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00:00 Sport now with a decision from the French Gymnastics Federation
00:04 which is making a lot of noise.
00:05 The return of the Davoine Beaumont club to the national team
00:09 announced last week.
00:11 A club that is a triple champion in title
00:13 but that has been experiencing tensions with the Federation for some time now.
00:17 A petition was launched by the Gymnastics Justice
00:20 to demand the club's return to the top 12.
00:23 In only 7 days, nearly 2,500 signatures were collected.
00:27 Romain Delville explains.
00:30 It's a new conflict, a ninth conflict
00:32 that opposes the French Gymnastics Federation and the Davoine Beaumont club.
00:36 Triple winner of the top 12, the French elite club championship,
00:41 ABG is back in the game with two other clubs, Yerres and Schiltigheim.
00:46 The technical problem is that we will be in theory with two teams in the DL1.
00:54 So a team that is retrograded, a team that goes up.
00:57 And since it's not possible, the regulations don't allow it,
01:00 it's a problem because we have a team that will stay in the DL2,
01:06 a team that will go down.
01:08 And it's true that in the preparation, it wasn't the objectives.
01:13 It's only a half surprise for the Davoine club.
01:16 The Federation took away the club's label from it last March
01:20 by relying on new criteria such as the respect for the image of the French Gymnastics Federation.
01:26 And for next season, the top 12 clubs must have this label.
01:32 Since the announcement of the three retrogradations,
01:35 a petition has been put online and brings the 2,500 signatures in a few days.
01:41 Local support, national support, support through signatures,
01:45 phone calls, text messages, all the support messages that the club receives,
01:50 that we receive, that the president receives.
01:52 Yes, it's a heart-warming feeling, that's for sure.
01:54 For its part, the Davoine Gymnastics Club will appeal the federal decision
01:59 and the case will turn to the TAS, the arbitration tribunal of the sport.
02:05 [ Silence ]