French Gymnastics Official Responds After Controversy Involving Olympic Stars Like Mélanie De Jesus dos Santos Goes Public Following public complaints from Olympic stars such as Mélanie De Jesus dos S

“We thought we could trust our leaders, but it was poorly managed,” confessed the French gymnastics trio of Mélanie De Jesus Dos Santos, Coline Devillard, and Marine Boyer, pulling back the curtain on last year’s bitter showdown with the French federation. The home-ground disappointment, an 11th-place finish at the Olympics where they failed to make the final, was branded a disaster, but it seems that was only the tip of the iceberg. The rabbit hole runs far deeper and darker, with multiple individuals involved in the fall, and the federation’s response has been anything but measured, with statements dripping in tension and defiance.

Addressing the recent fallouts, the French federation’s performance director, Christophe Lambert, recently spoke out, going on the offensive against gymnast