The 2023 World Judo Championships will be played from Sunday May 7 to Sunday May 14 in Doha, Qatar. A competition that will be an integral part of qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Ten-time world champion, Teddy Riner, back from injury, will not be seeded. Will this prevent him from going all the way?
Teddy Riner out of 2022 Worlds with ankle injury
More sacred at the world level since 2017 in Marrakech (Morocco), Teddy Riner hoped to fight at the 2022 World Championships, organized last October in Uzbekistan. Alas, the French judoka had been contracted to forfeit due to a serious sprain in the right ankle contracted a few months earlier during an internship. Fortunately, the 34-year-old Guadeloupe has recovered. He is therefore expected as a leader in the French team during the 2023 Judo Worlds which is looming.
Teddy Riner should focus on individual event at Worlds
For his return to the Worlds, on May 13 in Doha, Teddy Riner should not compete in the mixed team event the next day. https://t.co/m6IXOawOka pic.twitter.com/KGgqFVeywS
— THE TEAM (@theteam) May 3, 2023
The Guadeloupe present in Individual, what about the team event?
“The ankle is holding up well. I’m happy everything is fine. I’m going to talk about a small late injury, but are we going to talk about a finger ligament ? No. It won’t prevent anything. Otherwise, the legs, the upper body, everything is fine.“A few days ago, at a press conference, Teddy Riner gave an update on his state of health. The real good news is that this famous ankle leaves him alone. Despite a small glitch in the right index finger, the triple Olympic champion will indeed be on deck in Doha in a few days.
Teddy Riner is operational for these 2023 Judo Worlds (iconsport)
The less good news is that Teddy Riner will not be seeded. He can thus expect a marathon day on May 13, with no less than six fights in prospect to hope to reach the +100 kg final. According to our colleagues from L’Équipe, this event will be Riner’s priority in Qatar. Consequently, he could well skip the mixed team competition, scheduled for the next day, as the final bouquet of these Worlds. But the native of Pointe-à-Pitre seems to strongly appreciate this format. And depending on his feelings the day before, he could come and lend a hand to his teammates from the France team. For the eleventh and twelfth world medals of his formidable career? It would be a real good signal sent by Teddy Riner just a few months from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at home. We can not wait to be there.
2023-05-03 18:02:04
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