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Paris 2024 – BMX: the historic treble of the Blues
Historic hat-trick for France in BMX, Friday August 2 at the BMX stadium in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
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The three Frenchmen competing in the BMX final achieved the feat of finishing in the first three places in the race on Friday.
Joris Daudet in gold, Sylvain André in silver and Romain Mahieu in bronze. The three Frenchmen involved in the BMX final achieved the feat of finishing in the first three places of the event, Friday August 2, at the BMX stadium in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
After a race controlled from start to finish, the three French world champions (Joris Daudet in 2011, 2016 and 2024, Sylvain André in 2018 and Romain Mahieu in 2023) achieved a unique performance, since the Tricolores had never won a single men’s medal since the discipline was introduced to the Olympic program in 2008. These three new medals bring the total number of French medals to 36, including 11 gold.