D2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: NEW DAY WITHOUT A MEDAL FOR THE FRANCE TEAM | French Judo Federation

No medal today for our French judo team. Four times winner of the Golden Score, Kilian Le Blouch is ranked 7th.

Astride Gneto (-52kg) and Kilian Le Blouch (-66kg) fail to trigger the medal counter for the France team on the occasion of the second day of these world championships in Budapest. Kilian continues to win the Golden Score : 5 minutes against Joao Crisostomo (POR), 7 minutes against Matej Poliak (SVK) and finally 8 minutes against Vadim Bunescu (MDA). Opposed in the quarterfinals to Orkhan Safarov (AZE), our European medalist lost with a waza ari. His repechage fight against Baskhuu Yondonperenlei (MGL) also lasts 7 minutes but ends with the victory of the Mongol.

Physically impressive, it is now technically that he will have to work before the Games, as he points out with great lucidity:

“I think that today I answered physically present. Now we will have to mix it with the technique”

Kilian Le Blouch

photo credit: IJF / Sabau Gabriela

A more contrasted day for Astride Gneto. For her entry into the running, Astride meets Gultaj Mammadaliyeva (AZE) whom she beats with a waza ari. The next round, the Belgian Amber Ryheul won over our French after a Golden Score fight of 7 minutes.

“It was my last competition of the season, it’s annoying to finish like this!”

Astride Gneto

photo credit: IJF / Sabau Gabriela

The reaction of Larbi Benboudaoud, Director of High Performance:

“I was disappointed with what Astride produced. It got on our nerves. At the limit that she loses on girls who are at the top level in the world, very good, but there, that she loses on the Belgian, it’s disappointing.

Kilian, with his means, he fights like crazy. 4 Golden Score is huge. He put forward his qualities, he fought to the end. If there’s one thing we can’t blame him for, it’s to get involved. It will have axes of work from a technical point of view because these are faults that we have already seen before and at this level there may have these limits.

Wednesday, we find Clarisse AGBGENENOU and Alpha DJALO. Clarisse is the world No. 1 and she intends to stay that way. Alpha, meanwhile, has his destiny in his hands, he has to go to the final to hope to make the Olympic Games. “

No judoka engaged this Tuesday on the French side following the forfeit of Guillaume Chaine (-73kg). However, a more than decisive day on Thursday with Clarisse Agbegnenou (-63kg) who will try to mark history a little more with a 5th coronation while Alpha Djalo (-81kg) will do everything to secure his ticket for the Games.