Q: As captain of this team, what is your assessment of these Worlds?
A: "It's a great team. There are a lot of good individuals. We went for podiums where we didn't expect them, so it's always nice when things go to the right side. There are a lot of young people who made medals and I think it's great. And above all the energy of the group is cool. We learned a lot about these championships."
Q: You who have known different teams from France, how would you define the atmosphere in this group?
A: "She's fresh. If I have one word to give, it's really freshness. I knew the French team who performed with the old ones, and there we win medals with 20-year-old swimmers It's good for the future. When you see world swimming now, it's a lot of young people, and we're in the game. (...) Léon Marchand started the machine well in the 400 medley and I think that for some, they said to themselves + It is possible +. These are things that we do not necessarily put into words, but it matures in the evening when we go to bed and it allows us to achieve good results.
Q: The road to Paris-2024 is still long but we feel a lot of optimism in the group...
A: "It would be good if we kept this momentum, if we managed to get medals at the world championships next year in Fukuoka, at the European championships too, but I think there is no won't have too many problems either, given the level we had in this world championship. The goal is to keep this state of mind, to keep this base with very good swimmers."
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