French fencing in the middle of a “disaster film scenario”. The crisis looms at all levels: on the track that Ysaora Thibus, foil world champion (2022), will have difficulty treading.

In management, with the departure of Hugues Obry, third coach to leave in less than a year. At its summit where the former president, Bruno Gares, was the subject of a report to the public prosecutor for suspicion of embezzlement.