In recent months, several federal elections have been held under extreme tension.
The French National Olympic and Sports Committee could, in turn, rock, shaken by internal wars.
Reached by the age limit, outgoing president Denis Masseglia can not stand for re-election, but has been working for some time to appoint his successor.
All the attempts at meetings of the presidents of federations wishing to discuss the subject (without necessarily the presence of Masseglia) were nipped in the bud.
The outgoing president did not flinch when two first candidates - Patrice Martin and Emmanuelle Bonnet-Ouladj - declared themselves, the organization of the CNOSF making that people from non-Olympic federations (like Patrice Martin) or affinity (like Emmanuelle Bonnet -Ouladj) are less likely to win.
And it is customary for the Olympic federations to stick together.
Their candidate - Michel Vion - was ideal.
The French ski boss had started to gather, before finally backing down a month ago.
Denis Masseglia then triggered plan B: Brigitte Henriques, vice-president of the football federation.
"He did Denis, deciding all alone in his corner," plague a close.
"He's doing his grub"
The formalization of the renunciation of Michel Vion in the Team, Monday, precipitates events.
Especially since Sunday, another candidate let it be known that he might be interested: Nicolas Hénard, double Olympic champion and current president of the French Sailing Federation.
According to our information, Denis Masseglia would have tried to dissuade him.
New acceleration of events Monday morning with the candidacy of Brigitte Henriques who leaked.
This does not confirm anything during the CNOSF congress which takes place in the afternoon (it should formalize this Thursday during the CA).
The situation became tense, some starting to criticize Denis Masseglia for a lack of consultation and consideration of non-Olympic federations.
"He's doing his grub," blows a leader.
The candidates have until the end of April to make themselves known, the elections being scheduled for the end of June.
If the four candidatures are confirmed (the ex-judoka Thierry Rey who had expressed his interest could finally give up), the candidates will offer different profiles, likely to allow a real exchange on the question of sport, three years before the Games in Paris.
Emmanuelle Bonnet-Ouladj, co-president of the FSGT, very integrated in the working-class districts, defends in particular the practice of sport for all.
Brigitte Henriques is marked women's football, Patrice Martin, multi-champion of water skiing, can help open the subject of the place of non-Olympic federations at the CNOSF.
Nicolas Hénard, for his part, plays the Olympic card.
It remains to be seen whether the debate will really take place.
Because obviously, some do not really want to.