Foil fencer Ysaora Thibus tested positive a few months before the Paris Games. A real chance of a medal is wavering, and will fall if the second opinion confirms this result.

A recognized sportswoman, a fighting woman, strong in defending women's sport or admitting her fragilities and depression, is affected. The rest will tell if, at 32, this is the end of his career. But this news item revives another, which polluted the discipline a few weeks before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.