It's a congratulatory tweet that doesn't get through.

Several sportsmen laughed Sunday and Monday at a message from the Minister of National Education, Youth and Sports who paid tribute to Physical and Sports Education (EPS) after the performance of French team sports at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

“Long live team sport! Long live the EPS! The success of our French BHV teams illustrates the quality of the teaching of these sports at school. Let us salute the work of the teachers of PE and the good collaboration with the federations ”wrote Jean-Michel Blanquer in reference to the results of the Blues in basketball, handball and volleyball (3 gold medals, 1 silver, 1 bronze) . The minister also insisted Monday on Europe 1: "It says something, that sports such as handball, basketball or volleyball are sports very practiced at school by our teachers of physical education and sports for years and years. (…) It shows that the school system, over time, is of great importance for the entire population and for the elite of sport ”.

“On the contrary, Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer.

Our sports culture at school is disastrous.

If my teammates and I have reached the elite of our sport, it is thanks to sports associations, clubs, volunteers, but in no way thanks to the school ”, tweeted basketball player Evan Fournier, vice - Olympic champion, in response to the Minister.

"This guy is not ashamed"

Several other athletes reacted to Jean-Michel Blanquer's tweet.

The pivot of the Blues of basketball, Vincent Poirier, had thus answered rather curtly Sunday: "I still rarely (made) basketball at school, but quiet".

Monday, he commented on a photo of the Twitter account of the French team on which he appears, posing with his medal: "And thank you (thank you, Editor's note) EPS eh".

Handball goalkeeper Vincent Gérard, Olympic champion, also went there with his tweet: “Happy to see that EPS is considered on social networks.

Because in reality… Like the rest of the teaching, the means are not there… ”.

The French rugby player Maxime Mermoz then replied to the tricolor doorman, president of the union of professional handball players: "A shame, they do nothing for sport and at school it's like music ... just to say we do ... no way !

This guy is not ashamed ”.

Swimmer Marie Wattel, sixth in the 100m butterfly in Tokyo, also cracked a humorous tweet: "I hesitate to resume EPS lessons for Paris 2024".

In the end, if the medals are there, regardless of the method and the course ... really?

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