The list of French athletes who will represent the French delegation at the Paris Olympics is growing. Open water swimmers Caroline Jouisse and Océane Cassignol have qualified for the Olympic Games in Paris (from Friday, July 26 to Sunday, August 11) after the 10km race at the World Championships in Doha.
Jouisse finished in 7th place in the race, three places ahead of Océane Cassignol, who finished in 10th place. It was necessary to finish in the top 13 to earn the right to swim in the Seine in six months. The German Léonie Beck, the Australian Chelsea Gubecka and the American Katie Grimes, who were already qualified, would have certainly been in the lead.
Both French swimmers, aged 29 and 23, will be competing in their first Olympic Games. On Sunday, it will be the turn of Marc-Antoine Olivier and Logan Fontaine to try to secure their spots for Paris 2024.
It is worth noting that the race was won by the Dutch swimmer Sharon Van Rouwendaal, the Olympic champion in Rio, with a time of 1 hour, 57 minutes, and 26 seconds. The silver went to the Spanish Maria de Valdes, and the bronze to the Portuguese Angelica André.
