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French officials ponder their team’s greater expectations
- Updated: August 6, 2016
Lausanne, Switzerland, August 5, 2016 – France are experiencing their fourth Olympic Games, but were disappointed not to make it to London in 2012. For the current Olympic cycle, men’s coach Laurent Tillie brought in a new generation of players and set qualifying for Rio as their target.
But after capturing the FIVB World League title in 2015, their target has moved significantly and now France would be disappointed not to make it to the podium.
France start their campaign with a tough match against Italy on August 7.
Three key officials in the French Federation made their thoughts explicit in the French team’s media guide.
Eric Tanguy, President of the French Volleyball Federation: “Four years ago, our aim was to reach the Olympics. I think that there would be nothing more frustrating than going to the Olympics and putting on a substandard performance. The players have worked so hard to get there; it would be really disappointing not to perform at the level …
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