Matthew Lartotpresenter of Stade 2, and rugby commentator on France Télévisions, announced “fight cancer a second time“, when he had been suffering from a tumor in the knee, 26 years ago. And to write on Instagram: “I am now forced to move away from the antenna to get back into the ring (…) 26 years laterthe story unfortunately stutters”. The 43-year-old man wears a prosthesis between the femur and the tibia.
But the commentator also wrote that he was going to fight the disease a second time to overcome it: “It will shake very hard but I am ready and very well surrounded (…) And like the Blues, my only goal in 2023 is victory“.
In addition to commenting on rugby matches on France Télévisions, Matthieu Lartot also does so during the Roland-Garros tournament.