The rant of Clarisse Crémer, deprived of the Vendée Globe: “You can be a mother and have ambitions”

A revelation from the last Vendée Globe, Clarisse Crémer has just lost her sponsor. Due to the new rules, the sailor was not guaranteed to qualify for the next round the world, her maternity leave preventing her from scoring points.

First woman in the last Vendée Globe, Clarisse Crémer deplores the new qualification rules which disadvantage sailors who have just become mothers. Reuters/Stephane Mahé