With ‘Les Bleus’ out of Rugby World Cup, France’s focus now on Paris Olympics
French fabrication company Comat Coffrages’ head Florian Bernard (centre) and some members of his staff at the company’s headquarters in Miramas, Southern France, on October 13, 2023. Businesses in Miramas are gearing up for the 2024 Paris Olympics Team Kenya training camp.
France lost 28-29 to South Africa in last Sunday’s quarter-final at the Stade de France to bow out of the tournament with their heads held up high after putting up a brilliant fight
In the Southern France city of Miramas, Florian Bernard, head of fabrication company Comat Coffrages, was rooting for France ahead of last Sunday’s rugby quarter-final but will now quickly shift focus to next year’s Olympics
National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) secretary general Francis Mutuku and committee member Barnaba Korir arrived in Miramas on Thursday for further preparations for the Team Kenya camp
With hosts ‘Les Bleus’ having painfully exited the Rugby World Cup race after falling narrowly to South Africa’s ‘Springboks’ last weekend, the rugby fever in France has somehow subsided.
But the spirit of sport is very much alive in this European nation with Paris hosting next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games with the former running from July 26 to August 11 and the latter from August 28 to September 8.
