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Patrick Montel in 2018 with French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre. Remy Boutry / Remy Boutry / Panoramic
THE SPORT SCAN – A petition has been launched for the former voice of athletics on France Télévisions to comment on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Emblematic voice of athletics on the France Télévisions group which he served for thirty-three years before closing this chapter of his life in 2021, Patrick Montel was present in Budapest in recent days to follow the World Championships and feed the content of the radio he launched on Facebook, Radio Montel.
The world of athletics has not forgotten the 70-year-old journalist who made people talk about him on social networks a few days ago when Ladji Doucouré, world champion in the 110m hurdles in 2005, told him paid tribute in a short video. The journalist could not restrain his emotion.
In his book My heroes of the Olympic Games (Éditions du Rocher) released in 2021, Patrick Montel did not hide his desire to find a media that trusted him to end his career in style with the 2024 Olympic Games in France. A user seems to want to give him a little help with the creation of a petition for his return to the antenna.
“ How can this icon of athletics not comment on the Olympics live? Loved by athletes and viewers alike, a worthy representative of our tricolor flag. Mr. MONTEL must once again be able to make the hairs of each arm stand up with his enthusiasm. How can France do without when it organizes this unprecedented event at home, without the voice of athletics and sport in general? “, can we read on the site where this appeal was launched. Wednesday morning, 2600 Internet users had called for the return of the Parisian reporter.