It was in the air, it’s now official. Lucas Corvée and Ronan Labar will not represent France in the men’s doubles event at badminton at the Paris Olympic Games. As revealed on Thursday by RMC Sport, an incredible calculation error by the International Federation confirmed this Friday by the body completely changes the situation. Exit the Corvée-Labar pair. With the new ranking, brothers Christo and Toma Junior Popov move ahead and validate their presence at the Games. “We suspected that they were not going to reverse their decision, reacted DTN Jérôme Careil at the microphone of RMC Sport. It was expected. But for us we had to have a first level of response. ‘a. We didn’t expect anything else.”
“I have no way of knowing if this oversight is true”
This error, consequence of a new rule on the calculation of points won in tournaments and coming into force in 2023, places the Badminton Federation (FFBaD) in embarrassment: “The situation is incredible, gets angry, disgusted, the French leader. Nothing much will surprise me in an argument that can be given for an oversight. I have no way of knowing if this oversight is true, if this is the reason or if there is something else. We don’t know. Now we have an answer with an official communication. We are waiting to gather all the elements on the general impact of these calculation errors. which may have been impacted.”
As France is only entitled to one pair at the Games, the DTN regrets that “each of the two pairs can speak of unfairness.” “The situation is so amazing that both (pairs) are right,” supports Jérôme Careil who can “not take sides.”
“It’s becoming more political”
On the other hand, this error having harmed French badminton, especially Ronan Labar and Lucas Corvée who thought they were living the Olympic dream last weekend after the European Championships in Germany, the Federation is mobilizing to defend its interests by bringing together technical studies. “The president is going to have an interview with the CNOSF to see what our different margins of maneuver are. It’s becoming more political,” summarizes the DTN. The FFBaD must communicate in the coming days on the possible action it intends to take in this matter.
In the meantime, there is the distress of Ronan Labar and Lucas Corvée, deprived of their Olympic dream: “We spoke with them. We know how complicated the situation is to reach qualification. It’s even more difficult when we remove it right after. We are there to ensure fairness, but also to support Lucas and Ronan,” concludes Jérôme Careil.
Original article published on RMC Sport
2024-04-19 18:36:27
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