Émilie Gomis is talking about her again. Ousted from the Athletes’ Commission of the French Olympic Committee (CNOSF) then resigned from her role as ambassador for the Paris 2024 Games after reposting controversial messages on her social networks on October 9 about the Israel-Hamas war, the former French basketball player spoke again on the geopolitical theme.
The day after Iran’s attack on Israel, Gomis posted a message on his X account supporting the Islamic Republic’s offensive. “IRAN HAS THE RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF” can we read in this post accompanied by the Iranian flag.
In October 2023, a few days after the deadly Hamas attacks in Israel, the 40-year-old Olympic medalist (silver in London in 2012) republished a post highlighting maps of France from 1947, 1967 and 2023, on which the tricolor covering French territory was gradually replaced by the Israeli flag, with this question: “What would you do in this situation?” »
Gomis no longer holds a position in French sport
Summoned by the Paris judicial police in February as part of an investigation opened for advocating terrorism by the Paris prosecutor’s office, the 40-year-old former sportswoman admitted “an error”, while denouncing “relentlessness”.
Émilie Gomis was removed from the CNOSF athletes’ commission on January 2, 2024 before resigning from her role as ambassador for the Paris 2024 Games “for the sake of appeasement”. She no longer holds any position in French sport.
