Paris (AFP)
The election of the new president of the French Ice Sports Federation (FFSG), a position from which Didier Gailhaguet resigned on Saturday amid a scandal of sexual violence in skating, will take place on Saturday March 14 in Paris, we learned on Tuesday. concordant sources, confirming information from The Team.
The extraordinary general assembly which will proceed to this election, whose precise place was not yet known Tuesday evening, will be held only four days before the World Figure Skating Championships, which will begin the following Wednesday, in Montreal.
Gailhaguet, who reigned for two decades on the FFSG, ended up resigning last Saturday, less than a week after the Minister of Sports Roxana Maracineanu called him to do so, in the midst of revelations of sexual violence in the skating, especially by former champion Sarah Abitbol.
In the meantime, it is the President of the Federal Council, the supervisory and control body of the federation, Maryvonne Del Torchio, who ensures the interim at the head of the federation.
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