(FILES) Bronze medallist in the Men's 50m Freestyle and Men's 4x100m medley relay swimming event France's Florent Manaudou poses during a photo session in Paris on August 5, 2024. Swimmer Florent Manaudou is feeling glum, French MPs despair over a plummeting sports budget and the Eiffel Tower has lost its Olympic rings. Two months after the flame went out on the glittering Paris Olympics and Paralympics, the French capital is in the grip of a bout of post-Games blues. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)