Par Thibault Nadal
Published on 25 Nov 23 at 5:20 p.m. See my news Follow Paris News
They are among the greatest chances of medals for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Friday November 24, 2023, the French Judo Federation revealed the names of the first ten athletes selected to represent France in nine months.
PSG widely represented
This list obviously includes the greatest judoka in history, Teddy Riner (+100 kg), with his three gold medals at the Olympics and his… 11 world champion title. Just that. For the native of Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe), these Games will surely be the last since he has mentioned several times in recent years the possibility of ending his career in 2024. In this list, in addition to Teddy Riner, the three other men also play at PSG judo: Alpha Djalo (-81 kg), Luka Mkheidze (-60 kg) and Walide Khyar (-66 kg).
Among the women, three of the first six names revealed also defend the colors of PSG: Amandine Buchard (-52 kg), Marie-Ève Gahié (-70 kg) and Romane Dicko (+78 kg), bronze medalist during the Olympic Games. Tokyo in 2021.
Clarisse Agbégnénou of the party
In this list, Clarisse Agbégnénou (-63 kg) obviously appears. The one who is licensed at the Red Star Club in Champigny-sur-Marne (Val-de-Marne) had been doubly titled in Japan. She is also a six-time world champion.
At his side, Sarah-Léonie Cysique (-57 kg) from INSEP and Shirine Boukli (-48 kg), licensed in Essonne, will try to establish with their comrades French supremacy in world judo. The names of the four other athletes present in the delegation will be revealed no later than May 10.
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2023-11-25 16:52:28
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