It was one of the images of the Olympic Games that went around the planet. Immediately the finish line of the BMX Racing Olympic final crossed, Joris Daudet Take a look behind him. The Frenchman, at this sacred moment king of Olympus at 33, inquires to check if his compatriots and friends Sylvain André and Romain Mahieu will accompany him on the podium of the Paris Games. The Blues achieve a historic hat -trick, and its reflex forever marks the spirits.
Clearly, my image of these Olympic Games at the moment.
Joris Daudet and Sylvain André who are gold and silver in BMX, and their first reflex after the line is to turn around to see if their friend Romain Mahieu is third, for a 100% French podium. pic.twitter.com/vdC6mN4Ae9
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Ten and a half months after this moment of joy, Joris Daudet will be back this Saturday in the Yvelines, land of his feat. The pilot inaugurates the new Elancourt hill, mountain biking during the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The Bordeaux will exhibit on the brand new Pumped Pumpetrack, bumpy playground reserved for BMX fans, rollerblades and scooters on the edge of the hill. “It’s too cool to find this French audience who worn us last summer, it will put me back in the bath,” smiles the Olympic champion.
Accompanied by the mountain bike Victor Koretzky and BMX Freestyle Anthony Jeanjean pilot, respectively silver and bronze medalists during the Paris Olympics, Daudet will take the time to exchange with the public to explain his discipline before lending himself to the exercise of selfies and autographs.
Since the summer of 2024, Joris Daudet has established himself “a real station wagon” with the family, with long holidays on the side of Palma de Mallorca (Spain), South Africa and Australia. “It’s been a long time since I had cut as much,” admits the person concerned.
At the end of this crowd bath in the Yvelines, Daudet will be able to turn to the opening of the World Cup scheduled in France on June 14 and 15 on the Sarrians track (Vaucluse).
Defend his title in Los Angeles to complete the loop?
The test that is disputed on the regular playground of two of the three Olympic medalists in Paris (Sylvain André and Romain Mahieu) launches this new Olympiad who must lead Joris Daudet to defend his title in Los Angeles in 2028, his country of adoption. The one who is nicknamed “the American” lived ten years between California and Florida and this meeting across the Atlantic would undoubtedly constitute the most beautiful farewell tours.
