US EditionFrench cyclist says he will seek to break more records after Russian jail
Sehili was detained for crossing the Russian border illegally, which halted his attempt to break the 18,000 km Eurasian cycling record held by Jonas Deichmann.
- Sehili, 44, a French cyclist, was arrested in early September while attempting to break the record for the fastest endurance cycle from Lisbon to Vladivostok by crossing the Russian-Chinese border illegally.
- A court in the Russian Far East freed Sehili last Thursday despite finding him guilty of the border-crossing charge after he had spent over seven weeks in detention.
- Sehili described his time in Russia as a 'rather strange experience' but said the Russians he met were friendly and he was not mistreated.
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Arrested at the beginning of September and released last week, the athlete returned to the team and RTL on his harsh conditions of detention in the Russian jails.
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AlKhaleej TodayFrench cyclist freed by Russia after crossing border illegally says detention was ‘strange experience’
TOULOUSE, Oct 29 — A French cyclist freed after weeks in Russian jail for illegally crossing the border on Monday described his time in the country as a “rather strange experience” but said the Russians he met were “friendly”.Sofiane Sehili, 44, was arrested on the Russian-Chinese border in early September while attempting to break the record for the fastest endurance cycle from Lisbon to Vladivostok.Sehili, who describes himself as an ultra-end…
French cyclist says he will seek to break more records after Russian jail
A French cyclist who spent 50 days in custody in Russia said he would seek to break another record after his hopes of doing the fastest cycle ride from Portugal to the Pacific were dashed when he crossed the Chinese-Russian border through a dense forest.
The French athlete, convicted of "illegal border clearance" and then released on Thursday 23, traced, in an interview at "Paris Match", his spectacular epic, especially the day he passed from China to Russia without permission.
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