Teddy Riner began a 10-day training camp in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. He took the opportunity to announce that his return to competition was scheduled for next July in Budapest, on the occasion of the Grand Slam in the Hungarian capital. ” Then there will be other competitions, but it will really depend on how I come back to this first tournamenthe said in an interview with AFP. We give ourselves time. I would like to go to the Worlds in October, but we will see. »
Riner, who will be 33 in April, triple Olympic champion (heavyweight in 2012 and 2016, team in 2021), resumed training in Paris in early January, after a six-month break following the Tokyo Games. His last participation in the World Championships dates back to 2017, where he was titled for the tenth time, an absolute record.
“We did not choose the smallest school, we chose the Brazilians”
Friday, in training, Teddy Riner found Rafael Silva, double Olympic bronze medalist, whom he has faced many times in competition, and rising values like Joao Cesarino (26), at the training center of the Committee Brazil Olympics.
« Today, I changed my mind, I train a lot more abroad, because I will seek competition, oppositionexplained the French judoka. It’s the starting point […] and we didn’t choose the smallest school, we chose the Brazilians. It’s a very good initiative to come here, I’m not disappointed. From the first training, I had in front of strong fighters. »
