On the third day of the Grand Slam in Antalya (Turkey), this Sunday, Léa Fontaine won in + 78 kg while Audrey Tcheuméo won bronze in the repechage final. The last day of the Grand Slam in Antalya (Turkey) delivered some surprises. Léa Fontaine notably won this Sunday in the +78 kg final against the Israeli Raz Hershko. A great performance for the 20-year-old heavyweight who beat her compatriot Julia Tolofua in the semi-final with the golden score. In – 78 kg this time, Audrey Tcheuméo, defeated in the group final by the future winner, Anna-Maria Wagner, made up for it in the repechage final to win the bronze medal against her compatriot Madeleine Malonga. Tcheuméo had won her first repechage fight against the Briton Emma Reid. Hopes and disappointments Among the boys, in +100 kg, Joseph Terhec, already beaten in the semi-final against Georgia Guram Tushishvili (ippon), lost in the repechage final against Tajikistani Temur Rakhimov. While many hopes had been placed in him, the French giant left Turkey empty-handed. In -100 kg, his compatriot Cédric Olivar stopped in the third round, after a defeat against the Spaniard Nikoloz Sherazadishvili on an ippon. This Saturday, note that Marie-Ève Gahié won in -70 kg. The 2019 world champion is accompanied on the podium by Margaux Pinot (3rd). In the -57 kg, Sarah Leonie Cysique, after brilliantly passing the group stage, followed up with a major success against the Canadian, Christa Deguchi. The French unfortunately stumbled in the final, against another Canadian, Jessica Klimkait, having to settle for silver.
One of the other satisfactions of this Turkish weekend comes from the -52 kg side. Astride Gneto, also beaten by the future winner, Reka Pupp, recovered perfectly in the repechage final to win her fight against the Brazilian Larissa Pimenta and win the bronze medal. read also The Blues in Antalya thinking about the Euro