The Secretary of State for Youth and Sports reported this Friday that he will meet with the judokas, with the president of the Judo Federation and with the president of the Portuguese Olympic Committee, in the sense of “dialogue” in sport.
Me and the president of the Portuguese Olympic Committee [José Manuel Constantino] We will meet next Tuesday afternoon with the President of the FP Judo and the group of judokas who signed the open letter. We are looking for another moment of dialogue, with a view to safeguarding the Paris24 Olympic preparation,” said João Paulo Correia on Twitter.
Eu e o Presidente do Comité Olímpico de Portugal iremos reunir na próxima terça-feira à tarde com o Presidente da FP Judo e o grupo de judocas que subscreveu a carta aberta.
Procuramos mais um momento de diálogo, tendo em vista a salvaguarda da preparação olímpica Paris'24.— João Paulo Correia (@jpcorreia_sejd) August 12, 2022
The ruler seeks platform of understanding between the partiesafter on Thursday seven Olympic judokas criticized the president of the Federation, Jorge Fernandes, from the preparation hall, in Coimbra, before accusations of incorrect behavior with the athletes.
In an open letter, Telma Monteiro, Bárbara Timo, Rochele Nunes, Patrícia Sampaio, Catarina Costa, Anri Egutidze and Rodrigo Lopes requested the intervention of the guardianship, accusing Jorge Fernandes of oppression.
Oppressive and discriminatory attitudes, toxic climate, intimidation: seven Olympic judoka denounce the Federation in an open letter
We write this letter so that the entities that govern sport in our country help us to reach a solution, otherwise we do not see the conditions to continue facing the demands of high competition and Olympic classification”, indicated the seven judokas at the end of the journey. a seven-page document, adding that they took the initiative “in the best interest of the sport.”
Later, also on Thursday, the president of the Judo Federation, Jorge Fernandes, in statements to the Lusa agency, rejected all the accusations and said, in relation to the place of the stages, questioned by the athletes, that the “rules are for be comply”.
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Jorge Fernandes considered that there are athletes to be “maneuvered”, recalling that five judokas belong to a club, Benfica, and that Catarina Costa and Patrícia Sampaio do not, in the case of a group that “is not representative” of a problem in national judo
The national teams are not only made up of these athletes, but by many more”, he stressed.
On the same Thursday, Secretary of State João Paulo Correia also told Lusa that he was following the conflict between the judokas and the federation “with concern”, but that he intended to promote dialogue between the parties and safeguard the sport’s Olympic preparation.
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Source: Observadora
