la-Reine, the answer can be summed up in two words: one floor.

The new Bas-Coquarts sports complex, inaugurated this Thursday evening after two years of rehabilitation work, now welcomes in the same building the clubs of these two disciplines, whose athletes, with international performances, are the pride of the city.

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On the first level, Constant Roger, 3rd at the U20 Foil World Championship in 2020, shows Hélios Latchoumanaya, great hope for a French Paralympic medal, a tour of the facilities, having just joined one of the three brand new dojos located on the ground floor. pavement.

Galvanized, the young man flings open doors revealing here a recovery room equipped with a cold bath, there a locker room having nothing to envy of those in large football stadiums.

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Source: leparis

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