It's done. The Swiss Olympic Committee (Swiss Olympic) has finalized the delegation for the Paris 2024 Games. It includes 128 athletes. And, as for Japan or Belgium, it is historically numerous, the largest since the Los Angeles Games in 1984. Its ambitions? Ralph Stöckli, the head of mission of the Swiss Olympic Team in Paris 2024, wants to be cautious. “We want to be realistic: on average, Switzerland has won 5 medals in the last Summer Games since 1972 and has never reached double digits, he explains. The 13 medals from Tokyo 2020 must therefore be put into perspective. I think we can take inspiration from the 2016 Summer Games. Those Games were also very successful. » In Rio de Janeiro, Swiss athletes won seven medals. Several Swiss teams, in canoeing, fencing, rowing and swimming, will join their training camp in France in the coming days. The first athlete to settle in the athletes' village, on July 20, will be fencer Pauline Brunner.
