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I am very happy that the French volleyball team 
has the opportunity to come to Slovenia

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at the end of August and play 
in the World Volleyball Championship. 

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Of course, I will be the first to support 
our men's national team, which won the gold medal 

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at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
As I mentioned during my term of office, 

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sport closely connects France and Slovenia: 
I have in mind cycling with the exceptional achievements 

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of Primož Roglič and Tadej Pogačar 
at the Tour de France, and it was because 

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of her that I listened to the Slovenian national anthem 
on the Champs-Élysées two years in a row. 

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I also have in mind the French handball players 
Alison Pineau and Océane Sercien, 

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who play for Krim from Ljubljana. 
Sportsmen abroad should not be overlooked either, 

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for example in basketball, with Luka Dončič 
and Frenchman Frank Ntilikina 

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playing for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA.
I think that the Olympic Games in Paris 

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in 2024 will be a great opportunity, that 
the sports cooperation, which is very close 

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to France and Slovenia, will continue.
Of course, what I can advise our players and French fans, 

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who will come to Ljubljana at the end of August, 
is to extend their stay here for 

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a few days and take the time to discover Ljubljana 
and the wider Slovenia. 

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You will realize that it is a magical land, 
and you will not regret it!

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Above all: Come on, blue!