The French judo champion announces her candidacy for the presidency, Macron welcomes it.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 10. French judo legend and five-time Olympic judo champion, Teddy Raine, announced on the 9th that he will participate in the next French presidential election.
Rein posted on social networks: "Today, I tell you face to face that I am a candidate for the presidential elections in 2027." He expressed in a video of 2 minutes and 37 seconds that he fears that France may soon fall into a serious division. Agence France-Presse said the speech suggested that Rainey had positioned himself outside the far-right and hard-left political groups to provide voters with alternative options.
He said he would soon launch a campaign funded by donations and his own money.
Rint, 37, is from the French island of Guadeloupe. He won the Olympic Games five times and is also the person who won the most world championships in judo history. He is a household name in France. He has no previous political experience and no detailed campaign platform, so he is not favored by political analysts.
However, French President Macron welcomed Rint's candidacy, saying that he was very happy that this "great champion" decided to "join this debate in the presidential campaign and contribute his beliefs, ideas and talents, which is beneficial to the country."