<a href="https://www.archysport.com/2022/05/roland-garros-2022-from-may-22-the-france-televisions-system-commentators-consultants-and-schedules/" title="Roland-Garros 2022 from May 22: the France Télévisions system (commentators, consultants and schedules).”>Nelson Monfort retired. And Philippe Candeloro not renewed… France Télévisions carried out a serious reshuffle before the new figure skating season. Marie-Christelle Maury and Nathalie Péchalat, accompanied by Annick Dumont will now be commenting.
For the double individual bronze medalist at the Winter Olympic Games (1994, 1998), this marks the end of a collaboration that lasted nineteen years with the channel. “Due to the retirement of Nelson Monfort, I am a bit of the collateral damage,” he told the newspaper L’Équipe. I was ready to make an effort to at least go until Milan 2026. But it was France Télévisions’ choice not to renew my contract from January 2025.”
Philippe Candeloro will also not be at the presentation of the French Grand Prix (November 1-3, 2024). “Indeed, everyone was in favor of saying that there was no point in starting a new season with a team only to change it in January,” he explained. One thing I regret is not having said goodbye at the time of the World Championships in Montreal (in March 2024). It’s a bit of a painful separation. But I was prepared for it, it didn’t fall on my back. »
“I have fulfilled my moral contract with regard to skating”
Almost two decades. The long page closes with a collaboration which essentially leaves him with good memories. “I fulfilled my moral contract with regard to skating,” emphasizes Candeloro. I made sure that it was as widely followed as possible, even if my schoolboy jokes may disturb some people. »
What about its future now? “If I continue to be a consultant, I will do so with an editorial construction different from what I have done over the last ten years with France Télévisions,” he explains. If we do not want this sport to fall into oblivion, we must modernize the way of mediating it and broadcasting it. »
In the meantime, the former champion is a presenter on iceradio.com radio and he took to the theater with Nelson Monfort, in a show “Ca patine à Tokyo”. “We will continue to wander around France and we will even be freer on stage than when we were on the air,” he concludes.
