That’s fascinating @LeifGoodwin ! It makes sense that something similar happened in this case since he was just 15 when he switched to English, and French was always his second language. He seems to be increasingly reluctant to speak in French these days although he does fine when pressed. Some of it could be that he’s a bit mad at France for various reasons. (He apparently got to discuss those reasons with Macron, who called him to talk about joining the French Olympic team… ). I guess the French are mad at him, too, for deciding not to.
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