“We have atmospheres that are highly praised by the athletes,” reports a volunteer in charge of creating the atmosphere.

Fabian responded to the “Allez les Bleus” initiative launched by the Paris Games Organizing Committee. He is responsible for communicating his enthusiasm and creating a great atmosphere in the stands during the competitions.

“There was no way I was going to be at the Games and not allow the athletes to excel.“, Fabian explains enthusiastically. He is one of the leaders of the atmosphere in the supporters’ squares wanted by the Organizing Committee in all the Olympic sites. Fabian is recognizable by his t-shirt and his blue white red bob with the inscription “Allez les Bleus” and his drum. He is a regular in the stands, also a year-round member of the “Irrésistibles”, the main supporters’ club of the French Football team.

“When the French National Olympic Sports Committee (CNOSF) and Paris 2024 came to us five years ago and said: ‘We want to create something to energize athletes, to push them to go even further than what they are going to do’. We applauded them.“, he continues. Five years later, they are in the Olympic stands”to go and get the medals one after the other“, “a real thrill“. For him, it is a “real performance“to transform”spectators” in “actors“.

Their performances are bearing fruit in the stands and among athletes.”We have atmospheres that are highly praised by athletes“, reports Fabian. He met the rugby 7s team after their matches, surrounded by 70,000 spectators, who told him that it was “crazy” and that they did not expect it. For him, “Allez les bleus” is a “nice initiative“.

For Fabian, it is not necessarily easier to bring this atmosphere when you are “at home“, they are not always expected in the stands where they arrive. For example, at 8:30 a.m. during the badminton events, members of the public assured him that they were not used to it, that they “didn’t expect to see guys show up with drums to sing“. But, once the surprise effect has worn off, “it immediately takes hold and people are just waiting for that. It changes the experience for the person who came, who says to themselves “I came to watch sport and in fact I became completely involved in the athlete’s success,” he says.