Marie Patouillet, the meteorite cyclist

ONo matter how prepared we are, we feel that our first question may be indelicate. “Can you tell us more about your disability? »“I don’t think you will like my answer”, answers the cyclist, double bronze medalist at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. “Strictly speaking, I can tell you that I have a birth defect in my left foot and leg. This is called partial agenesis of the foot. Afterwards, to go into the details, it’s no. It wouldn’t occur to you to ask a stranger about the contents of his medical records, would it? »

And the athlete, born in Versailles in August 1988, to continue without waiting, as if worried about having been able to disturb her interviewer. And yet, Marie Patouillet would have every reason to be moved by this accent again…

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