Paris 2024 Olympics: Gabriel Attal gets wet and predicts France's ranking at the end of the Games

With “already three medals”, Attal “believes” in France in the top 5. MAXPPP – YOAN VALAT

“The goal is the top 5, we believe in it!”: Prime Minister Gabriel Attal was delighted with the Olympic title won Saturday by the French men's rugby sevens team against Fiji (28-7), on the evening of a day marked “already by three medals” for France.

“We beat the reigning double Olympic champions in a match that was exceptional”, the head of government rejoiced in front of the press after attending the match at the Club France, in the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris.

“The goal is the Olympic top 5” of the countries with the most medals at the Paris Games (July 26 – August 11), “we believe in it! Already three medals today, others to come”, argued Gabriel Attal.

In addition to the gold won by rugby player Antoine Dupont and his teammates at the Stade de France, judo super-lightweights Luka Mkheidze and Shirine Boukli won silver and bronze respectively at the Arena Champs-de-Mars, a little earlier.

A warm atmosphere

With a blue, white and red flag painted on his cheeks, a beer in his hand and eyes fixed on the giant screen, the resigning Prime Minister watched the rugby sevens final among supporters.

After the victory, he climbed the barrier separating the area reserved for accredited persons from the general public for a crowd bath, immediately surrounded by several dozen supporters for selfie sessions in a warm atmosphere warm.

An "intangible heritage"

Previously, Gabriel Attal had wandered for a few minutes in the area reserved for professionals, talking with the presidents of several sports federations and representatives of the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD).

In L'Equipe on Saturday evening, the head of the resigning government insisted on the'"intangible heritage" of the Olympic Games. “I believe in this idea of ​​a 2024 generation that grew up waiting for the Games to arrive”, he explains, hoping for “a legacy in the unity of the nation behind its athletes and in practice”.