Known for her determination and talent, French fencing champion Laura Flessel is a true icon of French sports, with a career full of medals and success. As part of our series "Athlètes Olympiques Français", (re)discover the inspiring journey of this trailblazing fencer in the bilingual article below.
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Note: The tenses in this French article and its English translation don't match! In French, we use the present tense to describe historical stories like this to evoke a sense of immediacy, whereas in English, we commonly use the past tense - learn more about historical French tenses.
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