Martin Fourcade is always on target.
Retired since March 20, 2020, the Pyrenean (33) retains an intact aura.
The former biathlete emerged at the top of the election (971 votes out of the 2,307 votes cast), in Beijing, for a place on the Athletes' Commission of the International Olympic Committee.
Sixteen candidates had declared themselves.
Former Swedish skier Frida Hansdotter (694 votes), Olympic slalom champion in Pyeongchang in 2018, is the second elected personality.
“I don't say to myself, it's great, but that's a lot of athletes who have given me their confidence, and whom I must not disappoint,
confided Martin Fourcade
.
They insisted on the fact that I remain myself within the institution, that is close to my heart.
I'm not someone who has his tongue in his pocket, I want to keep this freedom of tone.
It's a role that I want to take on with the values and convictions that are mine, the environment, the fight against doping for a sport...
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