Usain Bolt, Zinedine Zidane, Serena Williams and Laure Manaudou are the four winners of the sports writing of Midi Libre. Small turn on the question in ten small madeleines.
To be 20 years old in 2020. End the year in the midst of a pandemic, which has brought sport to its knees on the scale of the whole planet. Hang on to the hope of a return of supporters to the stadiums. To keep intact his love for the game. And, inestimable breath of fresh air, to offer a ranking – necessarily subjective – of the greatest sportsmen of the 21st century.
The editorial staff’s choices will be debated but they do not claim to be unanimous. At least sport is celebrated in its exceptional character and its part of dreams, through the exploits of the “greatest” of our time. And there are sacred beautiful people …
Want to extend the moment? For a week, we meet with you every day on a theme allowing you to revisit the unforgettable moments of the last twenty years. The surprises, the missing, the long reigns, the Olympics, the 2021 meetings …
Guaranteed thrills
In the meantime, make way for the exploits that marked the beginning of the 21st century. Casually, the years go by, lifestyles evolve but the emotions linked to sporting exploits are the only ones that allow dreams, escape for a moment. Ask the question to those around you: who is the athlete who has marked you the most for twenty years? It is often the same names that come up. How not to quote the immensity of a Usain Bolt? The longevity and the multiple triumphs of Roger Federer and Serena Williams? The French also made us vibrate. Just watch on YouTube, or read the few lines below, the fantastic comebacks of Floria Gueï and Yannick Agnel or the world record of Renaud Lavillenie. Thrills guaranteed.
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