Olympic Games 2024: The Cojo will decide on Emilie Gomis in early January after a controversial message about Israel
The organizing committee for the 2024 Paris Olympics will decide in early January on the possible recall of one of its ambassadors, Emilie Gomis, following an Instagram publication about Israel, Cojo President Tony Estanguet said on Wednesday.
“I will, in accordance with our statutes, call a general meeting of the board that can discuss this situation right at the beginning of 2024,” explained Tony Estanguet during a year-end press conference at das Cojo headquarters.
“The Ethics Committee found that these posts were not in line with the values defended by Paris-2024 and proposed the removal of Emilie Gomis as administrator,” he added.
Two days after the Hamas attacks in Israel on October 7, former basketball player Emilie Gomis briefly posted a message in which we saw maps of France from 1947, 1967 and 2023, showing the tricolor that covered French territory. was gradually replaced by the Israeli flag, with this question: “What would you do in this situation?”