Fencing: Ysaora Thibus withdraws from European Championships with knee injury and is uncertain for Olympic Games

Un coup dur pour Ysaora Thibus en vue des Jeux. MAXPPP – Le Parisien/Arnaud Journois

La fleurettiste, touchée au genou dès ses premiers assauts, lors des championnats d’Europe, à Bâle, a dû renoncer.

French foil fencer Ysaora Thibus, great chance of a medal at the Olympics in less than six weeks, injured her knee on Wednesday for her return to competition during the European Fencing Championships in Basel, where she had to forfeit, indicated the management of the Blues.

Ysaora Thibus se blesse au genou gauche et abandonne aux Championnats d'Europe de Bâle https://t.co/6owUJV2Bu5 pic.twitter.com/koq6mw6JTs

— L'ÉQUIPE (@lequipe) June 19, 2024

The 32-year-old fencer was hit in the back of her left knee while falling back from her first group attack against Turkish Irem Karamete, won 5-3. She was only able to compete briefly in the following duel against the Greek Maria Stamos. After long treatments and bandages, she ended up giving up in tears, pushed by the director of the French teams Pierre Guichot telling her to stop paying.

Exonerated last month by the anti-doping court

The Olympic team vice-champion had not shot since mid-January and the detection of ostarine, an anabolic agent, in her body during the ’ rsquo;World Cup stage in Paris. Exonerated last month by the anti-doping tribunal of the International Federation (FIE) having recognized the contamination, she hoped to be able to compete in the Olympics at home, in pursuit of her first individual Olympic medal.