"These are magnificent, grandiose Games that will remain engraved in Olympic memory."says Charles Coste, dean of French medalists
“I am very happy to be able to attend these Games. They are magnificent, grandiose Games that will remain engraved in Olympic memory.”declared on Sunday evening, August 4, Charles Coste, 100 years old, dean of French Olympic medalists, former cyclist and bearer of the Olympic Flame during the opening ceremony of the Games on July 26, on franceinfo.
Charles Coste remembers that in his time, “they were not as grandiose Games as today”. Questioned about the French medals won on Saturday August 3 in road cycling by Valentin Madouas (silver) and Christophe Laporte (bronze), Charles Coste assures that he has “followed this closely”. He hoped that Valentin Madouas would win. “It would have been a great reward for him.” but the former cyclist puts things into perspective: “The French came second and third, which is already a great performance.”
Charles Coste says he will go to Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (Yvelines) on Wednesday, August 7, to watch the track cycling. The gold medalist in London in 1948 in the team pursuit and former rider of the Tour de France hopes that he “will bring luck to the French team”. “I wish them the gold medal”he says.
Regarding the Olympic cauldron lit on Friday July 26, he returns to this “magical moment”, “engraved forever in [sa] memory”. “I didn’t expect to be the last torchbearer and pass it on to Teddy Riner and Marie-José Péreche says. It’s an unforgettable memory and I’m very proud to have done it.”.
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