"It's now been two Olympics that we've regressed," said Laporte. "We were fifth in Atlanta (in 1996), sixth in Sydney (in 2000) and seventh in Athens (in 2004).

"We're hoping to keep seventh place and to do that you basically have to win 40 medals," the former France rugby union coach told LCP-France Info-AFP.

At the last Olympics in Athens, France finished with 33 medals, including 11 gold, nine silver and 13 bronze.

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