Matthias Casse (IJF 2) left the Ali bin Hamad Al Attiyah Arena in Doha with a taste of too little on Wednesday evening, after losing in the final of the World Championships in the -81 kg category. The 26-year-old Antwerper, who came for the gold medal, once again suffered the law of the Georgian Tato Grigalashvili (IJF 1), 23, who had already deprived him of the title last year in Tashkent.
“That’s not what I trained for“, he confided after receiving his silver medal. “I came to Doha to win the gold medal and the final did not go as I would have liked. Tato was very strong today and I failed to develop my own judo. And when he inherits an opportunity, we know it’s over. He had been working on a new move, which he hadn’t really used yet. I myself also try to constantly add new techniques to my judo. Not just to beat him, but to be as complete as possible and defeat the others as well. It worked well against my other opponents, but against him, it’s still complicated.“
After two big attacks narrowly dodged at the start of the fight, Matthias Casse took a waza-ari at the start of the last minute to lose for the second time in a row in the final of a World Championship against Tato Grigalashvili . “The disappointment is great“, he continued. “He was very strong physically and I couldn’t find the fault. We found ourselves for the third consecutive time in the final of a World Championship and he won for the second time. It’s a shame, but I can’t blame myself. The preparation was good. It’s up to me to try to be better to beat him at the next opportunity.“
2023-05-11 08:06:42
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