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Fencer Daniel Jérent wrongly accused of doping: "It's something that will always pursue me"

11/7/2022, 9:07:19 AM


More than a year later, Daniel Jérent is still bruised by having been deprived of the Tokyo Olympics. After being completely cleared of

Forever engraved in his heart, but also on his skin.

On his left arm, a soldier has drawn himself with these few words: “A wounded soldier is not dead.

At 31, Daniel Jérent has not yet turned the page.

Quite the contrary.

The Francilien is still completely absorbed by a case that has been eating away at him for more than two years now.

And the fact of having been cleared last April does not change anything.

Daniel Jérent still can't move on.

“When you type my name on the Internet, the first thing that pops up is Rio.

It's something that will always pursue me, even if today we know that I am not a cheat and that I did not dope.

In my case, there is no right to be forgotten.

I'm doomed, even if I didn't do anything.

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