Munich 1972. Despite the fear that gripped the world after the attack on the Israeli delegation, a young 17-year-old Frenchman decided to stay there, with “not a penny” in his pocket. “The stands are empty. My mother begs me to come home. Me, I’m so happy to be there,” he recalled to Le Parisien in 2017. His name? Nicolas Sarkozy.
In the Bavarian capital, those who are far from suspecting that they will one day climb to the highest step of the French political podium are shouting at the horse-riding cross-country event, field hockey, weightlifting and above all , judo. Suffice to say that 52 years later, he will closely follow the Olympic events which will take place in France this summer, even if he does not yet know if he will attend, like François Hollande, the opening ceremony in Paris.
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