Cécilia Berder is one of the headliners of the Grand Prix de Saber which takes place until Saturday evening in Orléans. The 31-year-old young woman, licensed at the Orléans fencing circle, enters the running this Saturday in what will be his last big competition before almost a year. The native of Morlaix has just announced that she is three months pregnant and that she will take a hiatus, at least until September 2022.
A cut of almost a year
Cécilia Berder, who won the silver medal in team saber this summer with France at the Tokyo Olympics, explains that after the Orleans competition, she “stops the World Cups for the 2021/2022 season” and “hopes to resume 100% in September 2022”, with one goal in mind: Paris 2024.
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Regarding her ambitions for the Orléans Saber Grand Prix, Cécilia Berder wants “to have fun above all, in what is the most beautiful event of the World Cup of the year”: “It’s going to be very difficult, there are more than 150 of us wanting to reach the finals so I know it will be difficult from the first games. But one thing is certain, we will have the support of the public, it will give a great energy and that is great “.