Forever afterwards, Le Gougne has defended that six. But Candeloro’s own take, published this week in a French paper, is illuminating. “If she hadn’t helped me, I wouldn’t have won a medal,” Candeloro says bluntly. “All the countries do the same. There are schemes, there is collusion. And if France did not scheme, it wouldn’t win any medals. It’s easy to attack Marie-Reine Le Gougne, although she only did what she was told to do.”
