Biathlon: “I had 2 in the badminton sports baccalaureate …”
A refreshing and innovative podcast. In « Champion », the journalist Etienne Carbonnier, in particular columnist of Daily on the TMC channel, embarks on a new adventure in conducting interviews with athletes … not to mention sports. The first issue is dedicated to the former biathlete Martin Fourcade, delighted to launch this podcast.
The ex-king of biathlon reveals, for example, his youthful idols : “I dreamed in front of Hicham El Guerrouj, a Moroccan athletics champion, I admired Michael Phelps because it remains an inspiring career, I really liked Tony Estanguet because he practiced a sport, like mine, little media. He also had an adversity with his brother, like me, explains Martin Fourcade, developing on the conflictual relationship with Simon after the Vancouver Games. Of course, Vincent Defrasne, Raphaël Poirée, Vincent Vittoz, who then became my trainer, also inspired me. “
Martin Fourcade (FRA) – Thibaut / NordicFocus
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“He tells me that he never missed one of my races when he was in prison…”
“When competition took root in my practice, I wanted to do like my big brother. I wanted to copy, it was my model ”, admits the five-time Olympic champion then engaging on … a mark obtained in the sports baccalaureate. “I had 2 in badminton,” he reveals. I got angry with the teacher and my words exceeded my thought. It’s quite strange because I am quite a polite person and, there, annoyed in my pride as a sportsman and a competitor, I pulled out a bit. I sent her to shit as they say. ” And to explain the reasons for this dispute …
Martin Fourcade also looks back on slices of life, like the joy of his daughters Manon and Ines, last week, when the snow fell at the windows of his house in Dauphiné. To celebrity is also mentioned, with this anecdote unveiled by the Seven-time winner of the Big Crystal Globe : “After confinement, I went to the South of France to bring my daughters to the sea. They were starting to play on the beach not far from other people and I approached to tell them to leave them alone. One of the guys, 35, 40, recognized me and told me that he never missed any of my races when he was in jail. I then realized that I was touching everyone. “
Great atmosphere as always! The recording in Seychelles of the podcast brings a real plus! Thank you Bangumi for this initiative! ???? https://t.co/M15ofacsqXpic.twitter.com/BrMtF7GfYx
– Martin Fourcade (@martinfkde) January 6, 2021
His musical tastes, his diet, his youth and his dress style at the time, his cultural pantheon and his unbridled summers, he indulges in a whole part of his life rather unexplored until then. In good spirits.
Listen to Etienne Carbonnier’s “Champion” podcast with Martin Fourcade
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