The election of Didier Gailhaguet's successor, forced to resign a month ago, swept away by an unprecedented wave of revelations of sexual violence in French skating, is scheduled for Saturday March 14 in Paris. A ballot that will pit four candidates, while three other candidates have been challenged. At the top of the bill is Nathalie Péchalat, who was the first to declare herself not without raising some shields on the part of other former champions and champions, such as Sarah Abitbol, whose accusations of rape against of his former trainer Gilles Beyer had put an end to the Omerta reigning over the discipline concerning sexual violence. At 36, Péchalat notably has for her her past as double European champion (2011 and 2012) alongside Fabian Bourzat.
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In addition to that of Péchalat, were also ratified the candidacies of the president of the club of Angers Damien Boyer-Gibaud, mounted on the front line to call for the departure of Gailhaguet but who must deal with a conflict with one of his former employees within the club Angers who accused him of moral harassment, short-track trainer Gilles Jouanny and ex-bobsledder Michel-Ange Marie-Calixte. On the other hand, the candidacies of the former international figure skating judge Marie-Reine Le Gougne, the former short-track world champion Marc Bella and Hubert Godefroy, former vice-president of the FFSG and former president of the Federal Council, on the other hand "were not retained because they do not comply with the criteria mentioned in our statutes", specifies the FFSG.
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Two seats on the Federal Council, the federation's supervisory and control body, are also to be filled. Among the twelve successful candidates, is that of Philippe Candeloro. “In accordance with our statutes, the electoral operations monitoring committee met on March 1 and 3 to verify the validity of candidacies for the post of president of the FFSG, and of member of the federal council. The conclusions of this commission were ratified by the president of the federal council, explains the federation.
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