The cause of the fierce reaction of Athletics Flanders is the interview that Jessica Mayon, chairman of the French -speaking athletics federation (LBFA), gave at the World Cup athletics after the riot around Nafi Thiam and her portrait rights were completely burst.
“Nafi is and will always remain a very big champion, so that’s a shame, yes. Whether I felt it coming? Perhaps. Perhaps. The first difficult decision of the LBFA, so the French -speaking union, was really to be able to select Nafi. There were people who did not want her at this championship,” said Mayon, who was a fiercely beaten Topsport Coorddin, the Vlaams -Topsport Coorddind, the fierce. World Cup participation of Thiam.
“Those discussions were very difficult and very difficult. That had consequences on the guidance and organization of this championship. Now we have a lot of work on the shelf. Whether those people who did not want Thiam at the World Cup were mainly of the Flemish League? Pff, yes I don’t have to say that anymore. We have a meeting on September 29,” said Mayon.
Jessica Mayon © Belgium
Solution in the Thiam file late by canceled meeting even longer
A reaction that they cannot laugh at at Athletics Flanders. They now come out with a press release, after they had come together on Thursday evening to discuss the issue. “During an international tournament, the representatives of the Leagues always follow in the name of Belgian Athletics: as one voice. This principle has now been broken in Tokyo,” the press release says. “To restore unity at the Belgian level, it is absolutely necessary that Athletics Flanders makes no statements about the national files as long as the trust has not been restored. Internal consultation with the LBFA is now the first priority to be able to continue working on national files.”
“We read in the media that Minister Galant acts as a mediator in the situation around Nafi Thiam. We welcome this initiative. We assume that she will discuss the situation with the LBFA,” they conclude.
Normally the two federations would sit together on Monday, but that meeting will no longer take place. As a result, a solution in the Thiam file will also take longer
Conclusion: it is up to the upper arm between Athletics Flanders and the French -speaking union.
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