The old fencer replaces Didier Séminet, dismissed on September 12 by Brigitte Henriques, president of the CNOSF, in crisis for more than a month.
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The French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) will come out of the crisis in which he has been immersed for more than a month? Wednesday, October 12, the 45 members of the board of directors (CA) of the CNOSF, “on the proposal of Brigitte Henriques, president of the CNOSF”, according to a press release, appointed Astrid Guyart as general secretary of the ridge institution of the sports movement.
The old fencer, silver medalist in team labels at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, replaces Didier Séminet, landed from his post on September 12, due to “deep disagreements” with Brigitte Henriques. The former vice-president of the French Football Federation (FFF) had also, a few days later, filed a complaint against his ex-right-right for “psychological violence”.
Present Wednesday during the board of directors, the patron of the Olympic committee, very affected according to relatives, had time to rest, spent the reins of the presidency, at the end of last week, to four members of the ‘Instance: Jean-Pierre Siutat, President of the French Basketball Federation, Michel Callot (Cycling), Sébastien Poirier (Motorcyclism) and Astrid Guyart.
An unprecedented quartet at the head of the CNOSF who had not calmed the anger of the opponents of Brigitte Henriques. “It is a masquerade of democracy! How was this group of 4 decided? How can we have fun like that with the statutes?”, Was indignant, with the France-Presse agency, Didier Séminet, which remains, also a member of the board of directors of the CNOSF.
“A disastrous image”
The dismissal of Didier Séminet, ex-president of the French baseball federation, has widened deep fractures within the French sports movement and returned “a disastrous image” less than two years from the 2024 Paris Games, have deplored many actors in French sport throughout the past few weeks.
The choice of Astrid Guyart (39), hitherto secretary general secretary of the CNOSF, is not a surprise as his name was insistent to occupy the post of right arm of the president. The ex-Filettist will be responsible as a priority to bring a little serenity to the Maison du Sport Français, crossed by an unprecedented crisis in more than fifty years of existence. The Minister of Sports and Olympic and Paralympic Games, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, had, on the sidelines of the Paralympic day, Saturday in Paris, called each of the camps to “appeasement”.
released by the former boss of the Cnosf Denis Masseglia, who had nevertheless worked in his election in June 2021, Brigitte Henriques, which her opponents accuse of having imported the authoritarian methods of the FFF, refuses to drop the bar of flagship of French sport. A ship whose waterways have not finished being clogged.