2023-07-28 11:47:13
The current deputy president of the social section of the Council of State Béatrice Bourgeois will become the new president of the French Agency for the Fight against Doping (AFLD). It was Dominique Laurent who had held this position since July 2017. She also a State Councilor, she will leave her place to her replacement this Friday. Passed by the ENA and the École Normale Supérieure, Béatrice Bourgeois was notably public rapporteur and assessor at the 2nd chamber of the litigation section of the Council of State, the one which judges sports litigation.
In a press release, the Minister of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, praised “the unfailing commitment, rigor and impact of Dominique Laurent in the service of clean sport”. “With her teams, she was able to place the AFLD at the forefront of the fight against doping at the global level and thus enable France to prepare, under the best possible conditions, for the challenges of the anti-doping program of the Olympic Games. and Paralympics of Paris “, can we read.
Her replacement will be responsible for continuing this mission, in particular during the Rugby World Cup which opens on September 8, then, above all, during the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games during which 300 controllers will be mobilized.
The AFLD was created in 2006 to define and implement anti-doping actions at the national level. It implements the control policy during national and international competitions taking place on French soil. In the event of a positive test for a prohibited substance or method, the body exercises disciplinary power and can suspend any athlete who does not respect the law.
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