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The former executive director of the organizing committee for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games shares the life of a media personality, closely linked to the world of rugby.
She was one of the newcomers in the government of François Bayrou, unveiled on December 23, 2024. Marie Barsacq, 51, was appointed Minister of Sports, Youth and Community Life, replacing Gil Avérous.
At 51, the lawyer is a major personality in the great adventure of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, with Tony Estanguet calling her a “centerpiece”. She served as executive director of the Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Before that, the native of Dax had notably worked on the 30 minutes of compulsory sport in primary school. But the main task entrusted to him was not the least: to perpetuate the legacy of the Games.
On the private side, Marie Barsacq shares the life of a France Télévisions journalist well known to rugby fans on France 2: Cédric Beaudou, editor-in-chief of the rugby department.
Present during all matches of the French XV (notably those of the Six Nations Tournament) as well as matches at Stade Toulousain in the Champions Cup, the Commingeois orchestrates the before and after matches, often in the company of consultants from France Télévisions Vincent Clerc and Dimitri Yachvili.
This Tuesday, January 7, The Team also reveals that the management of France Télévisions decided to keep the journalist on its airwaves despite his link with a member of the government, after the compliance, ethics and professional conduct department (DCED) of the audiovisual group public was contacted by the sports management.
“By mutual agreement with Cédric Beaudou, the latter will remain on the air and continue to present rugby. On the other hand, he will not cover political news or the activities of the Ministry of Sports. He will not interview the minister nor representatives of the ministry”, informed the management of France Télévisions to our colleagues.
In 2018, France Inter journalist Franck Bellanger, husband of Roxana Maracineanu, then Minister of Sports, was asked to leave the air as well as all his functions in the station's sports department.
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