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The Olympic Flame Melts Parisian Cool

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There are people walking around the world’s fashion capital with fluffy cockerels on their heads. This is not normal.

Enthusiasm was high at Stade de France throughout the French men’s rugby team’s run to the gold medal. Credit...Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times

By Rory Smith and Ségolène Le Stradic

Reporting from Paris

  • Aug. 4, 2024

Félix Lebrun has the crowd eating out of the palm of his hand. He raises his arms. They cheer. He pumps his fists. They roar. He struts around the sold-out arena, prowling the floor, basking in the noise and the adulation.