Shoemakers wear the worst shoes, the saying goes.
It's confirmed for
Teddy Riner
.
Guest in “What a time!”
Saturday evening on France 2, the double Olympic champion and record holder of titles at the Paris Grand Slam revealed to Léa Salamé and Christophe Dechavanne that he had only obtained two invitations for his family to attend his matches during the Paris Olympics. next summer.
“
I’m fighting every day to get places
,” he confides.
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“
The champion that I am, everything that I have brought back to the federation, I only have the right to two places
”, the person concerned is still surprised, causing general astonishment on the set of the talk- hit show from France 2. “
Scandal!
», Reacts the presenter.
"
Per day ?
», asks Christophe Dechavanne.
“
How’s that for a day?”
No, on my own day
,” explains the almost 35-year-old judoka.
He wants to emphasize that despite everything, he loves his Federation and his sport.
“
But that’s not possible
,” adds Léa Salamé.
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On the other hand, the exorbitant price of Paris Olympic tickets does not shock Teddy Riner.
“
I would like to tell the French that the Olympic Games remain expensive
,” explains the athlete who is preparing to participate in his fifth Olympics of his career.
“
I'm not defending anyone but having seen the prices elsewhere, they (the organizers, editor's note.) still made efforts so that it was not too expensive for everyone
,” he believes.
“
The VIP categories, of course they are expensive, but it is not more than elsewhere
,” he adds.
A statement that echoes that of Tony Estanguet.
Last December, the president of the organizing committee (Cojo) assured that the tickets for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games were “
around the same price range
” as those for the London 2012 and Tokyo 2021 editions, considering given inflation.
More than 7.6 million tickets have already been put on sale for the Paris Games.
Some are offered at a minimum price of 24 euros, but others, particularly for athletics competitions, go up to 990 euros.
The largest contingent of places still available concerns football matches, spread across several stadiums in France.