“To conquer without danger, we triumph without glory.”
Everyone knows this famous quote from Corneille.
Obviously, some would be tempted to apply it to Teddy Riner in order to explain why, at almost 35 years old (he will be on April 7), the French judoka continues to reign over his heavyweight category even as he becomes so rare on tatami mats in competitions.
A debate that has no place, except in France, the country where we love burning our idols so much.
Recently, in an interview she gave us for the release of her autobiography
“Alli story of a champion”
, handball player Allison Pineau told us that in France,
“people often have a problem with success”
.
Financial, media, but also sporting.
For those who know Spain and its sporting culture well, it would not have occurred to anyone there to assert that if Rafael Nadal won Roland-Garros so often, it was because adversity was poor.
Same, none…
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