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I would not have the chance to relive my Olympic dream
". This is how Victor Muffat-Jeandet, the combined bronze medalist in Pyeongchang in 2018, agreed to his forfeit for the next Beijing Winter Olympics (February 4-20). Blame it on a fibula fracture during the controversial Zagreb slalom Thursday, canceled in the middle of the second round due to the condition of the track. "
All that for that… all the work for months and months, the hours on the skis, in the weights, to work, to sweat, to suffer which evaporate suddenly… what a waste
", regretted the French skier in a long message posted on
Facebook.
Operated next week by Dr Sonnery Cottet in Lyon, Muffat-Jeandet denounces ever more difficult conditions for professional skiers. “
Very few people know and realize all the efforts, investments and rigor that it takes on a daily basis for many years to align at the start. Even the
FIS Alpine World Cup Tour
does not know it,
gets carried away.
It's been a while since she really cared and respected athletes, and all the people who gravitate around them
. "
"
I am in fear and paranoia of my almost daily imposed and paid PCR test which could condemn me and prohibit me from doing my sleeve alone in the open air despite my 3 doses of vaccine and an impeccable state of form
, continues- there
.
I have to respect a strict sanitary bubble, but I am parked in a hotel with people from everywhere who come and go without any control, even at the gym.
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"The system will never change"
The 32-year-old skier, 19th and last skier to set off on the barely snow-covered slope in Croatia, prefers to be ironic about the fact that he did not get on: "
you never know if I will receive a new fine of 960 euros. as a gift
”. The problem, he says, is digging into a system that doesn't care enough about athletes. "
I no longer try to move the system, it will never change! The “business” will continue to run with other pawns, there will be other “cannon fodder” to serve the multiple interests above the athlete and you have to accept it if you want to be part of the game. Athletes' representatives are breaking their teeth and throwing in the towel over the years.
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The combined specialist will therefore miss a second Olympiad, and has serious doubts about the next one in Milan, in 2026. “
I would not have the chance to relive my Olympic dream, for this time at least, but in view of the current evolution, it seems all the same to move away well
", notes Muffat-Jeandet, without feeling sorry for its fate:"
I have nothing serious, I do not blame anyone, I am not looking for any responsible , I am not bitter, I took the start with full soul and conscience, nobody forces me to do that, I just take stock of what we are going through and what we are unfortunately facing more and more more.
"