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« À corps perdus » : Cédric Nankin, un champion de rugby fauteuil en route pour les Jeux paralympiques

"A Corps perdus" narre notamment l'histoire de Cédric Nankin, joueur de l'équipe de France de rugby fauteuil (capture d'écran France Télévisions).

Le documentaire « À corps perdus », diffusé sur France Télévisions, propose une immersion captivante dans la préparation de six athlètes en vue des Jeux paralympiques. Parmi eux, Cédric Nankin, membre de l’équipe de France de rugby fauteuil, se démarque par son engagement et son parcours singulier.

« Je ne me suis jamais dit que j’étais différent »

Cédric Nankin souffre d’agénésie, qui est l’absence de formation d’un ou plusieurs membres au cours du développement embryonnaire. Malgré des pronostics médicaux peu optimistes, il n’a jamais laissé sa condition dicter sa vie. « Je pense que je ne me suis jamais dit que j’étais différent. Quand j’étais petit, je jouais au foot avec mes voisins, mes amis », se souvient-il. Cette attitude positive et déterminée l’a conduit à se tourner vers le rugby fauteuil, un sport intense qui demande autant de force physique que de stratégie.

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Cédric a trouvé dans cette discipline un espace où il peut s’exprimer pleinement et repousser ses limites. « Quand on pense “handicap”, on pense “fragile”, on doit nous surprotéger. En fait, on est un sport où on se rentre dedans », affirme-t-il. Le rugby fauteuil, avec son intensité et ses contacts physiques, est un terrain de jeu où Cédric excelle (élu meilleur défenseur du monde en 2023) et où il défie les clichés.

Cédric Nankin a été désigné meilleur joueur de sa catégorie de handicap lors de la Coupe Internationale 2023 (Photo Didier Echelard).

« Quand je suis en équipe de France, je ne suis plus le Cédric avec sa petite vie, avec ses problèmes persos. Je suis Cédric le joueur de l’équipe de France »

Le documentaire suit de près la préparation de Cédric pour les Jeux Paralympiques. Chaque entraînement est une opportunité pour lui de perfectionner son jeu et de se rapprocher de ses objectifs. Mais pour Cédric, le rugby fauteuil représente bien plus qu’un simple sport. « Quand je suis en équipe de France, je ne suis plus le Cédric avec sa petite vie, avec ses problèmes persos. Je suis Cédric le joueur de l’équipe de France », explique-t-il. Ce rôle d’athlète international lui permet de se concentrer sur sa passion et de représenter fièrement son pays.

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« À corps perdus » dépasse le cadre du simple reportage sportif en offrant une perspective différente sur le quotidien des athlètes paralympiques. En suivant des personnalités comme Cédric Nankin, le documentaire montre que ces sportifs sont avant tout des compétiteurs déterminés, loin des stéréotypes de fragilité souvent associés au handicap.

Cédric Nankin, par son engagement et ses performances, est devenu une source d’inspiration. Sa mère, qui l’a toujours soutenu, exprime sa fierté : « Les médecins m’ont dit : “Il restera toujours allongé sur son lit et il n’arrivera pas à bouger”. Quand je vois tout ce qu’il fait, je me dis “mon dieu merci”. Il a une belle vie. Je suis fière de ce qu’il est devenu, je suis fière de lui. »

Elle le sera sans aucun doute encore plus à l’issue de ces Jeux Paralympiques, médaille à la clé ou pas.

Le documentaire « À corps perdus » est disponible gratuitement en replay sur le site de France Télévisions jusqu’au 26 février 2025 en suivant ce lien.

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JW 3 hours ago
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It really all depends of how much overseas players would be paid (by NZR) to play for the All Blacks. I’ve not heard a peep on this front from any author suggesting it’s a good idea.


