The French Olympic squad of 52 Athletics competitors was announced after the National Championships last weekend in Albi.
Frank Chevallier, National Technical Director of France, expects that this team can take two to four medals in Beijing, according to the International Association of Athletics Federations.
Heading the squad are 50km walker Yohann Diniz and 1500m runner Mehdi Baala.
Diniz won gold at the European 50km Race Walk in 2006, and took silver in the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in the same event.
Baala, the only two-time gold medalist of the European Championships in Athletics in the Men's 1500m (2002 and 2006), is also a three-time Olympian.
Other big names on the team are 110m hurdler Ladji Doucouré, gold medalist at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki and Romain Mesnil, second place pole vaulter at the World Championships in Athletics last year.
The French Athletics Olympic team includes the following members:
MEN
100m: Martial Mbandjock, Ronald Pognon
400m: Leslie Djhone
1500m: Mehdi Baala
Marathon: Simon Munyutu
110m Hurdles: Samuel Coco-Viloin, Ladji Doucouré
3000m Steeplechase: Mahiedine Mekhissi Benabbad, Bouabdellah Tahri, Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieux
High Jump: Mickaël Hanany
Pole Vault: Jérôme Clavier, Romain Mesnil
Long Jump: Salim Sdiri
Triple Jump: Colomba Fofana
Shotput: Yves Niaré
Decathlon: Romain Barras
50km Walk: Yohann Diniz, Eddy Riva
4x100m: Mbandjock, Pognon, David Alerte, Christophe Lemaître, Aimé Nthepe, Manuel Reynaert
4x400m: Djhone, Richard Maunier, Ydrissa M'Barke, Brice Panel, Teddy Venel
WOMEN
100m: Christine Arron
200m: Muriel Hurtis-Houairi
800m: Elodie Guégan
Marathon: Christelle Daunay
100m Hurdles: Reina-Flor Okori
3000m Steeplechase: Sophie Duarte
High Jump: Mélanie Skotnik
Pole Vault: Vanessa Boslak, Marion Buisson
Triple Jump: Teresa Nzola Meso Ba
Discus Throw: Mélina Robert-Michon
Hammer Throw: Stéphanie Falzon, Manuèla Montebrun, Amélie Perrin
Heptathlon: Marie Collonvillé, Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida
4x100m: Arron, Hurtis-Houairi, Ayedole Ikuesan, Lina Jacques-Sébastien, Carima Louami, Myriam Soumare
4x400m: Guégan, Solen Désert, Aurore Kassambara, Virginie Michanol, Thélia Sigère, Phara Anacharsis.
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