It is an unpublished documentary that Canal + will broadcast on Sunday March 19, 2023, at 9:10 p.m. In the program “Face to Face, a history of champions”, Robert Pirès, the unforgettable football world champion in 1998 will meet Martin Fourcade, five-time Olympic biathlon champion, to discuss their careers.
On this occasion, the two men were also the guests of South Radio this Friday, March 17, 2023… And against all odds, Robert Pires let it be known that he had long been superstitious to the point that he couldn’t do without a “lucky charm” underpants at every important match!
“Personally, I was superstitious until my first injury. After that it was over. I had the same underpants and afterwards, I hurt my cruciate ligaments and I said to myself ‘well, it’s actually useless’. So I gave it up. I threw it “, said the world champion.
For his part, the most successful French athlete at the Olympics said on this subject: “ I don’t think I’m superstitious. On the other hand, I think that when you are a top athlete, you create a framework around you that is reassuring with benchmarks. So we’re going to do the same things, but not out of superstition, just out of methodology. »
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“a checklist to master my framework and my thoughts”
Thus, Martin Fourcade made it known that he also had his habits before a competition: “So yes, I ate at a fixed time in relation to my departure time. I packed my bag in the same order. It was not a superstition, it was a checklist to master my frame and my thoughts.he explained.
“Rituals” common to many athletes like Rafael Nadal who respects a series of very specific gestures on the court “I put the two bottles at my feet, in front of my chair on my left, one behind the other, diagonally towards the pitch. Some call it superstition, but it is not. If it was superstition, why would I keep doing the same thing over and over, whether I win or lose? »he also said on this subject in 2020.
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