These are the kind of moments that mark you for life and for Melanie Henique, the current period must be particularly difficult to live. The 29-year-old is one of the best French swimmers around and it will take a lot of courage for her to recover from the news she unveiled on Instagram last night. Present at the Tokyo Olympics last summer, Amienoise failed to reach the final in the women’s 50m freestyle, a real disappointment for her despite the efforts in training. A final in which Florent Manaudou’s fiancée, Pernille Blume, also won the bronze medal.
Mélanie Henique had also made a lot of talk about her to denounce a real injustice at the time of the Olympics, but today it is for a much sadder story that she expressed herself on social networks. On her Instagram account, where she is followed by nearly 18,000 subscribers, the swimmer specializing in the butterfly posted a publication on Sunday January 9 to share a particularly sad news. His brother, Sylvain Henique, died on January 4th. “Rest in peace bro. I miss you so much already. I love you forever”, she writes on her post.
Strong words that accompany a beautiful photo of her and her brother Sylvain. If we do not know the circumstances of the death, the funeral took place last Saturday, according to information from Here. A news that reacted to other sports personalities, like another well-known swimmer, Coralie Balmy, who left him a very touching message. “All my thoughts filled with love and courage Mel”, she wrote.