the skater affected by her ousting from the Ice Sports Federation

The atmosphere is freezing. Saturday June 25, the outgoing candidate Nathalie Péchalat qualified as “interstellar shame” the election at the head of the French Federation of Ice Sports (FFSG) of his opponent Gwenaëlle Noury, report several media, including The Huffington Post. The result fell at midday, within the French National Olympic Sports Committee (CNOSF). Gwenaëlle Noury, president of the Lorient club and unknown in the community, collected 52.3% of votes. In other words, around forty votes (452 ​​against 412, exactly) separate the two women, among the 161 clubs who voted.

Very affected by his eviction, the wife of Jean Dujardin criticized his successor, in front of the journalists, of being remotely guided by Didier Gailhaguet. The former president of the FFSG is accused of covering up a coach accused of rape and sexual assaultremind our colleagues.

Nathalie Péchalat denounces an “interstellar shame”

“It’s the interstellar shame for all ice sports, we come back to another system of values, to another functioning, to other methods which are not mine”, estimated the skater to journalists. For the double European champion in ice dancing, this eviction is synonymous with“humiliation for the work carried out for two years”. And to add, to support his point of view: “And God knows it’s been complicated and intense, in terms of energy and time.”

Pushed by the media to say if she feared the return of Didier Gailhaguetwho led the FFSG between 1998 and 2004, then again between 2007 and 2020, Nathalie Péchalat reacted in these terms, quoted by The Huffington Post : “Yes I’m afraid, but that’s none of my business anymore.” According to the skater, who succeeded him in 2020, Didier Gailhaguet has “drives the program and the campaign” by Gwenaelle Noury.

On Twitter, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra – the new Minister of Sports – wished “full of success to the new president”. Before concluding his remarks like this: “The fight for the freedom of speech of the victims and the fight against sexual violencedriven by Nathalie Péchalat, will have to be continued.”