Because what should have been the culmination of several years of effort ultimately disgusted the cyclist, who did not take advantage of her podiums as she hoped, revolted by the discriminatory atmosphere that reigned within the team. of France.
“I have a very specific example in mind,” says the 35-year-old Frenchwoman, who took up cycling after being forced to stop running due to an orthopedic malformation in her foot and back. left ankle.
At the Tokyo Games, I asked for the atmosphere to be less sexist because I was the only woman in track cycling and there was a lot of misogynistic thinking.
And I was told that if I didn't want to play a sexist sport, I had to play a girls' sport.
They consider cycling to be a men's sport, but that doesn't exist.
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