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Cédric Taymans, former sports director in Belgium, managed to lead the national cadet team of Kazakhstan to immense success at the World Championship, where they won ten medals, highlighting the differences in sports policy and resources between Kazakhstan and Belgium. #Judo #Kazakhstan #Cadets (translated)

The Combatants of Liberation presented Marcelle Semmer as a nurse who had already risked execution by firing squad in 1914 for her deeds. The report stated that she had requested to be shot by French weapons. It added that in 1940, as History repeated itself in his view, she could only add the Medal of Resistance to those she had already received. https://t.co/frLcl4DS6b #Histoire #Résistance #Infirmière (translated)

Baloo defended the necessity of better understanding France's colonial and migratory history and called for the fight against racism. He reminded that Italians also suffered racism in France, citing the massacre of Italians in Aigues-Mortes in 1893, and that people of Asian descent were also victims of discrimination. He mentioned the experiences of several colonized peoples or recruited workers. According to him, Algeria had been colonized for 132 years and integrated into France as departments, despite unequal rights. He also stated that Algerians had been recruited to work in factories and on construction sites, sometimes in slums, and that the French army had tortured, raped, and killed civilians during the Algerian war. He wrote that Senegalese and Malians had been enlisted in the French armies, sometimes by force, before being employed in sectors such as mining and construction. He added that agreements had been signed as early as 1963 to bring in Moroccan and Tunisian workers. Baloo also mentioned colonial slavery in the Antilles and Réunion, abolished in 1848, and then the creation of BUMIDOM in 1963 to organize the departure of people to the mainland. He emphasized that these people were already French. Regarding Congo, he attributed forced labor and atrocities that would have caused millions of victims to the reign of Leopold II, King of the Belgians. He estimated that the effects of domination and exploitation persist, particularly in the inequalities in overseas territories and the debates about monetary sovereignty around the CFA franc. However, he clarified that he did not hold today's French responsible for the actions of their ancestors but deemed it necessary to understand this history. Reflecting on his childhood in Montfermeil and the documentary he had made about the town, Baloo stated that in the 1980s, the mayor refused enrollment in school for children from immigrant families. He also described neighborhoods marked, in his opinion, by degraded housing, insufficient infrastructure, and limited prospects. He believed that misery and exclusion could foster certain deviations, without excusing delinquency, and reminded that these neighborhoods also saw the emergence of professionals and artists. Finally, he denounced what he saw as a contradictory treatment of French people of immigrant descent: celebrated as French during World Cup victories but sent back to their origins when they claimed rights or denounced racism. He concluded that no one should have to justify their place in the country where they were born. #Histoire #Éducation #Racisme (translated)

Félix Lebrun celebrated his title of European champion in doubles and thanked the French team for the past week together. He praised Alex for his courage and the emotions shared during the competition, adding that he was proud to succeed him and that the title remained "in the family." Lebrun also thanked the people who had helped him, as well as Fan Ping France and the supporters present on site or in front of their screens. He described the title as a step in his journey and said he was looking forward to what comes next.   #TeamLebrun #Champion #ÉquipeFrance #Tennis (translated)

Track cyclist Harrie Lavreysen has won three gold medals at the World Championships in Shanghai, bringing his total number of world titles to 23, making him the most successful track cyclist ever, and he is now focusing on the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028. #HarrieLavreysen #WKShanghai #Baanwielrennen (translated)

Evert Oostdam wrote that he had served the Netherlands for 24 years as a soldier and had always put Dutch interests first during various missions. He said he had to restrain himself from burning his medals when he saw what he believed was being created by the leftist policies of the country. #militair #Nederland #trots (translated)

I am happy to finally have this medal around my neck. After four bronze medals at the Euros, Jules Hesters finally has his first world medal after winning bronze in the elimination race on Sunday during the track cycling world championships in Shanghai. "I am happy to finally have this medal around my neck," Hesters reacted to Sporza's microphone. #JulesHesters #CyclismeSurPiste #MédailleMondiale (translated)

On the last day of the final round of the World Cup in the 25-meter pool, Belgian swimmers Lucas Henveaux, Roos Vanotterdijk, and Florine Gaspard all won medals, with Henveaux claiming victory in both the 400 meters freestyle and the 800 meters freestyle, as well as setting a Belgian record in the 200 meters individual medley. #Natation #CoupeDuMonde #Belgique (translated)

Aimee Boorman, coach of Simone Biles and the Dutch gymnastics team, emphasizes the necessity of a culture shift within the gymnastics world, despite the many issues that still exist, and advocates for the well-being of gymnasts over medals. #Turnen #SimoneBiles #Coaching (translated)

Harrie Lavreysen has qualified for the final of the keirin at the World Track Cycling Championships in Shanghai, where the Netherlands is also competing for medals in the team pursuit and various sprint categories in the afternoon. #WKBaanwielrennen #HarrieLavreysen #NederlandseWielrenner (translated)

From October 14 to 18, the Track Cycling World Championships will take place in Shanghai, where Harrie Lavreysen has begun his pursuit of the 22nd world title, and the Dutch women, including Hetty van de Wouw and Lorena Wiebes, also have chances for medals. #WKbaanwielrennen #HarrieLavreysen #NederlandseRensters (translated)

Harrie Lavreysen says goodbye to his trusty Koga bike, with which he has won twenty world titles and five Olympic medals, and is preparing for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles on a new bike that is currently in development. #HarrieLavreysen #Koga #OlympischeSpelen2028 (translated)