By finishing 2nd in the final of the Olympic canoe-kayak qualifying regattas in Hungary, Guillaume Burger had composted his ticket for Tokyo.
A dream and an "accomplishment" for the licensee of the Breton club of Saint Grégoire
But an administrative error by the International Canoeing Federation (ICF) ended his Olympic dreams.
According to the international federation, French athletes could not claim an Olympic place in this race.
"I do not understand.
I have been sweating for 15 years and giving everything to have this selection and I am told that I do not qualify for a simple thoughtlessness, I do not believe it ”, had reacted Guillaume Burger at the microphone of the channel. Team.
An unlikely scenario that French athletes have not failed to comment.
The walker Yohan Diniz or the skier Marie Martinod posted a message of support on their social networks.
Other athletes such as taekwondoist Gladys Epangue and former fencer Astrid Guyart have also shown their support for the French rower.
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- Yohann Diniz OLY (@DinizYohann) May 24, 2021
WE DON'T LET BURGER IN A CORNER! # Respectathletes # supportburger # tokyo2021 @ FF_CanoeKayak @ planetcanoepic.twitter.com / 9ePm0SIkfE
- Marie Martinod (@MarieMartinod) May 24, 2021
The IOC seized, the CAS not yet
The French Canoe Federation and DTN Ludovic Royé have already informed the IOC of the situation.
"For the moment, we prefer to favor this path, to ask the IOC for benevolence, rather than going before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)," explains Royé.
A situation that will have to be quickly settled for Guillaume Burger, the Olympics starting on July 23.
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