These are countries with a few hundred thousand inhabitants, scattered across the Caribbean Sea. Islands, lands of champions who shine at the Olympic Games. Like the Saint Lucian, Julien Alfred, gold medalist in the 100m on Saturday evening. Saint Lucia, Grenada, Dominica, are trying to imitate the example of Jamaica, whose athletes have dominated athletics events for several years.
So how can we explain the success of these territories at the Olympic Games? How are athletes spotted and trained there?
With our guest :
Loic Artiaga, Professor of contemporary history at the University of Pau and the Pays de l’Adour, specialist in the history of sport and the media