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Phone us, plead French chiefs to Perec
SYDNEY, Sept 21 (AFP) - French athletics chiefs pleaded to Marie-Jose Perec to call them, after their reigning 200m and 400m Olympic champion fled Australia overnight just 36 hours before the heats of the 400m, the only title she is defending in Sydney. Confirming an AFP report that she had flown to Singapore, the head of the French delegation Michel Vial said: "She has not officially forfeited (the race) and we would like her to call us." Vial admitted that even if she returned Perec would be in hardly ideal shape - two eight-hour flights in 24 hours but Vial added "A plane can perform miracles all the same." Henri Serandour, president of the French Olympic Committee (CNOSF) admitted that they were unaware of their star's intentions. "We are in a state of uncertainty, I can not say anything," said Serandour at a press conference. Perec was booked to fly on to London - that would make it impossible for her to compete - but a spokesperson for Qantas airlines would not say if she had boarded the connecting flight.
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