Oudiou was among several French athletes from different sports that were invited to testify in an inquiry into sexual violence in sport.

Hearings took place the National Assembly yesterday as part of a parliamentary commission looking into "operational failures within sports federation, the sports movement and governance bodies around the world", according to a report by French television channel RMC Sport.

Oudiou lodged a complaint against a coach in 2018 accusing him of sexual assault during an international competition in 2014.

The FFA Disciplinary Commission suspended the coach for six months before it was lifted a few weeks later following an appeal.

Oudiou said the coach was no longer in the French team but claimed that other coaches and athletes that had been accused of sexual assault had not been denounced by the FFA.

"I think the federation is aware of these stories," said Oudiou.

"I try to report as much as possible.

"At the risk of displeasing them, I think that the names will not come out and that they will not be sanctioned one year before the Olympics.

"It would be too dangerous, especially given the debacle that we had at the last World Championships.

"Their priority will be to keep up appearances in a year and certainly not to protect the victims because it is potential medals and potential medal-winning coaches who would be put to the side.

"It would be catastrophic for the athletics federation."

Oudiou won women’s 3,000 metres steeplechase bronze medals at the 2015 and 2017 European Under-23 Championships.

"We are taught to obey to listen," added Oudiou.

"We have been told since we were little that the goal is Paris 2024.

"From this perspective, creating a collective movement and demanding together is very complicated because there are these Olympic Games at home."

Claire Palou, another steeplechase athlete, has also criticised the FFA, claiming that there is a "desire to keep a good image of each of the athletes" in a report by RMC Sport.

"They told me that it was better for everyone if it didn’t come out in the press," said Palou.

"If they put more resources into helping the victims like us, I could have continued to perform, continued my career normally and made France shine.”

"It’s a whole system that should change."

Other victims of sexual abuse that gave testimonies include world figure skating bronze medallist Sarah Abitbol and tennis player Angélique Cauchy.

A report is expected to be submitted from the commission by the end of December this year.

insidethegames has contacted the FFA for comment.