While most judokas are still on training, whether in Turkey or Slovakia, some have already marked the date of their return. This is the case of Matthias Casse who will start the year in Portugal! The Antwerp, world champion, vice-champion of Europe and Olympic bronze medalist last year, is actually registered in -81 kg at the Grand Prix of Almada, at the end of January.
He will rub shoulders with his brother, Jeroen (-73 kg), as well as Loïs Petit (-48 kg), Ellen Salens (-48 kg), Amber Ryheul (-52 kg) and Mina Libeer (-57 kg) for this first competition. of the season. And Matthias will also find the Uzbek Boltaboev and the Russian Khubetsov there. Beautiful people…
On the other hand, the Antwerp man is not on the entry list for the Paris Grand Slam at the beginning of February. Only three Belgians are currently registered in the French capital, namely: Jorre Verstraeten (-60 kg), Sami Chouchi (-81 kg) and… Toma Nikiforov (-100 kg), seeded n°2 behind a certain Jorge Fonseca. And if the Brussels player offered himself a revenge against the Portuguese, his winner in Tokyo?
