A candidacy nobody saw coming
Teddy Riner is entering politics. The French judoka, a five-time Olympic champion, announced on Monday in a video posted on his X account that he will be a candidate in the 2027 presidential election. “I’m telling you straight: I am a candidate,” he said.
At 37, he knows his announcement will surprise people. He anticipates the criticism: that he is crazy, not part of the establishment, lacks the codes and has never done politics. He asks voters to question with him what is crazy today.
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A party founded the same day
Riner also founded his party on Monday, called “la France qu’on veut” (“the France we want”). He says he has not spent his life performing for an audience, but that fighting has always been part of him.
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