Nathalie Péchalat described Saturday as “interstellar shamee” the election at the head of the French Federation of Ice Sports (FFSG) of her opponent Gwenaëlle Noury whom she accuses of being remotely controlled by the former president of the FFSG Didier Gailhaguet, accused of having covered a trainer accused of rape and sexual assault.
“It’s the interstellar shame for all ice sports, we come back to another system of values, to another functioning, to other methods that are not mine.“, reacted Nathalie Péchalat, moved, to some journalists. Asked whether she feared the return of Didier Gailhaguet who led the FFSG from 1998 to 2004 then from 2007 to 2020, she replied: “Yes I’m afraid, but that doesn’t concern me anymore“.
According to Nathalie Péchalat, who succeeded Didier Gailhaguet in 2020, he has “leads the program and the campaign” by Mrs. Noury. For the double European champion in ice dancing, this result is “a humiliation for the work carried out for two years and god knows that it was complicated and intense, in terms of energy and time“.”I have known for several weeks that it was going to be tight, I was confident in human nature, common sense, the discernment of each of the voters“, added the wife of Jean Dujardin. “Me making promises to get elected, that’s not how I work“.
For her part, Gwenaëlle Gigarel-Noury, the new president of the FFSG, admitted to the Team that she was in contact with Didier Gailhaguet, he did “been consulted, I’m not hiding it because for me he’s still a fan of ice sports, he’s still someone who knows the workings of this federation“.
In a tweet, the new Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, wished “good luck to the new president“, before adding: “The fight for the freedom of speech for victims and the fight against sexual violence, driven by @NPechalatOff, must be continued“.