Brahim Asloum is outraged by the racist insults towards Sarah Ourahmoune

Candidate for the presidency of the French Boxing Federation (FFB), boxing champion Sarah Ourahmoune announced on Monday her withdrawal from the race after being the victim of racist and sexist insults on social networks. His friend Brahim Asloum expressed his indignation following these attacks.

“I was the target of racist and sexist attacks,” denounced Sarah Ourahmoune in a post on Instagram, specifying that she had received “words like ‘Arab on duty’, ‘maid of the Federation’, or again ‘the female dog of…’, not to mention the anonymous messages of incredible and deeply shocking violence.” The Olympic vice-champion in Rio in 2016 added: “I cannot accept it. I refuse to be silent. And, for the first time, I feel that this fight is not here, in this place that I am going to lead it. I am scandalized, and deeply saddened. I discover with sincere pain that my sport, the one I loved so much, is going through a period of suffering that goes beyond simple rivalries. Our society is suffering, and I am worried for all of us.”