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It all started with the mobilization of Cyril Dumoulin who called on sports enthusiasts to collect jerseys, crampons and other sports accessories belonging to big names to help fight the coronavirus. A centralized initiative around a website and a hashtag on social networks: #sportaidons (or sport and donations). The goal is simple: sell these items at auction and donate all of them to nursing staff in the Nantes region. The footballer Raynald Denoueix, asked by one of his friends, did not hesitate for a moment. "I thought to myself that the 2001 title was very significant, that meant something for those who love sport," he explains on Europe 1. "I told myself that the medal awarded by the League could be an interesting object. And it worked, it surprised me so much "
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Over 13,000 euros raised thanks to his medal
A medal which attracted the lusts since, quickly, more than 3000 euros were bid. "A lot of supporters said it was not normal, that it was my medal. It surprised me so much," said the ex-Canaries coach between 1997 and 2001. "It cannot work. I was sent an email with a very large hundred messages from anonymous, former players, finally there was everyone. They made sure to be above the auction so that it don't go. "
In the final, this famous medal of champion of France 2001 "went to 13,000 euros", welcomes Raynald Denoueix, astonished and moved, on Europe 1. But it finally returned to its owner, thanks to a great mobilization. "It bothered me a bit to give something away and get it back, but it was for a good cause, it made more money for caregivers and their entourage, it's very, very good."