Riner, Nomura and Ono entertain Paris SG team in the Kodokan

Teddy Riner and some Japanese top players have welcomed the team of Paris St. Germain in the Kodokan in Tokyo and shared some judo lessons with them. Seven Paris SG players are currently on a pre-season tour in Japan, including Mbappé, Ramos, Messi, Neymar, Navas, Kimpembe and more football players visited the Kodokan on Thursday. They were welcomed by Tadahiro Nomura and Shohei Ono among other top athletes.

Tadahiro Nomura, the triple Olympic champion, who is used to training regularly in this institute founded in 1882 by Jigoro Kano, first welcomed Marquinhos, Achraf Hakimi, Mauro Icardi, Juan Bernat and Thilo Kehrer for a tour of the establishment's museum in the company of Tadahiro Nomura, the only judoka to have won three individual gold medals at the Olympic Games (1996, 2000, 2004). Also present were Djamel Bouras, president of PSG judo, and Shohei Ono, double Olympic champion (2016, 2021).

They then went to the Kodokan dojo for a demonstration before being joined by two surprise guests, Kylian Mbappé and Presnel Kimpembe.

Marquinhos willingly played the game then it was around Mbappé, very reluctant at first, to place himself in the center of the tatami for a little lesson from Ono. The world champion even had the honor of being able to bring down the master of U73 kg to the applause and roomy laughter of his teammates. Hakimi, Kehrer and Kimpembe were also treated to their little combat simulation.