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Teddy Riner continues for 2024 Olympic Games

Teddy Riner continues for 2024 Olympic Games

19 Jan 2022 11:50
IJF Media Team / International Judo Federation

French frontrunner Teddy Riner has decided to extend the adventure to try to get the third individual Olympic title that eluded him in Tokyo. France can dream of a new double in the heavyweight category, as in 2016, with the advent of Romane Dicko. And above all, she will try to keep her team title, in an atmosphere that is already giving the shivers.

As in Tokyo last summer, there is no doubt that in Paris, judo will be one of the sports most followed by the press and by spectators, in the heart of European judo.

Following the awarding of the Olympic Games to Paris 2024, the Organizing Committee and the City of Paris the Olympic village of Saint-Denis, which will subsequently provide a multitude of social housing, as will the Olympic swimming pool, allowing the many inhabitants of the surrounding area to benefit from a new infrastructure after the passage of the best swimmers. of the planet.

Judo for its part will settle in the Arena du Champ-de-Mars, also called “Grand Palais Ephémère”. It is within this 10,000m² infrastructure that can accommodate more than 8,000 spectators that judo athletes and also wrestlers will try to win the Olympic medals. The hall will also host wheelchair rugby a few weeks later during the Paralympic Games.

The most majestic buildings in Paris will be honored by hosting stands and temporary structures. This will be the case, for example, at the Palace of Versailles, which will host the equine sports events, or even the Invalides, where the various archery events will take place.

The French team will have a unique opportunity to shine on home soil, as has been the case each time it has hosted a major championship. For the record, during the world championships organised in Paris, she had won five medals, including four titles in 2011 and nine medals, including four titles in 1997. In teams, she had done the girls-boys double in 2011, and she had won women's gold and the men's bronze in 2006, after taking out Japan in the quarterfinals.

The women's team will certainly be impressive, and in the wake of Clarisse Agbegnenou, France will present six fighters capable of being Olympic champions, like Olympic vice-champions Amandine Buchard, Sarah-Léonie Cysique and Madeleine Malonga.

Among the boys, with the exception of Teddy Riner, it is more difficult to know what will be the face of a team which is at the crossroads between the old and the new generation. For men, the appointment of Paris 2024 is already given and the race is on to become the number one in France.

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