The fight against racism also takes place on sport fields. This Monday June 29, the INSEP [French National Institute of Sport Expertise, and Performance] has announced they have discovered in the morning racist insults on pictures of athletes from the Rio Olympics hung on the outdoor gates of the facility set in Paris 12th arrondissement.
L@INSEP_PARIS condamne fermement les insultes racistes découvertes sur des photos d'athlètes à l'extérieur du site.
— INSEP (@INSEP_PARIS) June 28, 2020
L’INSEP est l’image de la diversité de la France : des femmes, des hommes de toutes origines, qui se dépassent pour faire gagner la 🇫🇷 . #sport #respect #fraternité pic.twitter.com/FVF0uUSIoc
Tweet reads: “INSEP_Paris harshly condemns racist insults found on pictures of athletes outside the facility. The INSEP embodies France’s diversity: women and men of all origins, who outdo themselves to make [France] win”.
Moreover, as the INSEP press release says, “the public facility that immediately saw this offence, harshly condemns these actions and will file a complaint to the police”. On the three pictures vandalized, we recognize portraits of French sport stars such as multiple time judoka world champion Teddy Riner, and even 110-m hurdle specialist Dimitri Bascou.
Furthermore, INSEP director general Ghani Yalouz reacted to the news. The director and his teams “will not lay low” he says in a press release, and they “will not give ground to hatred, cowardness, and stupidity”. He goes on showing “friendly and unfailing support to people that have been personally attacked”.
Les images de ces actes ignobles et lâches réalisés à l’extérieur de l’ @INSEP_PARIS nous rappellent que le combat contre le racisme doit se poursuivre. Ne relâchons pas notre vigilance. Tout mon soutien aux athlètes et à ceux qui se sentent salis par ces comportements révoltants https://t.co/QQIHwHGhfJ
— Roxana Maracineanu (@RoxaMaracineanu) June 28, 2020
Tweets read: “Pictures of these vile and coward actions outside the INSEP Paris remind us the fight against racism must go on. Let us keep being vigilant. All my support to athletes and those who feel tarnished by these revolting behaviors. // INADMISSIBLE!”
Latest reaction, the Minister of Sports Roxana Maracineanu condemned these “vile and coward actions”. The government member said the “fight against racism must go on” in the sport universe, before showing support “to athletes and those who feel tarnished by these revolting behaviors”.
Tweet reads: “INSEP_Paris harshly condemns racist insults found on pictures of athletes outside the facility. The INSEP embodies France’s diversity: women and men of all origins, who outdo themselves to make [France] win”.
Moreover, as the INSEP press release says, “the public facility that immediately saw this offence, harshly condemns these actions and will file a complaint to the police”. On the three pictures vandalized, we recognize portraits of French sport stars such as multiple time judoka world champion Teddy Riner, and even 110-m hurdle specialist Dimitri Bascou.
Furthermore, INSEP director general Ghani Yalouz reacted to the news. The director and his teams “will not lay low” he says in a press release, and they “will not give ground to hatred, cowardness, and stupidity”. He goes on showing “friendly and unfailing support to people that have been personally attacked”.
