After two years in office, it’s over. Nathalie Péchalat from Rouen will not remain president of the French Federation of Ice Sports. She was beaten, this Saturday June 25, 2022, by Gwenaëlle Noury who totaled 52.8% of the vote.
“It’s an interstellar disgrace to all of ice sports.– Nathalie Pechalat
This election of Gwenaëlle Noury is marked, according to Nathalie Péchalat, with the seal of Didier Gailhaguet, the former president of the federation. She feels he has “remote control” the candidacy of the new president. The problem: Didier Gailhaguet resigned in February 2020, because he was suspected of having covered up a figure skating coach, implicated in 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 the former skater, born in Rouen. For her part, the Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castera wishes a “full success” to the new president and adds that “the fight for the free speech of victims and the fight against sexual violence, driven by Nathalie Péchalat, must be continued.”