Goitschel challenges Killy’s support for Putin

My home region newspaper, in France, just reported what Marielle Goitschel told about a recent phone conversation she had with Jean-Claude Killy.

The 1964 and 1968 Olympic medalist started by sarcastically asking: “How is your innocent buddy [Putin] doing?” Goitschel, the usual gadfly, said that Killy’s first words were, “But he's such a nice man.” 

She reacted by saying he was acting like a monster and that it made her sad, and went on to add: “But, wait, it's scary, he's a monster!", The only sentence Jean-Claude Killy could muster was: "Yes, it's not very good." Concluded Goitschel: “Fortunately, he said that, otherwise I would have been all over him.” 

It’s evident that Killy made a terrible choice in placing Putin on a pedestal and telling the entire world that the Russian dictator was his friend. This bizarre friendship is nothing new to those who follow the couple.

Was there any consideration other than admiration or friendship involved? One would easily conclude there might have been some. Over his long and illustrious career, Killy made more good choices than bad ones, but his total and unabashed endorsement of Putin will leave a very bad taste in his fans’ mouths. 

Just like Gerard Depardieu, he had plenty of time to come clean and denounce Putin’s actions, but chose not to budge, hoping it would go away on its own, and that will be devastating to his once pristine public image. http://go-11.blogspot.com/2013/10/killy-and-putin.html