The Popov brothers from badminton and the Mawem from climbing are doing everything to be together at the Paris Games. High-level sport is sometimes, often, always passionately, a family affair.
France illustrates this phenomenon, with siblings who have been shining for decades. The brothers Tony and Patrice Estanguet, medalists in canoeing between 1996 and 2012, are a perfect example, as are the swimmers Laure and Florent Manaudou, the fencers Damien and Gaël Touya and the athletes Renaud and Valentin Lavillenie.