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Fencing: the lessons of Isabelle Lamour's defeat in the federal elections

2020-09-27T14:50:38.517Z


After the victory of Bruno Gares who dethrones Isabelle Lamour as president of the French fencing federation, there is only one


Isabelle Lamour will therefore not run a third term in a row at the head of the French fencing federation.

If the electoral commission will not validate the results until the beginning of the week, Bruno Gares has been claiming his victory since Saturday evening, with around 55% of the vote.

“I am happy, proud, but also aware that the hard part is starting, he reacted on his Facebook page.

So today, I get down to work.

And I intend, beyond my team, to bring together all the goodwill to work for the development of fencing in our country.

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The former fencing master of the France team did not have a word for his rival, Isabelle Lamour, who has long been (until the election of Nathalie Péchalat to the ice sports federation), the only woman at the head of an Olympic sports federation.

Proof, no doubt, that this campaign took place under extreme tension.

“Thank you to those who kept their word.

Proud to have carried and respected the values ​​of fencing, until the end ”, thus reacted the running mates of Isabelle Lamour.

The latter, denounced a few days ago in Le Parisien the "attacks" which forced it to "justify".

Bruno Gares' victory is also that of ... Laura Flessel, declared enemy of Isabelle Lamour and who had given her support to her former adviser, the one who had been at the origin of her appointment to the Ministry of Sports between May 2017 and September 2018.

Change in other federations?

What will now be the "mission" of the former minister, who was not on the list?

"Bruno will be a 100% president, Laura in addition to her involvement in the territories, will work in international bodies", explained a few days ago the association "Fencing, Spirit Club" responsible for campaigning and which evoked "a shock duo ”.

Still, the “non-re-election” of Isabelle Lamour has awakened the hopes of those who have embarked on the conquest of federations.

Although the fencing federation has a less secure voting system than other institutions (it is the clubs that vote directly and not the grand voters), some imagine the possible change.

This risks increasing tensions even more.

Three women (only) are candidates in an Olympic federation: Marie-Christine Cazier (athletics), Nathalie Huet (badminton) and Anne de Saint-Marie (horse riding).

Source: leparis

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