If it’s nothing (a player gets his weekly paycheck from the club and thats it (which we know is definitely not the case in Ireland and France, or SA even I think?), then maybe it would retain more SR level players given that they’ll be getting the “AB” component (which is about where things stand, Burke for instance would have had to had his Sader contract upgraded to an AB one (think above Pero levels) to be on similar money.


I’d having to imagine if a player is getting paid to do nothing over the international windows though, they are going to want to get paid extra for appear for the ABs, so in this situation, it’s hard to see many players being retained, yes.


I’m pretty sure they flew to Japan and met in person.


I’ve heard/had these discussions numerous times. I don’t think theres anyway to judge the interest that would be retain in SR. For one, it might be a more entertaining league as a result, as the JRLO is compared to Europe, despite it obviously being a lesser standard.


If SRP is of a lesser standard and now able to use Japanese and American players to bolster teams, perhaps those markets more than make up for the downturn in NZ and Aus? Perhaps it gives NZR flexibility to create a more fit for purpose interdomestic competition, and interest actually increases? All you might need is a proper pathway from school to pro?


Razor asked NZR to keep an open mind. Did NZR answer any of these questions to themself?

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JW 5 hours ago
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Yeah of course it can be, it manages a good commerical outcome when 100 million people are following it. I’m saying rugby is no where near even remotely close to getting the payoff you’re talking about, never mind the distinct lack of anyway to implement it.


So you’re going for the dirty approach. I’m not surprised, it’s the only way to easily implement it right now. I wouldn’t see the benefit to doing that myself. A draft, if purely feasible in it’s own right, doesn’t need to provide commercial benefit at all (if it works, that’s all it needs to do, as it no doubt did back in america’s heyday). But without the advantageous backing of sponsors and interest levels, if you pick the wrong method to implement it, like a dirty approach, you do potential harm to it’s acceptance.


The aspect’s of the approach you chose that I don’t like, is that the franchises are the ones spending the money of the U20’s only for there opposition to get first dibs. Personally, I would much prefer an investment into a proper pathway (which I can’t really see SR U20s being at all in anycase). I’m not exactly sure how the draft works in america, but I’m pretty sure it’s something like ‘anyone whishing to be pro has to sign for the draft’, and results in maybe 10 or 20% of those being drafted. The rest (that accumulative 80/90% year on year) do go back into club, pronvincial, or whatever they have there, and remain scouted and options to bring in on immediate notice for cover etc. You yes, you draw on everybody, but what is generating your interest in the drafties in the first plaec?


This is your missing peace. If some come through school and into the acadamies, which would be most, you’ve currently got three years of not seeing those players after they leave school. Those that miss and come in through club, maybe the second year theyre in the draft or whatever, aged 20/21, you’re going to have no clue how they’ve been playing. NPC is a high level, so any that are good enough to play that would already be drafted, but some late bloomers you might see come in NPC but then Sky’s not going to broadcast that anymore. So what’s generating this massive interest you’re talking about, and most importantly, how does it tie in with the other 7 clubs that will be drafting (and providing) players outside of NZ?


Is the next step to pump tens of millions into SRP U20s? That would be a good start for investment in the youth (to get onto international levels of pathway development) in the first place but are fans going to be interested to the same level as what happens in america? Baseball, as mentioned, has the minor leagues, if we use that model it hasn’t to be broad over the whole pacific, because you’re not having one draft right, they all have to play against each other. So here they get drafted young and sent out into a lower level thats more expansive that SR, is there interest in that? There would be for large parts, but how financially viable would it be. Twiggy tried to get a league started and NPC clubs joined. BOP and Taranaki want SR representation, do we have a mix of the biggest clubs and provinces/states make a couple of divisions? I think that is far more likely to fan interest and commerical capabilities than an U20 of the SR teams. Or ofc Uni fits a lot of options. I’ve not really read anything that has tried to nut out the feasability of a draft, it can certainly work if this spitballing is anything to go by, but I think first theres got to be a need for it far above just being a drafting level.

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