Estelle Mossely, the first French Olympic champion boxer, has announced her separation from boxer Tony Yoka and being pregnant with their second child in the night of Tuesday to Wednesday on social networks.

"This decision (to separate) for whatever reason is a painful decision, but the woman that I am can only remain faithful to her values ​​and her education, we have lived the best and the worst and you will hear maybe behind this announcement of real things, certainly also false things, "writes the gold medalist of the 2016 Olympics (light weight, -60 kg) on ​​his Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts. "Erected as a" golden couple "after the games (2016), our story was true and sincere, but life is very much like sport and it's harder to stay up than go up. because I never considered life as a game, "adds the boxer who had also won the IBO lightweight title last June.

"I pray that the being that I have in my belly is my 2nd biggest pride". Mossely, 27, has also announced that she is pregnant with a second child. "The result of a real desire for Tony and me, and by letting things be done naturally, I am happy to tell you that we wanted to bring to our son Ali an additional experience in his life, that of being a big brother. the machine is launched and I pray that the being that I have in my belly is my 2nd biggest pride, "says the boxer in a message sent from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country of origin of her father, where she "takes a step back". The Olympic champion said that, despite this new maternity, "(his) preparation and (its) sports goals are not questioned so far". "They are simply arranged in accordance with my pregnancy," she says.