Attack! Wednesday August 30, 2023, Matthieu Lartot responded to Célyne Baÿt-Darcourt’s invitation in his pastille Media info on France info. The 43-year-old sports journalist was all smiles and in good shape, a few days before his recovery, since he will be covering the Rugby World Cup from September 8, 2023, ten matches in total to comment on. “I’m doing very well, I’m even galloping”he informed the journalist questioning him about his state of health, that the presenter of Stage 2 did not hesitate to mediate. After the announcement in April 2023 of the recurrence of his knee cancer, contracted at the age of 16, Matthieu Lartot had to undergo chemotherapy and the amputation of his right leg, in July 2023. A month and a half later, after weeks of rehabilitation, he is standing with a prosthesis.
“I served as an example for them and they gave me their energy”
“I’m very happy because I kept the promises I made to myself”rejoiced on set Matthieu Lartot on France infoexplaining that the Rugby World Cup was “a motor” for him. “I prepared in parallel with the France team”, he joked. Morally, the journalist also feels “Alright”rejoicing to be surrounded by “his family, his loved ones, the people who wrote to him a lot and gave him energy” who carried it. Regarding this public support, the journalist says: “it was virtuous because I served as an example for them and they gave me their energy, encouragement to fight”. Also thanking his wife “who took care of the children and all the paperwork”Matthieu Lartot then discussed the rest for him. “I will be watched every three months for ten years, we always have this little sword of Damocles above the head […] but after illness, there is life”. Taking advice from disabled athletes “to quickly understand how to walk with a prosthesis”the journalist then talked a lot about the difficulties of people with disabilities, promising the imminent creation of an association to help cancer patients requiring a prosthesis.