VIDEO. “Children, don’t do this at home”: with two prostheses, Philippe Candeloro achieves a real feat on the ice

Malgré ses deux prothèses de hanche, Candeloro a réussi une vraie prouesse. Capture d'écran Youtube.

Guest in Le Figaro La Nuit, Philippe Candeloro performed a somersault at the age of 52. Proof that he still has beautiful remains.

Do not reproduce at home. Philippe Candeloro, the double Olympic figure skating medalist, still has resources. Despite his two hip prostheses, he recently took up the challenge launched by presenter Thibaut Gauthier in the show Le Figaro La Nuit: to do a somersault back on the ice.

"On the ice, it’is prohibited"

After warming up for a few seconds, the consultant for France Télévision warned the children about the difficulty of the somersault . "The trick I'm going to do now is quite dangerous. Kids, don't do this at home. You can do this on your mattress or on foam. On the ice, it’s forbidden… except after around ten years of practice", warns the person concerned, at 2:21 a.m.' 47''.

It was then that the 52-year-old former athlete took off and performed the somersault in question, even though he was ;is scared on reception. "And there you have it! At 52 years old and with two prostheses! Thanks to my surgeon,” laughs Philippe Candeloro, who proved that he still had beautiful remains.