French president Emmannuel Macron fuelled speculation that Marie-Jose Perec could make an Olympic comeback 24 years after she caused an international storm by fleeing the Sydney Games.
French Olympic legend Marie-José Pérec caused a media storm that saw journalists chase her across the world when shefrom the Sydney 2000 Olympics before facing Cathy Freeman on the track, never to run again.
Pressured by hosts of local television channel France 2 to reveal who would be entrusted to light the Olympic cauldron, Macron said there would be “great legends” present at the ceremony before gushing over Pérec. “It’s Tony Estanguet who will say it in due time,” Macron said. “We have a relationship of trust, I will not betray his trust.”
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