“Archery has changed”, Nîmes archer Baptiste Addis imitates Kylian Mbappé at the Paris 2024 Olympics

Baptiste Addis a imité Kylian Mbappé. MAXPPP – MARTIN DIVISEK

Baptiste Addis, Olympic team vice-champion three days ago alongside Jean-Charles Valladont and Thomas Chirault, qualified for the round of 16 of the Olympic individual archery event on Thursday in Paris. He took the opportunity to imitate Kylian Mbappé.

After his silver medal won in the team event, Gard archer Baptiste Addis imitated Kylian Mbappé on video. “Archery, it has changed” “If the arrow is shot well, he won't go looking for it”, he exclaimed. A sequence to watch again without moderation.

Youngest male representative of the French delegation of Paris Games, Addis (17 years old) will face the Mexican Matias Grande on Sunday at 10:35 a.m. for a place in the quarter-finals, which are scheduled for the afternoon before the semi-finals and the matches for the medals.

Addis dominated the British Alex Wise 7 to 3. After sharing the points of the first set (27-27) and losing the two points of the second set (29-28), Addis won the next three sets 29-28, 27-26 and 27-26, to qualify.

“You just have to accept not having the performance you want”

A few minutes earlier, he had eliminated the Kazakh Alexandr Yeremenko 6 to 2. The esplanade des Invalides was still under the sun but the wind was blowing a little stronger than the previous days. “First of all, it was about building confidence. It was a bit hard because it was blowing a lot and that really hits your confidence”, commented the young archer.

“Sometimes, you just have to accept not having the performance you want”, he added. There will therefore be two French representatives in the round of 16 of the men's individual event, because Thomas Chirault, who qualified on Tuesday, will challenge Turkish Olympic champion Mete Gazoz. In the women's competition, only the leader Lisa Barbelin has secured her place in the round of 16, after notably eliminating the Chinese Yang Xiaolei. She will face the Brazilian Ana Luiza Caetano on Saturday, starting at 9:30 a.m.