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Last Updated: March 05, 2024, 00:01 IST
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After serving to France win the Los Angeles Sevens, Antoine Dupont has his sights firmly set on Olympic gold on the Paris Games.
PARIS: After serving to France win the Los Angeles Sevens, Antoine Dupont has his sights firmly set on Olympic gold on the Paris Games.
France beat Britain 21-0 within the males’s remaining in Carson, California, on Sunday to say its first title within the rugby sevens world sequence in 19 years.
After switching from the 15s format following the Rugby World Cup in October, Dupont has received medals in his first two tournaments; bronze in Vancouver and gold in Los Angeles. Now he’s eyeing a good larger prize on the Olympics in July.
“I got involved in this Olympic project to go and get a medal, obviously this color (gold),” he informed sports activities day by day L’Equipe’s web site on Monday. “We’re all focused on this, on busting a gut. We’ve got a few months and tournaments to go. But we’ve all got this target in mind with the objective of doing something special.”
Dupont’s presence has energized a France workforce which has moved up from seventh to fourth place on the general standings.
“I’m just super happy, proud of the team,” stated Dupont, who has gotten used to getting up at 6 a.m. and taking part in as much as three matches per day. “It’s an incredible sport (format) where physical presence counts for a lot, but also your capacity to never ease up.”
The 27-12 months-previous Dupont is extensively thought of the world’s greatest rugby union participant within the conventional 15s format. He is a former world participant of the 12 months, three-time Six Nations participant of the 12 months, and starred ultimately 12 months’s World Cup in France, the place he wanted surgical procedure for a facial fracture.
He feels his transition to sevens couldn’t have gone higher.
“I’ve been really well received,” he stated. “I’ve been able to test myself in all conditions, play in really big games.”
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