Not selected for the Olympic Games this summer, Hélène Receveaux will have to draw a line on the world championships (June 6 to 13 in Budapest), where the Federation counted on it, due toa broken ankle malleolus.
The under 57 kg of the US Orléans announced the bad news on its social networks this weekend, specifying that “the operation is scheduled very soon”. She also shares her disappointment at not returning to the Hungarian capital, synonymous for her with powerful memories: it was there that Loirétaine won the world bronze in 2017. “It was so important to me to go for the gold medal,” she writes.
Tolofua alone in Hungary
Sportingly, the blow is hard since Hélène Receveaux crossed a very good pass, after his coronation at the Grand Slam of Kazan (Russia) at the beginning of the month, his first in four and a half years. The mind shielded with hopes after this big performance, the emotional lift is formidable, in the space of a few days, for the one who plans to put the kimono away at the end of next season.
Sandrine Martinet (US Orléans judo) in the running to be the flag bearer at the Tokyo Games
After this forced and forced withdrawal, the US Orléans will count onlyonly one representative at the world championships, in the person of Julia Tolofua, more than 78 kg. Excluding games for Tokyo (Romane Dicko was preferred to her), she will be looking to get her first medal at this level in seniors.
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