Author: Agence France-Presse - AFP

Swimmer Florent Manaudou is feeling glum, French deputies 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. Swimming superstar Leon Marchand, a four-time gold medallist, continues to impress in pools across the globe, but for his teammate Manaudou, the return to everyday life has proved difficult. Manaudou, 33, was the first torchbearer on French soil when the Olympic flame arrived in Marseille in April and won two…