Judy star Teddy Rinner wants to be the next president of France. The 37-year-old Olympic champion announced his bid on social media on Monday. The news comes as polls show the French public largely split between the far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melanchon and the far-right's Marine Le Pen.

He expressed concern about the “rise of the far-right”. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The gold medal-winning judoka wants to “show that we can turn France around.”