"If I am the one who must resign because it is the only way to unlock, of course I will," said the president of the French Federation of Ice Sports (FFSG) Didier Gailhaguet Thursday, in the midst of the scandal of sexual violence in skating.
The boss of French skating finally seems to slowly retrace his steps. Even Wednesday during his speech to the media, he said that resigning was not in his plans. He defended tooth and nail on Wednesday, directly targeting the Minister of Sports by calling her "moralizing". After accusations of sexual violence by several skaters against their coaches, Roxana Maracineanu, called on Monday for the resignation of Didier Gailhaguet. There is a "general dysfunction" within the federation, according to her.
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"Logically, it is after having made an investigation that the culprits are determined"
The boss of French skating responded to Roxana Maracineanu's resignation request on the pretext that he would wait for the administrative inquiry to end "before making a decision". While he promised revelations at his press conference on Wednesday, Didier Gailhaguet still seems to want to speak out on the matter, but when the time is right: "I wish I had said what I still have to say, "he said of his possible resignation. "Logically, it is after having made an investigation that the culprits are determined.
There, we designate a culprit and then we say: 'I set up an investigation.' "The latter still believes that he has nothing to reproach himself with in his management of the Gilles Beyer case, which has continued to evolve in the microcosm of skating until the last few days, when the first alerts date from the early 2000s.