In August 2024, sprinter Muhammad Abdallah Kounta was suspended by the President of the French Athletics Federation for publishing comments inciting hatred on social media, including inciting hatred against France, white people, Christians, and Jews, as well as support for the Islamist group Hamas.[2][3][4][5] Among Kounta's posts, he expressed a desire to “kill Little White."[6]
The Federation President also made a report to the Public Prosecutor, as well as to the Federation's Disciplinary Committee, which will consider banning him permanently.[6][5][7][8]Île-de-FranceRegional CouncilorPatrick Karam, the right-hand man of the President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France Valérie Pécresse, called for the "heaviest sanctions" to be levied against Kounta, including Kounta's permanent removal by the Federation's Disciplinary Committee.[9][10]
Organisation
The French Athletics Federation is governed by a president and seven vice-presidents, a general secretary, and a general treasurer.
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