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Judo star Teddy Riner announces plan to run in France’s presidential election

Five-times Olympic champion says he is neither leftwing nor rightwing, but would seek to ‘bring people together’ The French judo star and five-times Olympic gold medallist Teddy Riner has announced plans to run in next year’s presidential election, describing himself as someone neither leftwing nor rightwing but who would seek to “bring people together”. With more than five months before the April-May ballot to…
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