The Minister of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games answered questions from Lorrain Sénéchal and Agathe Lambret on Thursday July 20.
Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, Minister of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games, was the guest of the “ 8:30 a.m. france info, Tuesday, July 26. She answered questions from Lorrain Sénéchal and Agathe Lambret.
Women’s World Cup: the final is within the “reach” of the France team
“Our French team has a real card to play“, assures Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, this Thursday on franceinfo, on the first day of the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. If “the president of the French Football Federation has set this objective of the semi-finals“, the Minister of Sports, sees further: “JI think that the Bleues must really believe in it until the end, until this final on August 20, which in my opinion is within their reach“.
The minister is full of praise for the new coach of Les Bleues, Hervé Renard, “very inspiring“.”He has a very positive way of seeing things, a staff around him who is experienced and I believe that all hopes are allowed“, she adds.
Security of the Paris 2024 Olympics: the use of the army “not at all a taboo question”
The issue of using the military to secure the Paris 2024 Olympics”is not at all a taboo question” according to Amélie Oudéa-Castéra. The Court of Auditors has expressed its concern, particularly on the issue of security during the Olympic Games.
In particular, she doubts the ability of companies in the sector to provide the 17,000 security guards needed per day during the Games. “We have the need, and this is not at all a taboo question, to articulate things well with Sébastien Lecornu, the Minister of Defence, these are discussions that have begun that will accelerate in due course“, declares the Minister of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Benjamin Mendy in Lorient: “Justice has passed, we must respect that”
With this new commitment, it is a “sports rehabilitation“which he begins, reacts the Minister of Sports the day after the signing of footballer Benjamin Mendy at FC Lorient. This signing comes five days after the end of his legal setbacks in the United Kingdom, where he was found not guilty of rape and attempted rape. “Justice is passed, we must respect that“, added this Wednesday on franceinfo the Minister of Sports. “He was acquitted and if when you are acquitted, it generates the same suspicion as when you are accused, you lose the sense of justice“, believes the Minister of Sports. “And at the same time, we must continue to push for the liberation of speech”, she adds.
Tour de France: “The“intensity of anti-doping controls is extreme”
Asked about the performances of Vingegaard which revive doubts about doping in cycling, the Minister of Sports underlines that “the intensity of anti-doping controls is extreme“on the Tour de France.”There are urine and blood checks, bike checks“, recalls Amélie Oudéa-Castera. “On doping, you have to constantly adapt“, she also explains.
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