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It seems we can take the girl out of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, but we can’t take Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean out of the girl. Marianne Saint-Gelais bid farewell to the metropolis last week. She is now back to her hometown. True.
Truth be told, it’s only a matter of time before the three-time Olympic medalist in short track speed skating returns to her homeland. “I always knew I was going to go back to this area. I just didn’t know when,” she indicated on the phone, broadcasting live from Arvida in Saguenay.
The bell rang in the fall of 2021. “But what am I still doing here? [à Montréal] ? What’s holding me back? She was surprised.
The former Olympian was 17 when Saint-Félicien left town. She lived many years in Montreal away from her sport. Since retiring in 2018, she has been “surfing the opportunities” that come her way. There are many projects; She especially started her biography in 2020.
“I was really lucky,” she said. Sport has given me good visibility. I had a really great business experience, but I told myself: I lived what I had to live, but above all what I wanted to do.
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