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PARIS — Antoine Dupont is set to be an Olympian. One of the world's best rugby players will get to use the new epithet after being included in the French sevens squad for the Olympics in Paris starting later this month. The 27-year-old Dupont, already one of the most decorated players in the 15-a-side game, started working with the sevens squad earlier this year with the aim of winning an Olympic gold medal on home soil. He played three sevens world series tournaments for a return of two gold medals and a bronze.
