Philippe Lucas and Laure Manaudou have maintained a close relationship for years. The collaboration between the famous coach and the French swimmer was crucial to the latter’s career, leading to significant moments such as her victory at the Olympic Games in 2004. Their professional bond gave way to a particularly strong personal relationship, and despite ups and downs, their story has left an indelible mark on the world of sport.
Guest of Jordan De Luxe on the set of his show At Jordan’s on October 12, Philippe Lucas spoke at length about his former protégé who today shares his life with Jérémy Frérot, “a very nice guy”, he assures even if he is not a big fan of his music. “The guy is very nice. But you know, I know Johnny Hallyday, Eddy Mitchell, Jacques Dutronc… there, I didn’t really know you, you see. But no, very very nice”, he added before discussing the swimmer’s former conquests.
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“She gave everything for him”
According to Philippe Lucas, love was the only thing difficult to control as a coach. If Laure Manaudou wasn’t the type to have a string of boyfriends, just one could be enough to make her lose her mind. “She’s a serious girl who had a fiancé. But she gave everything for him. When she had a boyfriend, she was very serious, it was everything for her. The proof, she went to train in Italy”, he remembered.
At the time, Florent Manaudou’s sister had given up everything to join Luca Marin… to the great dismay of her mentor who affirms that everything can change for stories of “ass”. “You can handle everything about your athletes’ problems except the ass. You can handle everything about money problems, family problems, training problems, but you can’t. It’s impossible. It’s been complicated .” Sacred confidences.
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