HANIDSPORT HOSTED 400 ATHLETES FROM 30 COUNTRIES AT CHARLETY STADIUM PARIS

USPA NEWS - The French Federation Handisport hosted a sporting how of a global competition, with an international dimension. In the legendary stadium of Stade Charléty in Paris will be held the third edition of the French Championships of athletics handisport, on Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 May 2017. The event will host more than 400 French and international athletes this year and will become one of the nine stages of the World Para Athletics Grand Prix, the official competition circuit of the International Paralympic Committee. Laura Flessel, newly appointed French Minster of Sports and Emmanuelle Assmann, Chairman of Paralympic Games in France, and Frederic Delpy, Chairman of French Handisports Federation attended the event, and answered questions to the media during a press conference. The two laies are olympic fencing champions.

The French Federation Handisport hosted a sporting how of a global competition, with an international dimension. In the legendary stadium of Stade Charléty in Paris will be held the third edition of the French Championships of athletics handisport, on Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 May 2017. The event will host more than 400 French and international athletes this year and will become one of the nine stages of the World Para Athletics Grand Prix, the official competition circuit of the International Paralympic Committee. Laura Flessel, newly appointed French Minster of Sports and Emmanuelle Assmann, Chairman of Paralympic Games in France attended the event, and answered questions to the media during a press conference. The two ladies are olympic fencing champions.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRESS CONFERENCE WITH LAURA FLESSEL EMMANUELLE ASSMAN AND FREDERIC DELPY-------------------- "I am delighted to be here this is the festival of handisport and it is an appointment that I already knew, and seeing athletes in a handicap situation, come and see them with eyes that sparkle me, Around the sport, all this delights me.------------------------ My two missions as Minister of Sports are to lead the Paris2024 bid to the Olympic and Paralympic Games.--------------------- My second mission is to fight exclusion and work with other ministries to achieve this goal. PARIS 2024, it is our straight line and we are preparing to go to Lausanne in July, for supporting Paris 2024 candidacy. This is the promise that it is a Grand Prix that takes place for the disabled in Paris and the government goes beyond it for that. So it's a movement in place that is already on my side and I'm delighted that you're the one to get the messages across" Minister of Sports Laura Flessel stated--- QUESTION Rahma Sophia Rachdi: When the former Minister of Sports Patrick Kanner was transferred to your new ministry of sport, you, Laura Flessel, spoke about your great support and your personal involvement in the PARIS2024 bid, The OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES. So we hope that it has been well noted by the media, as we have noted on our side. At the last ministerial council meeting at Elysee, Spokesman Mr Castaner explained to us that "President Macron has asked all ministers to mobilize with you for the PARIS 2024 bid. How will this collegial work be organized?-------------------- ANSWER Laura Flessel: As far as Collegiality is concerned, we are on the road and we are indeed going to work in a solidarity between ministries and sport by transversality is taken into account in all fields. There are bridges to be made there are projects that already exist and we will make them integrate and at the European level.-------------------------------------------- QUESTION Rahma Sophia Rachdi: Personally I am very glad that you are named Minister of Sports because you are a great multi-Olympic champion of fencing, a woman, and you come from the DOM TOM (French West Indies). How is it that one does not communicate enough on the DOM TOM knowing that it is their champions that bring back the majority of the Olympic medals? (17 medals brought just during the RIO 2016 Olympics)------------------------------------------------------------ ANSWER Laura Flessel: I do not forget my origins, I come from DOM TOM and it is a nursery and my next trip at the end of June will be done in DOMTOM then Reunion and Guyana to improve the infrastructures on the spot and encourage the DOM TOM has felt completely integrated in the candidature Paris2024, of the Olympics.

LAURA FLESSEL : French Minister of Sports---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born on 6 November 1971 in Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) DOM TOM (French West Indies) Professional curriculum Mental coach, graduate MEE (Management of Excellence Team) International Coach at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games General manager of club Clichy Fencing Presenter of the program "They are France" - Channel Number 23 Consultant for Canal + at the Rio 2016 Games Member of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council Member of the National Sports Council Chair of the Ethics and Values “‹“‹of Sport Committee Women's 24H Initiator RECORDS AND MEDALS Fencing champion (sword) Quintuple Olympic medalist Sextuple world champion European Champion 18 times champion of France Volunteering Member of the Bid Committee Paris 2024 Member of the Women's Foundation Committee Ambassador of AMREF Handicap International's godmother Ambassador of the association 1 Maillot pour la Vie Sponsor of the Gay Games Paris 2018 Sponsor of C-Lyne's Lutins Ehlers-Danlos National Union of Syndromes Sponsor Ambassador of the international organization Peace & Sport