French alpine skier Mathieu Faivre —the boyfriend of gold medal-winning alpine U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin — was forced to leave the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, over negative comments he made about his team in post-race remarks, reports say.
Team France officials expelled the 26-year-old from the Games citing “disciplinary reasons” after Faivre made post-race comments that “were not in the spirit of the team,” French men’s skiing director David Chastan told the Afp, according to Yahoo Sports.
“If only you knew what I think about the group collective,” Faivre told reporters after he finished seventh in the men’s giant slalom,...
Team France officials expelled the 26-year-old from the Games citing “disciplinary reasons” after Faivre made post-race comments that “were not in the spirit of the team,” French men’s skiing director David Chastan told the Afp, according to Yahoo Sports.
“If only you knew what I think about the group collective,” Faivre told reporters after he finished seventh in the men’s giant slalom,...
- 2/19/2018
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
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