France likes its heroes to be intellectual, and has found the perfect one in Yannick Agnel, the
swimmer who grabbed gold from the United States on the last leg of the 4x100m freestyle relay,
then added an individual sprint gold. Agnel reads poetry in his spare time, is learning Russian
for fun and speaks like an intellectual. "Being an Olympic champion is my dream...but being a
writer must be nice too," he told Paris Match magazine.
France likes its heroes to be intellectual, and has found the perfect one in Yannick Agnel, the
swimmer who grabbed gold from the United States on the last leg of the 4x100m freestyle relay,
then added an individual sprint gold. Agnel reads poetry in his spare time, is learning Russian
for fun and speaks like an intellectual. "Being an Olympic champion is my dream...but being a
writer must be nice too," he told Paris Match magazine.
