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French judo Olympic gold medallist Margaux Pinot has shared horrifying pictures of her bruised and bloodied face just hours after her partner and martial arts coach was acquitted of domestic violence by courts.
The 27-year-old Olympic champion reported her partner Alain Schmitt for allegedly attempting to strangle her and punching her over the weekend.
When arrested, he denied the allegations and was later acquitted in court, where the judge said there was not enough 'proof of guilt' whilst delivering his verdict on Wednesday.
He said: 'A court is never there to tell who is telling the truth and who is lying.'
Stéphane Nomis, who is the president of the French Judo Federation, and female French judo star Clarisse Agbégnénou both expressed shock over the court's decision.
Agbégnénou tweeted: 'I do not have the words to express everything that is going on in my head and my body as a woman in the face of what my teammate Margaux Pinot has gone through. All the more shocked by the court's decision. What does it take for the sanctions to fall, death?'
Members of the French Judo