D-200 JO PARIS 2024. Our regionals who will be on the podium: for Victor Koretzky, Paris, it will be the right one

The Héraultais will clearly take his chances at the Games. MAXPPP – Mohammed Badra

200 days before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in France (July 26-August 11), here are the predictions from the Midi Libre sports department. A non-exhaustive list of regional athletes which takes into account past and current results but also our favorites. Born in Béziers, Victor Koretzky is aiming for a medal in Paris, to see what material it will be made of.

Tenth in Rio in 2016, fifth in Tokyo in 2021. Logic would therefore dictate that he would be between 2nd and 3rd place in 2024. At least.

Victor Koretzky (29 years old), the most local of the regionals (he was born in Béziers, grew up in Lodève, lives in Montpellier and is licensed in Narbonne), is one of the favorites to win a medal in cross-country mountain biking.

Winner of the test event in September

We could have put him in those who go for gold but the competition is colossal (Pidcock, Van der Poel, Schurter…).

Also read: Mountain biking: Victor Koretzky from Hérault wins the test event of the Paris Olympic Games

After two mixed years on the road marked by tough viruses, Koretzky always participated in cross-country events, until finishing 2023 in apotheosis.

Fourth of the world championships in Glasgow, three victories in the World Cup and above all a remarkable success during the test event of the Olympic Games in Paris on September 24, on the hill of Ellancourt, in the Yvelines. All we have to do is do the same again on July 28.