At fourteen months Paris Olympic Games, Brigitte Henriques throws in the towel. There president of the French National Olympic Sports Committee (CNOSF), weakened, announced her resignation at a general meeting of the institution on Thursday. The CNOSF formalized the information in a press release. In office since June 29, 2021, the former vice-president of the French Football Federation has become the first woman to occupy the highest position in the French Olympic movement.
” At the opening of the general assembly of the CNOSF which is being held today at the Maison du Sport Français, Brigitte Henriques announced her decision to return from her mandate as President of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee. “, is it written in the document.
The CNOSF specified that the presidency will be occupied by the general secretary, Astrid Guyard. The former fencer, Olympic vice-champion, will be responsible for “assuming the presidency of the CNOSF during this transition period (…) until a new president is elected within three months.
A year and a half of conflict
After the tremors, Brigitte Henriques therefore gave in. For a year and a half, the CNOSF has been going through a period of great turbulence, marked by conflicts and rivalries between several personalities. The former president Denis Masseglia (2009 to 2021) attacked Brigitte Henriques on several occasions. Until filing a complaint on May 18 before the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office for breach of trust against Brigitte Henriques.
May 21, The world revealed that the previous boss of the CNOSF had asked his successor to conceal his costs spent as ” ambassador and Honorary President. A way to evade the radar of the Court of Auditors.
In a column published in the columns of JDD Sunday, actors of the sporting world had urged the camps of Brigitte Henriques and Denis Masseglia to bury “the hatchet” to set up a olympic truce “. Now asks Astrid Guyard to prepare the ground to heal the wounds opened by this crisis. Hurry up. The Paris Games will take place from July 26 to August 11.
