Expected Sunday in Abidjan; it is finally on Monday night that Murielle Ahouré returned to her country, Ivory Coast since her feats in Moscow World Athletics.

The Ivorian sprinter, double silver medalist (100m and 200m) during the last outdoor championships in Moscow was welcomed at her descent from the plane by the Minister of State, Minister of Employment, Social Affairs and professional training, Moussa Dosso, representing the Minister of Sports Alain Lobognon in Nice for the Francophone Games, the president of the Ivorian federation of athletics Nicolas Débrimou and a crowd of fans (see pictures on abidjan.net). “I am impressed by the welcome given to me. After the flight missed Sunday, I did not know that Ivoirians would thus mobilize to meet me, “she said.

First African athlete to win two silver medals at the world sprint, Murielle Ahouré (also first-Ivorian athlete man and woman to climb onto the podium of a world) invited the authorities of her country to invest in sports for the rise of other champions.

She will be received by the President of the Republic of Ivory Coast, Alassane D. Ouattara, who will present her medals.