Who will dare to celebrate Pierre de Coubertin, the initiator of the modern Olympic Games?
The Paris Olympics are being held exactly a century after those of 1924, which took place for the second time in the French capital, thanks to Coubertin.
On several occasions, there was talk of pantheonizing him, but his widow was opposed to it.
Two years ago, academician Erik Orsenna and former Olympic champion, Guy Drut, defended his candidacy.
The current IOC President, Thomas Bach, is a strong supporter.
But Emmanuel Macron's technical advisors did not follow up, judging the character
"too controversial".
Shameful Cobertinism is therefore in vogue, and only a tribute ceremony is planned for June 23, at the Sorbonne, where the Olympic project was officially launched in 1894 - Macron will not be there.
The indisputable promoter of the modern Olympic idea has in fact been the subject of a dispute for ten years brought by Patrick Clastres, sports historian, and above all...
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