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Nathalie Péchalat: "Faced with Gailhaguet, I want to stay straight in my boots"

2022-06-24T13:43:46.479Z


INTERVIEW – Candidate for re-election this Saturday as president of the French Ice Sports Federation, the former skater however comes up against the ghosts of the past.


On March 14, 2020, Nathalie Péchalat was elected president of the Ice Sports Federation (FFSG), in place of Didier Gailhaguet, forced to resign following the Sarah Abitbol affair – who accuses his former coach Gilles Beyer of sexual assault and rape – and the ensuing scandal.

Only two and a half years later, the former double European champion in ice dancing (2011 and 2012) alongside Fabian Bourzat is seeking a new term this Saturday.

Faced with an opponent, Gwenaëlle Noury, whose candidacy is carried at arm's length by an ineligible Gailhaguet after having held this position from 1998 to 2004, then from 2007 to 2020. But who did not hesitate to knock on the door by a large majority of the 162 presidents called to vote.

And inevitably, the

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Source: lefigaro

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