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203 — Nice : rencontres et médailles — mercredi 13 mars 2024
203 — Nice : rencontres et médailles — mercredi 13 mars 2024
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8 minutes
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Mar 13, 2024
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Last weekend, I was in Nice for the French traditional kung fu championships. Nice is one of the sunniest towns in France, but not last weekend. It rained a lot. My friend Anthony and I travelled by train. Lomine came by plane. The three of us had put a lot of work into preparing for this competition with our teacher Xie Han. The competitions are also an opportunity to meet other participants. I met Célia who was competing in the same taolu (sequence) as me, but in a different age category.
Lomine, Anthony and I returned to Paris on Sunday with medals, some of them gold.
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Released:
Mar 13, 2024
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