Gold was a memory.
Wilfried Forgues (now Sandra) had after a burglary in 2017 put aside his precious gold medal.
The object reappeared on the median of the A 68 motorway between Toulouse and Albi, as
L'Equipe
tells us
through the story of Mathieu Chandelle, employee of Aximum, a company that carries out work on motorways.
Intrigued by the "reflection of the sun on a golden object" he discovers, amazed, an Olympic medal "Atlanta 1996" "with a canoe design".
Sports fan, he toured the 3 French medals that year (gold for Franck Adisson-Wilfrid Forgues; bronze for Myriam Fox-Jérusalmi and Patrice Estanguet).
Determined to find the athlete, he multiplies the steps.
Contacted, the Canoe-Kayak Federation does not follow up.
Far from being discouraged, Mathieu Chandelle tries via Facebook to get in touch with "Wilfrid become Sandra".
"I was lucky to meet a lover of sport and OM," said Sandra Forgues.
On March 13, after an interview, the medal was finally returned to him.
She said in
L'Equipe
: “One of the faces is a bit damaged, I wonder if the thieves haven't scratched it to see if it was gold.
I'm going to restore it and then put it in a table with a photo. ”
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